Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

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

figsofpeach's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Kidnapping

Minor: Racism

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.

poirot's review

adventurous 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Misogyny, Car accident, and War

elaineberaldo's review

adventurous 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Kidnapping, and Murder