3.72 AVERAGE

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DID NOT FINISH: 12%

Went back to school and left this at home / couldnโ€™t bring it. Will read properly some time when Iโ€™m at home! 

This is the first Agatha Christie book Iโ€™ve read since school. I really enjoyed it! But I also guessed it all VERY early.

3,5/5

This book was amazing. Agatha Christie is the Alfred Hitchcock of writing! It keeps you guessing to the very end. It was a great read, and I want to read as many of Agatha's books as possible.
emotional mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes

Un romanzo divertente e intrigante. Il classico giallo in cui lโ€™ora del delitto la fa da padrona. Da leggere
adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

My first and so far my favourite Agatha Christie! I get why a lot of people find him tiring but there's something about the eccentricity of Poirot that I find very entertaining. The women characters were the engine of the novel and all had fascinating points of view, which I thought was especially progressive for the time this was written. I've also been to a few of the key settings of the book and really enjoyed the way Christie utilised them here, and the conclusion was super satisfying. ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ๐ŸŒŸ

This was a pretty good Agatha Christie...Avery loves them so we listen to a lot of them in the car. I'd say the first 80% was quite good and the last part got a little far-fetched, but that's how they go, I suppose.
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes