257 reviews for:

The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories

Agatha Christie

3.59 AVERAGE

quietjenn's review against another edition

3.0

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pretty average collection of christie short stories (only one or two of which i've read in other anthologies) featuring marple, poirot and parker pyne.

vdoprincess's review against another edition

5.0

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I'd never met Parker Pyne before, and I'm glad I did!

splacitelli's review against another edition

3.0

lighthearted fast-paced

mere_blair's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious

somelatenightreading's review against another edition

4.0

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Overall: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

-The Regatta Mystery: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
-How Does Your Garden Grow?: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-Problem at Pollensa Bay: ⭐️⭐️
-Yellow Iris: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-Miss Marple Tells A Story: ⭐️⭐️
-The Dream: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-In A Glass Darkly: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
-Problem at Sea: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

rainbow_bookish_owl's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

sharonus's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

theburningclem's review against another edition

2.0

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Rating the short stories individually:
THE REGATTA MYSTERY
Is Parker Pyne more racist than Hercule Poirot? Stay tuned, I guess. This one was a great setup with a pretty stupid cheat of an ending.
2/5
THE MYSTERY OF THE BAGHDAD CHEST
Poirot might insist this is a perfect murder, but it seems pretty silly to me!
2/5
HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?
It’s a wonder how Poirot makes any money, because all his clients are dead.
2/5
PROBLEM AT POLLENSA BAY
Parker Pyne is pretty sexist too!
2/5
YELLOW IRIS
It really takes the confidence of a mediocre white man to invite Poirot to your murder party.
2/5
MISS MARPLE TELLS A STORY
This is my first Marple so I don’t know if they’re all in this conversational style, but I really liked it!
3/5
THE DREAM
This one was cute. I liked it!
3/5
IN A GLASS DARKLY
This one was friggin weird, dude! I appreciate Christie pushing her artistic envelope but… damn.
2/5
PROBLEM AT SEA
Maybe I’m rating this extra high because I finally successfully guessed the ending of one of these things. Mind your own business.
3/5

reading_under_covers's review against another edition

3.0

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While I enjoyed quite a few of the stories in this one, it also had some problematic moments, which are hard to overlook even when given the time this was written.

smatthew459's review against another edition

4.0

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: Yes