Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

23 reviews

lydiaaa's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Welp, I knew it. I didn't know how or why, but I had a feeling about who. I also found the narrator a little annoying. Who doesn't want to be on an archeological dig in the thirties!! But anyway. A solid Agatha.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, and Murder

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

As always a quick and fun read. However, after reading so many of her books it has become easier to guess the killer. At one point I was like "it would have been better if

Dr. Leidner was the killer" and indeed he was. I really hated the way that he killed Miss Johnson it was too brutal and not like the deaths in her other books.

There were many of its time elements so that did make this less enjoyable but overall I liked it just not as much as some other books from her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

alexisgracev's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

thetruthatallhazards's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, and Murder

sop17hie's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Vomit, Grief, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, and Stalking

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

mollyhodg's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

3.0

I definitely enjoy the Agatha Christie formula. Even if I guess who the murderer is, I miss other elements.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Islamophobia, and Colonisation

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

kloughlin's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Racism