3.68 AVERAGE

dark funny lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

DNF'd. Don't hate me! I couldn't deal with the number of pages spent on scenery descriptions or prolonging answers to a mystery.
adventurous emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book doesn't have the quirkiness of Marple or Poirot. It has a lot of quite intense characters. And it has a lot of tension, but what it doesn't have is a lot of plot movement--that is, until the last couple of chapters. And then things go off with a bang. Not one of Christie's most memorable, but readable as always.
mysterious tense
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

Queen of Murder Mysteries does not disappoint !!
slow-paced

4.5
Book source ~ Purchased

I bought this for an online book club read and I waited too long to write the review. I recall some details, but most of it is hazy in my memory. I do remember that I was having difficulty figuring out who the killer was and every time I thought I had it correct, I was proven wrong. Gah! The mark of a great mystery and Agatha Christie is notable as one of, if not THE, best at twisting and turning her victims, I mean, readers, around.

 
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was so interesting but also weird. A 3.5 feels so mid for a book that had 1 star and 5 star moments.