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bccorrea's review against another edition
mysterious
relaxing
tense
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? No
5.0
sando's review against another edition
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
jaimel's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
bhnmt61's review against another edition
3.0
A young girl is murdered at a Halloween party. Later, witnesses remembered that earlier in the day, she had claimed to have observed a murder. This is not even close to Christie at her best, but it was entertaining enough to finish.
zipdaclypse's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
relaxing
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? No
3.75
While this isn’t one of Christie’s most loved mysteries, and I do personally like some of her classics (And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, etc.) more, I still had fun reading it. The background characters get a bit monochromatic at points, but I enjoyed the interweaving of the town’s previous suspected murders into the plot. If you’re interested, the David Suchet adaptation gives a more compelling dimension to the characters involved in both the main story and side plots/red herrings and fixes the issues it has with pacing (it drags at the beginning and a bit in the middle. Those changes streamline what I think is a fundamentally enjoyable story.
pecosedie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
This is not one of Christie's best. The pace was slow and the characters--except for Poirot--were dull. In fact, I languished through the book trying to grasp some appeal to the book's wide cast, but could stir none--not even for the murder victims. Very mediocre.
zabeishumanish's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
4.75
TW: the murder victim in this one is a child.
Despite the death being overwhelmingly sad, this is one of Christie’s most clever books.
Despite the death being overwhelmingly sad, this is one of Christie’s most clever books.
neurosmorgasbord's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kitkat175's review against another edition
3.0
Her book just aren't my favourite books to read.
This book is a good read when it comes around to halloween time, or the fall time. I read this book during halloween and it was creepy and scary, but to be honest just not my kind of read.
Not my favourite Hercule read.
This book was also a little confusing until the end of the book.
I have another one of her books to read for Christmas because it is Christmas based book, so we will see how I like that book.
This book is a good read when it comes around to halloween time, or the fall time. I read this book during halloween and it was creepy and scary, but to be honest just not my kind of read.
Not my favourite Hercule read.
This book was also a little confusing until the end of the book.
I have another one of her books to read for Christmas because it is Christmas based book, so we will see how I like that book.