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Nêmesis by Agatha Christie

10 reviews

amberacks12's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

Quite spooky at times, a little slow for such a short book. I don’t like how much victim blaming there was, especially from a certain “expert” in criminology. I enjoyed the final reveal as it seemed to flip a lot of the silly assertions many of the characters made on their heads. But really this short palate cleansing cozy mystery unintentionally turned into a little bit of a slog to get through, and had me wrinkling my nose at many of the comments made throughout the book, by Miss Marple and others. I won’t go into specifics, but basically this was not my favorite Christie so far. Not the worst for sure, but unfortunately not the best either. 

Writing style: 3
Enjoyment: 2
Emotional impact: 3
=2.75
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mossytangle's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

4.0

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bessadams's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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es1265's review against another edition

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mysterious
  • 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? N/A

1.5

The plot bored me a lot ngl and there was a lot of stuff in there
in particular how sexual assault victims were portrayed
which rubbed me the wrong way 
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juliethebookcat's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

Way, Way, waaaaaay too long. So many repetitions of everything that has happened. Like we get told the story, then Marple repeats it to someone, and then later on we get the version from another person, and the last sequence is just the whole plot retold.

Also: Serious victim blaming, slut shaming, and misogyny. I know this book is set in another time, but this was so bad. 
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poirot's review against another edition

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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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bmassaroti's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I honestly did not like the ending HAHAHA geez I did not think this was possible but it was. The beginning is so slow it got into my nerves, sorry.
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exlibrissum's review against another edition

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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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babayagaofficial's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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