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ioannareads's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
this book is simply confusing. the main events don't happen in the book but behind the scenes.
sylvanbird's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
Wow. Heard this wasn’t good but I’ve liked some of the mysteries others didn’t like. But this was horrible. Ridiculous plot. Slight mystery of who the woman is revealed super soon, and an attempt to continue the mystery falls flat. Attempt at tension over youth movement taking over the world just not interesting. Horribly offensive discussions around Hitler, with the characters way too sympathetic to him. Nearly DNF but I wanted to get through the Christie oeuvre.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Antisemitism, Ableism, and Fatphobia
in_and_out_of_the_stash's review against another edition
2.0
Not really sure what happened here, but this is not a good book.
Occasionally, Ms. Christie will write a political intrigue instead of her usual murder mystery, they're usually OK but this one was not.
Occasionally, Ms. Christie will write a political intrigue instead of her usual murder mystery, they're usually OK but this one was not.
sukuna's review against another edition
1.0
Sé que había una buena historia escondida ahí, ese final es el final de una buena historia, pero la manera en que PpF está escrito hace que la historia que Agatha nos dio no tenga ni pies ni cabeza. Una decepción total de una de mis autoras favoritas.
Mal inicio para 2022 pero bueeeeno, qué le vamos a hacer.
Mal inicio para 2022 pero bueeeeno, qué le vamos a hacer.
lindakat's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- 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
1.75
So, I really couldn't tell anyone what this was about because not one plot had a resolution, instead everything ended in the most vague, unsatisfactory way.
I didn’t like the characters, storyline, or resolution. It started interesting enough with Staffy being approached by a random woman at an airport, they had come to a deal that he would be poisoned, and she would take his plane ticket and passport in order for her life to have been saved. Upon finishing I’m still not sure what all the espionage was about since even when there was an agreement that they would disrupt politics (or something?) they even admitted that their actions wouldn’t achieve anything let alone achieve their illusive end goal of ‘fixing the world.’ Honestly, it read like a bunch of rich people had nothing better to do with their time, so they thought to stir a few pots and lament on the state of the world while doing nothing productive themselves. Oh, also, Hitler may or may not be alive and there was a drug invented to make everyone benevolent but forget both of those things because neither plot line went anywhere past the mentioning of.
bloomingpear's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Classism and Racism
Minor: Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, War, and Drug abuse