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The Big Four: Agatha Christie 100th Anniversary Collection

Agatha Christie

3.3 AVERAGE

sarah_e_t's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I don’t know if it’s that it took me so long to finish or that this one felt way too convoluted, but it wasn’t my favorite. 

flaviawarner's review against another edition

2.0

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Depois de algumas obras lidas da Agatha Christie, algum dia tinha de ler uma que me desapontasse. Este livro não segue a trajetória comum a que me tanto acostumei: ocorrência de um crime, inquéritos a cada personagem, deduções dos acontecimentos, questionamentos sobre a índole de cada indivíduo e a resolução do mistério. Conhecemos um Poirot apressado e menos astuto que se demonstra empenhado a derrubar uma organização criminosa internacional.
Espero, futuramente, encontrar o detetive belga que admiro na perspetiva clássica que me habituei.

1bro2syd's review against another edition

4.0

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Agatha Christie is brilliant, as always. Although this was not one of her best (my opinion), it was very intriguing and I couldn't put it down. The Big Four are diabolical masterminds who could, potentially, take over the world, but they hadn't bargained on Hercule Poirot's genius. The Big Four put Poirot to the test, and page after page I had to know who had won the next round - it was Big Four vs. Poirot all the way, and I don't want to give the book away by letting you know who won. :) All in all, amazing book. Great read.

myada_elmasry's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

estherscholes's review

2.0

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Um…. Definitely one of her weirder murder mysteries! This Hercule Poirot story - or collection of stories? - is eclectic and far-reaching. It’s very different to the classic Christie locked room mysteries, which seem to be her forte, and this one instead spreads across the globe with underground mafia groups, henchmen on every corner, and bodies strewn all over the place. Really hard to follow and a very dissatisfying denouement - maybe it was something she just had to try her hand at, in order to realise where her writing strengths really did lie.

chloe_pks's review against another edition

2.0

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This might not make sense but this plot just felt too big for the character of Poirot. It felt like a police detective in a spy novel and just didn't feel very coherent.

_miasnovelnotes_'s review against another edition

3.75

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

scarlettsens's review against another edition

2.5

mysterious

ckulp's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

shombiswas's review against another edition

1.0

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Easily, with a bit to spare, the worst Poirot. And the worst Christie.