Reviews with content warning for Rape - Nemesis

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hymnedhiver's review

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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

2.0

what i've learnt from reading this book:

agatha christie mysteries are the quickest way to get yourself out of a reading slump
never pick up a book without reading the trigger warnings beforehand, unless you want to find yourself feeling sad on the train at 7am with a long day of work ahead. at first i thought it would be a lighter book, focused on a riddle rather than a murder, but Boom! tw // rape, assault, victim-blaming and victim-shaming, misogyny, all of which seemed somehow worse than murder.
agatha christie was a woman of her time and this book was a product of its time. i cannot expect from her to write humanitarian novels, when the time she lived in was like that, and her own choices to remain ignorant were very prominent and questionable. that being said, all the misogynistic opinions and victim-blaming reflected in this book are very anachronistic and, frankly, disgusting to come across in an otherwise okay book.
the book was quite repetitive, miss marple explaining how she reached a conclusion regarding a clue at least three times. it was too long unnecessarily. nothing much happened during the first third of the book. we're literally trying to find out what the mystery is and so, the plot wasn't that adventurous, nor were there really any useful or interesting distractions from the eventual reveal of a murderer. in fact, the ending was rather disappointing and a bit bland. it wasn't necessarily predictable, but certainly not shocking either, whereas i much prefer to be confused and surprised, even if it's a far-fetched revelation. this is just my preference.

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nichola's review

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dark 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

3.0

Okay but hear me out...

Old woman from the wrong side of the generational line, don't get to pass comments on what is and what is not rape.

Sorry but that's just how it is. We are no longer mean to love honour and obey. So thanks but no thanks for that little series of comments.

But overall decent mystery.

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sophmeow's review

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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bubothereader's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

I’m still trying to grasp my feelings for this novel. The mystery itself was everything you’d expect of Agatha Christie—atmospheric, creepy English villages, and shrewd plotting. The villain is never who you expect, and yet never far-fetched. The writing is delicate and simple. The characters are bold, different, and strong, especially of opinion. My struggles with this book however are: the plot didn’t really start until page 100 of a 229 page book...unnecessary. Secondly, the discussion of rape as something women were told to divulge to cops as something to save their character (without ever correcting this idea) was upsetting. I understand characters feeling this way, but ultimately it felt like Christie’s belief—as if she didn’t think rape in a “respectable” neighborhood was remotely plausible and that all young girls were loose. 🙃🙃

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poirot's review

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mysterious medium-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? No

3.75

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exlibrissum's review

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adventurous mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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novi's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

This is the slowest agatha christie's book I have ever read. It started being really intriguing but then it became consistently redundant. There are ramblings spread all over the book about the same stuff. Usually I'm annoyed with Miss Marple, but I actually quite like her in this one and I kinda ship her with Professor Wanstead. But the writing and the editing really could be better. And don't even let me started on the sexism, the xenophobia, and the victim blaming in this book. Reading this book is SO SO SO SO tiring.

The plot is alright, but I have a question:

what took Mr. Rafiel so long to investigate it? Like suddenly Miss Marple is his last resort, even if he knew that her success was clearly not guaranteed. Miss Temple I could understand, because she didn't really get the immediate effect of the whole affair, although it's a lot of coincidence too that Miss Temple decides to go on her "pilgrimage" at the same time as Mr. Rafiel's investigation (via Miss Marple). And I definitely think Miss Marple could solved the mystery sooner if Mr. Rafiel just told her what the mystery was after she accepted it?? So why we have to be here. Why.

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