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challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Graphic: Child death
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Classism
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not much Halloween in Hallowe'en Party. This is probably my least favourite of her books so far, despite the fact that it features my guy Poirot. I feel like the books she wrote later in life just aren't for me - too much complaining about the youths (more power to her on that, but it doesn't make for a compelling read) and some lazy plots.
Graphic: Child death, Murder
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this book to me was too slow and the writing was confusing, maybe because it was written in the 1960’s but i didn’t enjoy it and imo the author made it too easy to figure out who killed joyce, i would have liked a little bit of mystery and confusion, instead i instantly knew who killed the little girl and i don’t like that.
Graphic: Child death, Death
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Graphic: Child death
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Graphic: Child death, Murder
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not one of Christie’s best, I think it’s fair to say. It was published at the end of the 60s and you can really feel that Agatha was spooked by the rise of psychological thrillers as a genre. Much of the book is spent complaining about “maniacs and deviants” in a way that comes across as very bitter and out-of-touch. The actual mystery is fine, and eminently solvable, but I wish it was paced out a bit better; the plot really stagnates in the middle and then the climax feels a bit rushed rushed.
Graphic: Ableism, Child death
mysterious
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
How could AC let me down like this 😭, so boring wow
Graphic: Child death
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Slow, repetitive, and full of pearl-clutching about how "children don't behave responsibly anymore" and "they don't lock up deranged people anymore like they ought to".
Graphic: Child death, Murder
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder
Moderate: Infidelity, Xenophobia
Minor: Lesbophobia, War