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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
This was my first Agatha Christie and I thought it was ok, didn't love it.
I think I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had read it physically and not audibly.
I think I probably would have enjoyed it more if I had read it physically and not audibly.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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:
Complicated
mysterious
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:
No
Listened to this on audiobook.
Ms. Christie really said “lives are more important than the chase of aesthetics” let’s sit on that
Ms. Christie really said “lives are more important than the chase of aesthetics” let’s sit on that
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What I would usually expect from Agatha Christie novels. It's mainly all about learning all the different characters (suspects) and their histories before the drama really starts to pick up. Not as "engaging" as some of her other books, I would say the middle is pretty slow.
To begin with, if the title puts you off (it does me), this is not a creepy or supernatural mystery. The party is merely the setting, and the party itself is kind of old-fashioned and non-freaky. That said, it’s still a darker mystery than some in the Christie canon because it involves children. So proceed with caution depending on your own ability to shelve the tragic events and turn to the puzzle.
I had a good chunk of this one figured out quite early on, although there did turn out to be even more to the solution that I hadn’t seen. I’d be surprised if most readers didn’t grasp at the partial solution almost immediately; the efforts to misdirect are a bit less successful than one is accustomed to from Christie.
I had a good chunk of this one figured out quite early on, although there did turn out to be even more to the solution that I hadn’t seen. I’d be surprised if most readers didn’t grasp at the partial solution almost immediately; the efforts to misdirect are a bit less successful than one is accustomed to from Christie.
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I never am disappointed reading a Hercule Poirot novel, but this was just ok to me. Sometimes, with Christie’s novels, I feel like there are so many characters I have trouble keeping track, and this certainly fell under that category.