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ijustreallyliketrees's review
mysterious
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
2.5
Most of the stories were okay (helped a lot by the fact I was listening to the audiobook while doing household chores and not reading it myself). Can't give it higher than 2 stars because of how much I was cringing at the anti-asian slurs in the first story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, and Murder
typedtruths's review
mysterious
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, and Gun violence
➸ Trigger warnings for period-typical racism and racial slurs (anti-Chinese), infidelity (secondary characters), suicide by gunshot, death of a husband from heart failure mentioned, murder of an uncle by gun violence, murder by poisoning (through injections of bacterial cultures, disguised as natural deaths from blood poisoning and tetanus), murder of a husband by gun violence (disguised as suicide), attempted murder by poisoning and gun violence (on-page), death in a plane crash mentioned, and blackmail.poirot's review
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Death, Murder, Racism, Xenophobia, and Misogyny
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: War
prettiestwhistles's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
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
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Gun violence, Sexism, Death, Kidnapping, Violence, Suicide, Racism, Xenophobia, and Death of parent
Minor: Colonisation, War, and Alcohol
madamenovelist's review
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
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? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism, Death, Murder, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
It feels there is somehow even more racism/xenophobia in Christie’s short stories than her longer works. Her plotting, pacing, and personal knowledge of chemistry/medicine are fantastic but it’s hard to focus when slurs against Asians show up without preamble.mal_eficent's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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
4.0
I didn’t realise this was a collection of all Hastings stories before starting and was delighted to listen to the poor man get bullied by his friend. The third story even had some snippets about renting in London in the 1920s - nice to know it’s always been considered hell!
Compared to Christie’s longer stories these are a little formulaic - Poirot meets worried person, fact finds, something dramatic happens, then quiet reveal. The redeeming feature (other than Christie being able to come up with satisfyingly complex murders) is that Poirot is at his most gloriously arrogant and acidic in all of them.
The audiobook performance by Suchet was a delight - his accents are amazing and his normal voice so different from Poirot’s that it makes the narration stand out even more. If you can find it, it’s well worth a listen.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Death
manu_k's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
A very entertaining read. Agatha Christie continues to amaze me with her words and her mysteries.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use
lucyselim's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
fast-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? It's complicated
4.0
This is my first short story collection by Agatha Christie and I thought they were very clever and intriguing. Despite their length I think they are still able to give just enough information for you to investigate yourself without also giving it away. A very enjoyable read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Drug use, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, and Medical content
mx_eyebrows's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Death, Xenophobia, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexism, and Misogyny
Minor: Antisemitism
theredheded_bibliomaniac's review
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Short mysteries
That too written by Christie
And
Which includes Papa Poirot
Is a must read for any Christie fan.
.
I won't say it's a best
Yet I was only able to guess the end in one or two stories.
Hence is definitely good collection of short mysteries.
.
These stories are very small like 15-20min stories each.
Some of these are really brilliant like unexpected end.
And others are also something which is not easy to guess.
.
I will suggest this to the beginners in Mysteries or beginners of Christie.
And ofcourse a Christie fan should definitely read it.
.
And also for those who think they are as smart as Poirot and make good use of their grey cells 😂
They should really read it and see that they are as smart as Poirot or not.
.
Overall I enjoyed reading them.
Other Mysteries will seem too long now
With detailing 😂
.
That too written by Christie
And
Which includes Papa Poirot
Is a must read for any Christie fan.
.
I won't say it's a best
Yet I was only able to guess the end in one or two stories.
Hence is definitely good collection of short mysteries.
.
These stories are very small like 15-20min stories each.
Some of these are really brilliant like unexpected end.
And others are also something which is not easy to guess.
.
I will suggest this to the beginners in Mysteries or beginners of Christie.
And ofcourse a Christie fan should definitely read it.
.
And also for those who think they are as smart as Poirot and make good use of their grey cells 😂
They should really read it and see that they are as smart as Poirot or not.
.
Overall I enjoyed reading them.
Other Mysteries will seem too long now
With detailing 😂
.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
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