Reviews

Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

caitlin1002's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.0

Another great story. Cant het enough of Agatha's work!

brookeshelby's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

I will never not love an Agatha Christie. This one was definitely a bit more slow getting started, but all the twists and turns made up for this. I found it a super quick easy read!

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

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.

biancarprimo's review against another edition

mysterious

3.25

zipdaclypse's review

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.