Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie

5 reviews

sop17hie's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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: Body horror, Grief, Death, Murder, Vomit, and Colonisation

Moderate: Racism and Xenophobia

Minor: Suicide, Bullying, Addiction, Violence, Stalking, and Infidelity

mollyhodg's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

3.0

I definitely enjoy the Agatha Christie formula. Even if I guess who the murderer is, I miss other elements.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Colonisation, and Islamophobia

embey's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Drug use, Blood, Addiction, and Drug abuse

Minor: Colonisation, Racism, and Cultural appropriation

midwifekt's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

If you can get over the rampant colonialism and very British Empire 1930s depiction of the region and the people in the region (thankfully not described much, unlike in certain other Christie books), this one is pretty good.

Bonus points for the narrator being a nurse. Despite being almost 100 years later, some incidental observation  she made about being a nurse were still dead accurate to the present day. My very favorite was when

Poirot has her get out of the way to interview a suspect alone, and she's like "yeah but I'm listening in because while the doctor might make the decisions the nurse needs to know <i>everything</i> about the case." And like, have there been times I've listened outside the door when the doctor got to a room to talk to a patient without me so I knew how the conversation went because I was going to be the one who hit all the follow-up questions?  Yes there have. That was spot on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Misogyny, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

mrkdk's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Transphobia, Misogyny, Xenophobia, and Islamophobia