Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

21 reviews

nvemihere's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Xenophobia, Alcohol, Addiction, Death, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, Gun violence, Sexism, Classism, and Suicide

leehillier's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Grief, Death, Misogyny, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexism, Cursing, and Suicide

Minor: Colonisation and Racism

mme_carton's review against another edition

dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

ttumbletree's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Alcoholism, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Colonisation

purlhaggard's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

2.0

A fun premise for a mystery, generally good cast of characters. The opening set up gives allure, mystery, wealth, petty gossip. Loved it. 

Once the Author is able to gather our cast up into the same place, things go flat and become disappointing. 

Once again (she has a way about her), Christie is a real racist and her anti-labor sentiments are on display here. If you want to whine that “that’s just the way it was back then” - save it. It’s not necessary to to the plot and look up the original title of “And Then There We’re None”. 

The descriptions of the Egyptians in this book are wholly unnecessary and ugly, moving the plot nowhere and generally disrupting the pleasantries one likes from The Detective. It’s casual and cruel to no purpose.

She’s at her best when criticizing the British in social habitats. 

Furthermore, the unwinding of the mystery is somewhat boring and convoluted. 

Again, great premise and cast of characters, but overall poor execution of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Classism, Racism, and Sexism

kloughlin's review against another edition

challenging mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Racism and Sexism

Minor: Classism and Alcoholism

kaneli's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicide, Death, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Stalking, Medical content, Blood, Murder, Racism, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Incest

readerette's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I enjoy classic mysteries like this. Interesting characters, crimes upon crimes, a resolution that's hard to see coming, and a less melodramatic reveal than sometimes comes with Poirot stories (which I prefer). The characters aren't particularly deep and Christie leans harder on stereotypes than modern readers enjoy, but the plot is worth a read.

Racism and sexism typical of this era in Western culture (early 20th century).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Classism, Cursing, Racism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Sexism

lunep's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcoholism, Racism, Suicide, Sexism, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Slavery

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

This one is on par with my other favorites from Christie. The characters were pretty fun, but I did have a hard time keeping things straight at the beginning (as per usual for me), but nevertheless enjoyed it once I remembered who was who. It's a fun read and will have you second guessing yourself. I did enjoy the reveal and depressing ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Suicide

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Sexism