4.61k reviews for:

The ABC Murders

Agatha Christie

3.9 AVERAGE

grace_2025's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

aleksandra_simovic's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emilia_mia's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Actually 188 Pages

msquyer's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious slow-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

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Not my favorite Hercule Poirot story, but I love Agatha Christie. 

kara_ackroyd's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

paulopaperbooksonly's review against another edition

3.0

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Small Reviews: The are crimes being committed and the only common thing is a book of ABC (The names of Train Lanes in England) and every character name begins first with A, then B and so on.
Poirot is played from the beginning with letters but after the first murders he gets the job. Interesting reading but not Agatha's best.

mgooderham's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adwaitkulkarni's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nadiasreading's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious 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: Complicated

hwestenhofer's review against another edition

4.0

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From the point of view of Hurcule Poirot's impulsive counterpart, Captain Hastings, this mystery is set up to take place all around England. The first letter of the city will be the first letter of the killed person's surname. Not the best Christie novel; however, it is still worthy of a read. There is one major red-herring in this novel that is thrown off by a fake fingerprint--in which I found very amusing. Again, I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone (as that Christie book is "And Then There Were None"); however, if you are a Christie fan, you would enjoy it.