Reviews - Murder on the Orient Express

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Murder on the Orient Express

Agatha Christie, Agatha Christie

4.1 AVERAGE

sweetcaroline76's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

hannahraeanne's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

conarbenete's review against another edition

3.0

Enjoyable short read, but nothing extraordinary, I would say. I feel like the concept of the book was good, but the execution disappointed a little. I would have preferred more exposition of the setting as well, to set the theme (the first few pages did this and were good, but it was largely lacking through the rest of the book).

thisseptember's review against another edition

4.75

challenging 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

maisalah27's review against another edition

3.0

Too Cinematic

The storyline flowed smoothly, and I really appreciated the chance to see how Poirot’s mind works—how he organizes, eliminates, and pieces together the facts. That aspect was very informative and engaging.

As for the ending, I had a sense of where it was heading. While it’s certainly fair and clever, it struck me as too cinematic—perfect for the big screen. I'd say that this ending would work brilliantly as a movie ending, but as a book in the murder-mystery genre, it didn’t leave me fully satisfied.