Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

5 reviews

sop17hie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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

4.5

Was more sentimental than I expected from an Agatha Christie but I do love Tommy and Tuppence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: Mental illness, Sexism, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Trafficking, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

pedanther's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I have mixed feelings about this book. I found the climax effectively tense, and it successfully kept me guessing about the identity of the eponymous secret adversary when I'd been confident I knew who it was. But a lot of what precedes it is episodic runaround without much depth, and the kind of xenophobic political worldview I've already encountered in other thrillers from this period that I read when I was younger and less discerning and didn't really need any more of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Incest, Torture, Car accident, Alcohol, War, and Classism

The incest content note is for mention of marriage between first cousins.

pitsikakku's review against another edition

adventurous funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Sexism, and Murder

bringmybooks's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Kidnapping, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Cursing, Torture, and Xenophobia

happylilfaerie's review against another edition

1.0

good old Agatha bigotry and conservative politics...our stupid protagonists make terrible decision after another to put a stop to the evil plan of *ghasp* a labor strike!! how dare those working class miscreants want better conditions...

Thomas and Tuppence are such idiots and so annoying I was kinda hoping they would be killed

mystery wise, it was so obvious who the bad guy is from the moment he was introduced to the story and from then it was just infuriating watching the characters ignore all his red flags and go on trusting him and missing all the evidence

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Classism