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Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

7 reviews

lauramcc7's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

bookishbutterfly's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

poirot's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Drug use, and Suicide

angela005's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

redheadorganist's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Suicide

embey's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Racism, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

midwifekt's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

If you can get over the rampant colonialism and very British Empire 1930s depiction of the region and the people in the region (thankfully not described much, unlike in certain other Christie books), this one is pretty good.

Bonus points for the narrator being a nurse. Despite being almost 100 years later, some incidental observation  she made about being a nurse were still dead accurate to the present day. My very favorite was when

Poirot has her get out of the way to interview a suspect alone, and she's like "yeah but I'm listening in because while the doctor might make the decisions the nurse needs to know <i>everything</i> about the case." And like, have there been times I've listened outside the door when the doctor got to a room to talk to a patient without me so I knew how the conversation went because I was going to be the one who hit all the follow-up questions?  Yes there have. That was spot on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use