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sarah_royal04's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder
Minor: Mental illness, Violence, and Death of parent
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
agoldendear's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Child abuse and Mental illness
There is quite a bit of suggestion about people with mental illness having committed the crime, or the crime having to do with sexual stuff regarding children. None of this happens in the book, but it mentioned many times. There is also a brief time at which it seems like pedophilia might be involved, but that also doesn’t happen.judassilver's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity, Xenophobia, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Mental illness
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
cocopeia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
fanboyriot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Blood, and Classism
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Xenophobia
Minor: Body horror, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, 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
cozylifewithabby's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
haylethal's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, and Classism
Minor: Fatphobia and Islamophobia