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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
⭐️⭐️.5
It may have been my fault for going into this book with such high expectations, but I’d heard so much about Agatha Christie being the queen of murder mysteries. To be honest, I was disappointed. The nature of the murders in this book were boring and generic. The end reveal was not at all shocking and the whole book was very predictable. Poirot was honestly not very impressive and Hastings did absolutely nothing the whole book. Maybe im just biased towards Sherlock Holmes but he really seems to be a better detective.
With that said, I do still want to read a few other Agatha Christie works, such as And Then There We’re None and Murder on the Orient Express. Hopefully I like those ones more.
It may have been my fault for going into this book with such high expectations, but I’d heard so much about Agatha Christie being the queen of murder mysteries. To be honest, I was disappointed. The nature of the murders in this book were boring and generic. The end reveal was not at all shocking and the whole book was very predictable. Poirot was honestly not very impressive and Hastings did absolutely nothing the whole book. Maybe im just biased towards Sherlock Holmes but he really seems to be a better detective.
With that said, I do still want to read a few other Agatha Christie works, such as And Then There We’re None and Murder on the Orient Express. Hopefully I like those ones more.
mysterious
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:
No
i love an agatha christie book & this one did not disappoint! while it was a different structure from what i am used to with her (more classic whodunnit in an enclosed space), i still enjoyed it. i love a great mystery and this one was fun!
it was a bit slow to get into, and i did have to pause reading it and switch to an audiobook. once it hit the halfway mark, things really picked up and i was hooked.
i love the cleverness of pirot & the twists & turns christie takes us on. i am glad the murderer wasn’t actually alexander bonaparte, because that would have felt unfulfilling and boring, especially since we got his pov throughout the book
i did not love hastings as a character and found his narration to be a bit distracting & pulled me out of the story.
overall, this was a fun read and as always, loved the big reveal that pirot does at the end to unveil the murderer.
it was a bit slow to get into, and i did have to pause reading it and switch to an audiobook. once it hit the halfway mark, things really picked up and i was hooked.
i love the cleverness of pirot & the twists & turns christie takes us on.
i did not love hastings as a character and found his narration to be a bit distracting & pulled me out of the story.
overall, this was a fun read and as always, loved the big reveal that pirot does at the end to unveil the murderer.
slow-paced
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, Murder, Classism
adventurous
mysterious
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
Agatha Christie is a genius. Wow. I never know who the murderer is!
★3/5★
Ce n'est pas la meilleure des aventures de Hercule Poirot que j'ai lue. C'était distrayant, sans plus. Le scénario de base d'un tueur en série qui procède par ordre alphabétique semblait intéressant sur la quatrième de couverture, mais à la lecture cela n'avait rien de stimulant. Les suspects n'étaient pas non plus attachants, et n'ont malheureusement pas bénéficié d'une personnalité ni d'une histoire plus approfondies.
Ce n'est pas la meilleure des aventures de Hercule Poirot que j'ai lue. C'était distrayant, sans plus. Le scénario de base d'un tueur en série qui procède par ordre alphabétique semblait intéressant sur la quatrième de couverture, mais à la lecture cela n'avait rien de stimulant. Les suspects n'étaient pas non plus attachants, et n'ont malheureusement pas bénéficié d'une personnalité ni d'une histoire plus approfondies.
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
fast-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
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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:
No
Agatha Christie has once again managed to completely blindside me with a plot twist
mysterious
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:
Complicated