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Agatha Christie, H.H. de Bie-de Both

3.39 AVERAGE

lovenecy's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was not my favorite. It just took too long to get somewherre and then once it did it was disappointing.

meggiraffe's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging funny mysterious tense fast-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: N/A

natty0011's review against another edition

2.5

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

jadearchivist's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Definitely a product of its time. Slow but the ending was very good. 

clairebear3's review against another edition

4.0

challenging mysterious medium-paced

mountaindrew28's review against another edition

3.0

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: Yes

kat_fields's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous mysterious 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: No

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This is not, perhaps, her strongest, but it is diverting enough. 

hannahdrew's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious

martha_w's review against another edition

2.0

dark 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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Last third of the book was good as Poirot started solving the mystery. But, to get there, you had to wade through a lot of super dated views on mental health and stuff about how silly kids are (read: not with listening to). Kind of a slog.

13delathauwere's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated