251 reviews for:

Dumb Witness

Agatha Christie

3.77 AVERAGE

nathan_sl's review against another edition

5.0

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This book is really important to me now. But not because of the story. So this review will be drastically biased, and I will explain why in a moment.

If you follow my reviews, it's no surprise to you that I am a super Christie fan, and yes, I'll admit, in my experience reading her books she can do no wrong! Every book I've read has been fantastic or at least worth reading. I love her style, her characters, and her in general. I actually have a poster of her on my wall, no word of a lie.
This book was no exception. I was caught off guard by the ending, and the adventure of getting to the ending was worth the read as well. But, in all honesty, this should not be a five star read, it should be four. Maybe less if I wasn't such a fan boy.
This past week has been really hard for me and my family. I spent more time at the hospital than at home, I slept maybe 6 hours in 3 days, and I had to work and do a job interview on top of that. It's been really stupid. And to be quite honest with ya'll, I know that I rate with my heart more often than not. Reading this book is all the kept me sane all week. You may disagree, but for me, that's worth 5 stars.

tash95's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

miss_rondeau's review against another edition

4.0

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

hollsbookshelf's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jodie_campbell12's review against another edition

4.5

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Bob can do no wrong 

meg_r24's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mattya89's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

arrowsbane's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

mollyyives's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hollystopreading's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A pretty darn good Poirot mystery. If you ignore the racism. (Who knew people hated Greeks lol?) (also a few obligatory slurs?? For no reason?? They really were wilder out back then) more content warnings in this one compared to her other books 

I WAS SO MAD for most of the book because I was SURE Mr.tanio’s did it. I’m so SOOOOO glad I was wrong! Otherwise it would’ve been so sad, for everyone to be racist to this poor guy only for him to be the killer :( but OMG Mrs.Lawson should have been one of the killers (she def don’t really want to part with the money and she STILL DIDNT GIVE ANY TO MR.TANIOS ONLY THE KIDS WTF!?!?) poor guy… ALMOST FORGOT PORIOT MADE THAT GIRL KHS WTHH??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Suicide

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Abandonment

Minor: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Colonisation, Classism