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bookwyrmknits's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Racism and Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Racial slurs
Minor: Suicide
balth_the_chaotic_good's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
daryn's review against another edition
- 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? No
3.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Sexism
poirot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Torture, and Grief
Minor: Suicide
gillian_aftanas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Colonisation
writteninmagic's review against another edition
3.0
Minor: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder
oliii_24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and War
hannahcstocks's review against another edition
- 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? No
2.5
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Torture, Violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
ameydireads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
The structure of the story was different compared to the other Poirot stories. Whilst the focus mainly lies on the Big Four, Poirot has many side investigations which all in turn seem to be connected to the Big Four.
Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny and Racial slurs
mijtje's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
wtf
So this is a weird little book. It’s good to be aware that it’s a collection of short stories which together make up one longer story. This makes it a little too fast paced at times and it might feel like a weird, all-over-the-place book. Which it is. But hey, now you know the reason!
The weirdest part is the crossover between Hercule Poirot and James Bond. It has gadgets, disguises, evil geniuses and of course a world order that secretly controls everything. It’s still good old Poirot and his adorable friendship with the kind of stupid Hastings, but then packed into a really weird story.
The beginning especially is hard to get through. As someone on here described it very aptly: it read as a Hercule Poirot fanfiction. About halfway through it gets better, however. Still, very weird. I feel like I was sucked into a parallel universe for a moment where Agatha Christie wrote shitty spy novels. Good thing she decided not to.
It’s still Hercule Poirot and I love Hercule Poirot, so it’s hard to give a very low rating, but yeah. Read Christie’s other books instead.
Moderate: Death and Racism
Since the book was published in 1927, there are some paragraphs that can be seen as racist towards Chinese people.