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meezan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Emotional abuse
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Infidelity, War, Murder, Dementia, Car accident, Death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Medical content, Suicide, and Violence
silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I was a bit annoyed by the implication that advice to Agatha to put her husband first and let her life revolve around him contributed to the problem. If her husband hadn't been a jerk, and had reciprocated by putting her first in his life, they could have had a perfectly lovely life following this advice. (Well, assuming they'd figured out how to be good parents AND good spouses at the same time, at least.)
Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent and Mental illness
Minor: Domestic abuse, Death, Car accident, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy
wellreadjill_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Misogyny, Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship
gwen87's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
I listened to this as an audiobook. The narrator was fine, but her constant mispronunciation of Berkshire (and Harrogate) was deeply irritating!
Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, and Toxic relationship
msjk427's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: War, Toxic relationship, and Infidelity
Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, and Sexism
giraffestickers's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Car accident, Physical abuse, and Violence
thebakerbookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.5
And I did not like Gone Girl...
I do like Agatha Christie and the books of hers that I've read (though beware, this book will spoil a few of her books...), so I was interested in this story. And I watched the movie Agatha and the Truth of Murder on Netflix a few months ago, which also gives a fictional explanation for her eleven-day disappearance, and enjoyed it.
But this book was so boring. There is barely a plot, and the mystery is obvious from the beginning. I didn't like any of the characters, and they don't get any development or any real deep-dive into their actions. The ending gives us an info-dump to explain everything that happened previously—a lot of telling and not showing. And then it just ended and I was left thinking, "What was the point of this book?"
It's only saving grace was that it was short.
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Infidelity
Minor: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Grief