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charlottiec's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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? No
4.25
lovely collection of Agatha Christie's short stories. The Death on the Nile story is nothing like in the modern film adaptations but still a great collection of nice little mysteries, a mix of murder and others.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
Minor: Colonisation, Racism, Misogyny, and Murder
midwifekt's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
Definitely one of the books that shows Dame Agatha's weird personal feelings about relations between men and women as universal absolutes in the advice that Parker Pyne states.
Some casual colonialism, exoticism, and ableism, as expected from all Christie stories abroad, especially in the stories set in the Middle East.
I am *incredibly fascinated* by the throwaway mention in the story "The House at Shiraz" about the German pilot regarding the fact that he's seen madness before, in the eyes of his submarine captain. I just finished reading about the Lusitania and have been on a general post-WWI reading kick, and now I'm curious about if contemporaneous British thought was that u-boat captains were some sort of special evil, so that other Germans, including those who served on the u-boats, could be re-integretated into society without stigma.
Some casual colonialism, exoticism, and ableism, as expected from all Christie stories abroad, especially in the stories set in the Middle East.
I am *incredibly fascinated* by the throwaway mention in the story "The House at Shiraz" about the German pilot regarding the fact that he's seen madness before, in the eyes of his submarine captain. I just finished reading about the Lusitania and have been on a general post-WWI reading kick, and now I'm curious about if contemporaneous British thought was that u-boat captains were some sort of special evil, so that other Germans, including those who served on the u-boats, could be re-integretated into society without stigma.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Colonisation, Sexism, Racism, Racial slurs, and Misogyny
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