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poirot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Death
Moderate: Death of parent and Incest
Minor: Terminal illness, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism
exlibrissum's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Murder
mandkips's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Chronic illness and Suicide attempt
Minor: Antisemitism, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts
mariekejee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I enjoyed getting to know our characters before the mystery kicked in, and it works quite well because these odd characters need some introduction to be able to understand their reasoning as the reader. My only complaint is that as a whole, this book feels quite slow, while I prefer somewhat quicker paced stories when reading mystery novels. I didn't feel much, if any, tension during this book, but rather I felt for the characters and their relationships. I've never really come out of a Christie novel rooting for the relationship of two fictional people, but that definitely happened here.
Overall, I would recommend this novel if you don't mind a bit more character based, slower paced mystery.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Death
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
norwegianforestreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Blood, Chronic illness, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Death
a_ira's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder
bybookandbone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The rich people in this book soundly suck. They're just awful humans, which makes the whole thing quite enjoyable to read. John had his comeuppance. I feel for his wife, Gerder. She didn't need that sort of crap. She was completely misused throughout her life.
There's psychological abuse in here that make me think Agatha Christie was ahead of her time.
Moderate: Domestic abuse
Minor: Murder and Suicide attempt
backpackfullofbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“What alchemy their was in human beings.”
“I love autumn. It’s so much richer than spring.”
~
When a small group of people congregate at The Hollow, a country house with a strange feeling connected to it, no one expects one of the party to end up dead. Never the less the body is found by the pool, the spilt blood turning the pool water pink.
The entire party discover the body at the same time, a surprising extra member of this party is the world famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, who happens to be a neighbour of The Hollow.
Poirot gets to work trying to route out the murderer while the inhabitants of The Hollow try and adapt to this turn of events and manage their complex personal connections.
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This was a really strong one, the suspense was excellently crafted the characters where complex and interesting and their relationships with each other where such a messy web you are never entirely sure what they are going to do next.
I think I particularly enjoyed it as we spent some time in the heads of the suspect’s which lead to a better understanding of their motives and more investment in their welfare.
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I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys Christie’s more dramatic works. Also good for anyone who enjoys complex side characters and unusual social dynamics.
Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Chronic illness, Grief, and Medical content
tbjeremiah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Medical content, and Infidelity
cherryvillegirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I have three main issues with this book, which impacted my rating the most, all of which are common with Christie's works, especially those with Poirot.
1. The victim and how he is portrayed.
2. The ending.
3. The pacing. It was so slow. I felt like it could have been cut in half and it would have upped the suspense tenfold. It's especially frustrating when it's revealed that he knew for a while whodunit, leaving me wishing they just revealed it sooner instead of playing games.
There were a few instances of twists that I enjoyed, but mostly I was bored and disappointed by this one.
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic relationship