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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
mysterious
Only my second ever Agatha Christie book and it feels almost relaxing in a way because I know I'm in very good hands. Wish I could say I predicted who did but I did not 😅 Definitely has some outdated expressions and showed it's age in parts but the mystery element itself holds strong!
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What can I say, I'm a sucker for Agatha Christie mysteries and this is undoubtedly one of her best.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A fun read, slightly predictable.
i understand why this is a fan favourite. there are many interesting characters, especially women, the setting is nice (although not very important) and the solution very satisfying. i must have read this once before, because i knew who did it early on.
once again i'm appalled by the way christie depicts communists and communism. i mean, there sure were many strange ideas floating around and i'm not going to try and make every depression time communist seem like a flaming feminist without any contradictory or questionable views. but she portrays them always in such bad faith and from such a gross bourgeois perspective: they're all violent for violence sake, probably secretly rich, young and dumb and want to kill everyone for no reason. good for that girl she didn't marry him in the end because he absolutely is an asshole, but the irony of the amount of sympathy christie has for those colonizing posh people... well, it would be too much to expect otherwise, because she was one of them. she was also an anti-feminist. but portraying english communists as oh so bad and saying nothing about fascism (when an austrian and an italiam are literally part of the cast) is not a good look imo.
also once more very interesting the amount of leeway and sympathy that is given for beautiful and rich people. they even talk about how lynette's death is worse than other deaths because she's beautiful? and let several people off the hook for crimes that would get amy poc imprisoned for like 20 years in egypt, probably (and christie would't care a bit). heck, the sympathy poirot has for one of the murderers? how and when sympathy and softness are granted, as the interpretation morality, are just so biased and full of double standards.
note on the side: i didn't like the way the narrator voiced colonel race at all (and the portrayal of the locals was as always racist as fuck, even more in his reading than in the text)
once again i'm appalled by the way christie depicts communists and communism. i mean, there sure were many strange ideas floating around and i'm not going to try and make every depression time communist seem like a flaming feminist without any contradictory or questionable views. but she portrays them always in such bad faith and from such a gross bourgeois perspective: they're all violent for violence sake, probably secretly rich, young and dumb and want to kill everyone for no reason. good for that girl she didn't marry him in the end because he absolutely is an asshole, but the irony of the amount of sympathy christie has for those colonizing posh people... well, it would be too much to expect otherwise, because she was one of them. she was also an anti-feminist. but portraying english communists as oh so bad and saying nothing about fascism (when an austrian and an italiam are literally part of the cast) is not a good look imo.
also once more very interesting the amount of leeway and sympathy that is given for beautiful and rich people. they even talk about how lynette's death is worse than other deaths because she's beautiful? and let several people off the hook for crimes that would get amy poc imprisoned for like 20 years in egypt, probably (and christie would't care a bit). heck, the sympathy poirot has for one of the murderers? how and when sympathy and softness are granted, as the interpretation morality, are just so biased and full of double standards.
note on the side: i didn't like the way the narrator voiced colonel race at all (and the portrayal of the locals was as always racist as fuck, even more in his reading than in the text)
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated