Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Sleeping Murder by Agatha Christie

9 reviews

natebrantly's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I didn't realize how big of a sucker I am for a whodunit. This is the first Agatha Christie novel I have read, and I enjoyed it tremendously. She does a great job of gradually building to the satisfying conclusion while keeping many suspects in the running for a long while. I'm confused as to how Gwenda and Giles are seemingly able to set aside their entire schedules to solve a murder mystery (What kind of life do you have to be leading to do that?), but this was easy to overlook to enjoy the story. I was also not entirely satisfied with the motivation and development of the killer in this story, although I suppose it is believable.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Suicide, Alcohol, Infidelity, Medical content, Emotional abuse, and Murder

risemini's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Suicide and Racial slurs

simply_fran's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Murder

Moderate: Xenophobia

karcitis's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Sexism

Minor: Suicide

_viiii_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Death of parent

odrib's review against another edition

funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

poirot's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Misogyny

sunny_not's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was my first Miss Marple and I loved it. The suspense was so good, Gwenda my beloved, I really liked her and Miss Marple.

The twist was great although I guessed it before, I was like why would the brother do that tho. However after reading the end of the novel it made a lot more sense. I really thought that my favorite character was gonna die and became sad, but thankfully Miss Marple came at her rescue.

It was super fun and I read this in one sitting.  Would recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Xenophobia