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leosaki's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Murder
Minor: Pedophilia
rochelleisreading's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Classism
emilywemily6'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
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, and Classism
Minor: Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Grief
hannahcstocks'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
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, and Car accident
miastr's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child death and Murder
Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, and Car accident
heini's review against another edition
1.0
Very boring and very predictable.
A child as a murder victim is always horrible to read about, but the way Agatha Christie (repeatedly) described the murder felt out of place.
Although she does this often, describes and introduces everyone matter-of-factly by their "flaws" (everyone is ugly, annoying, stupid, horse-faced, too thin or too fat, too young or too old, doesn't dress well etc.) it is uncomfortable when she does it to children. She treats her cut-out characters the same, adult or not.
I had to check twice the year this was published (1969) since there was so much talk about The Good Old Days not only from Poirot but the same exact thoughts repeated by every slightly older character.
Especially saddening was the way they talked about mental illness and increasing crime rates.
Sometimes it's hard for me to discern what are Christie's own personal thoughts, what's critique and what's from a charcter. Poirot is especially unlikeable when trying to teach moral lessons:
I've been listening to Poirot audiobooks too much this year. Would not recommend. Christie is enjoyable in small doses, otherwise all her weird fucked up thoughts (anti-semitism, misogony, sexism etc.) just stand more and more out book by book and you realize it's all negativity, all the time.
Graphic: Child death and Murder
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Car accident, and Toxic friendship
a_alves00'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? No
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Car accident, and Murder
norwegianforestreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
mrkdk'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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Murder
Minor: Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Car accident