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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
mysterious
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
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
reflective
tense
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:
Yes
fast-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
One of Agatha Christies better books.
Hercule Poirot meets a Mr. Shaitana and gets an invite to a dinner party. At the party there are eight guests; four persons working in the murder business, and four persons that have a mysterious death in their past. After the dinner the guests play bridge in two different rooms, and Mr Shaintana sitting by the fire in the room with the four mysterious guests. When Hercule Poirot goes to bid his goodbyes he finds Mr. Shaintana murdered.
This gives the book an interesting premise; only four suspects, and four murder experts to find out who did the deed.
One of the best Agatha Christie books that I have read. It has lots of twists and turns in the plot, excellent characters and a surprise ending. It made me think of the game Clue. I thoroughly enjoyed it and recommend it to any Christie fan.
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I could just imagine Salvador Dali as Mr. Shaitana - the whole thing was so cinematically written! The dialogues weren't as engaging as her previous Poirot novels, though, and I honestly thought Shaitana had killed himself. It would've been so interesting to see him develop as a character, rather than just being such an entertaining figure being killed off at the outset.