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Hickory Dickory Death by Agatha Christie

15 reviews

chrisscorkscrew's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of my favourite Christie’s.  A decently twisty plot with a satisfying conclusion.  

It is very much of it’s time though - mid-1950s - so the portrayal of students of non-British nationalities are a bit ham-fisted and uncomfortably near to racist on a few occasions.
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kaislea's review against another edition

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markedwithanm's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

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phantomgecko's review against another edition

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

3.0

This is one of the racist ones. Overtly.

The mystery was interesting enough but not anything special.
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booksare42's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

 I have mixed feelings about this one. I loved the mystery and I thought Poirot was presented with a unique and interesting problem. At times though, it felt like there was too much going on. This one had a lot of characters in it, a few of them were developed but a lot were barely mentioned and mostly just in the background. The language used to describe some of the international students did not age well and some comments and stereotypes were racist. This book also did not have enough of Poirot in it and a lot of the story was conversations between the students. Overall, this was an enjoyable read, but not the most shocking or memorable Christie mystery. 
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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? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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hasselblad's review against another edition

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

3.0

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mejay90's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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ishouldbereading's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Absolutely perfect book, one of the best from Agatha Christie. Not giving it 5 stars though, because the murderer was my favourite character, otherwise a great book.
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readingelli's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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