Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Karibische Affaire by Agatha Christie

12 reviews

ishouldbereading's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual content, and Medical content

megelizabeth's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

"When you think of people, it is in the image you have made of them for yourself."

I always love a Miss Marple, but this one stuck out for me as being really genuinely entertaining. I was worried going in that I might not enjoy the Caribbean setting (only because it's hard to imagine a Marple story not set in an unhinged English village!), but it actually worked so, so well (and I of course loved that our girl Jane was in it from the beginning <3). 

It was a brilliantly compelling read and, whilst I did manage to work out who the culprit was, it was still so intriguing seeing everything come together and there were still some great twists and turns. I absolutely adored a friendship that Miss Marple makes too. Just an all-round super enjoyable time, but with enough trademark underlying darkness!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, and Blood

fyre_flies's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Suicide and Xenophobia

literaryrevisited's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Colonisation

bubblescotch's review against another edition

mysterious 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? No

3.0

The story itself is decent, though certainly not Christie’s best. The racism, though? Definitely not the vibe.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Murder

Minor: Ableism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

henrismum's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

Audiobook (All of my entries on The Story Graph are audiobooks.)
#10 in series
Will I read other installments? Probably Not Maybe Likely Most LIkely Definitely I am committed to this series.
Comparison to others in series: Better About the same Not as good Good, but it could have been better
The narrator was Emilia Fox. Excellent as always.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Gaslighting, and Colonisation

mary_juleyre's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

a_alves00's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Blood, and Murder

itsricetomeetyou's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I guessed the murderer about 1/2 through, but Miss Marple's relationship with Mr. Rafiel kept me going. Definitely not the strongest Marple entry.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

A great,fast paced and fun mystery novel. The twist was good and overall I liked the story. It's easy to read and I love Agatha Christie's ability to write books that are such a joy to read. They take me out of a reading slump every single time.

I did guess at one time that it was Tim, but I also thought that it might've been Molly so it was still surprising. Also the twist made much more sense than the last book that I read from her.

It was enjoyable but I might take a break from her works since I've  been reading so much of her lately and they don't hit as hard as they did in the past. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt