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The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

14 reviews

jose_kg's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This was a solid Agatha Christie, not her best but a solid and enjoyable mystery. I enjoyed the inclusion of St Mary Mead in a Poirot, Miss Marple doesn't make an appearance but it was fun to think of her watching the mystery unfold from behind the scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism

figsofpeach's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Antisemitism, and Racial slurs

forget_why's review against another edition

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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism

aishma_raghu's review against another edition

mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Antisemitism

poirot's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Antisemitism, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

Moderate: Grief

Minor: War and Cancer

celery's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Cancer, Murder, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Death, Classism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Sexism

daryn's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Antisemitism, Injury/Injury detail, and Misogyny

phantomgecko's review against another edition

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? No

3.0

Took a long time to get to the murder.

Agatha Christie writes characters that are easy for me to get behind. Obvs, Poirot is superb, but the one time characters unique to each book are also easy to sympathize with.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

thequeeraunt's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is the point at which I would recommend readers begin the Hercule Poirot mysteries. Not to disparage Christie's earlier Poirot novels, but they are a very different reading experience. The Mystery of the Blue Train is the first of the Poirot novels that is told in a third-person point-of-view, which is a much more familiar narrative structure to modern readers than the previous second-person stories. 

While the racism isn't as prevalent in this novel as in some of the previous ones (looking at you, The Big Four), there is still language and some characterizations which are less-than-savory to modern sensibilities. If you can get past the 1920's-era casual racism and misogyny, The Mystery of the Blue Train is a fairly well-plotted whodunit with a surprising reveal.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, and Misogyny

hannahg3mm311's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Antisemitism