Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie

7 reviews

rubyredders's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This is such a closed mystery - seven people, one killed, the accused dead and your left to figure out if the accused was telling the truth in her innocence or one of the other five are the true murderer.

Aggie loves to throw you for a loop and I wont deny I fell for her suggestions of the reason caroline Crale did what she did. She got me good. I had initial suspicions as to the truth but I did not make it to the reveal with them at the front of my mind.

Good pacing, neat laying of clues throughout and a charming atmosphere that really works with Poirot going between the characters for their recollection of the events, although the recollections of the same events could come across as tedious and make for a slower read to keep facts straight on who said what

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Misogyny and Sexism

nataliealane's review

mysterious tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Classism, Alcohol, Antisemitism, and Racism

aliteracja's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Murder

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

arabiandeer's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Grief, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Self harm

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

This is definitely famous  for a reason. After reading so many of her works it's harder for me to give them higher ratings. However, this was so good. I loved the resolution, everything made sense and I'm quite satisfied with the ending. The only reason I didn't give this a higher rating is there were some of its time elements.

Also she was a minor???? I wish she wrote her a bit older what is this?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Classism, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

odrib's review

challenging mysterious slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexism and Misogyny

Minor: Racism, Classism, and Suicidal thoughts

wrenxavier's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Death, Murder, Suicide, and Toxic relationship