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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
mysterious
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
No
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
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
This is an interesting mystery with many seemingly unrelated pieces. I enjoyed seeing how Poirot connected everything and was happy to see that many of my own conclusions were right. The ending was rushed, though, and lacked detail. Overall, the book is worth the time.
adventurous
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
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
slow-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
Book 46 of 2024: Hallowe’en Party - Agatha Christie
At the preparations for a Halloween party, 13-year old Joyce boasts about witnessing a murder, by the end of the party she is found dead after being drowned in the bobbing apples water. Hercule Poirot is contacted to help solve this murder.
Review:
⭐️ 2/5
This was my first time reading Agatha Christie and I had been really excited to experience her work, but this book fell a little flat for me. I didn’t particularly connect to any characters in the book and the story felt over complicated at times. The way young children were spoken about as being attractive and the way they examined the potential of sexual motive made me a bit uncomfortable. A lot of threads throughout the story did come together at the end but it felt like a slog to get to the reveal in the final chapter. I’d like to give Agatha Christie another go at some point to see if this was just a bad first pick. If you’ve watched the film A Haunting in Venice - don’t expect this book to be anything like it - aside from the characters having the same names and the existence of a Halloween party, there really isn’t any connection.
Challenges:
📚Books in 2024: 46/60
📚52 Book Club Challenge: 18/52
📚Prompt #32 of the 52 Book Club Challenge: Time frame spans a week or less
Book Information:
📖 Pages: 275
📖 Format: Kindle
📖 Type: Fiction
📖 Genre: Crime, Mystery, Classics
📖 Series: Hercule Poirot
📖 Series: Hercule Poirot
Favourite Quotes:
“one must take one’s risks in life.’”
“I know there’s a proverb which says “To err is human,” but a human error is nothing to what a computer can do if it tries.”
“‘Old sins have long shadows,’ quoted Poirot. ‘As we advance through life, we learn the truth of that saying.”