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Peril at End House

Agatha Christie

3.92 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious tense 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: Complicated

FOR THE FIRST TIME, I GUESSED RIGHT!! Ahem, not to toot my own horn, but I dare say, I used the little grey cells of the brain!

Wonderful story, as usual, and there are a great many characters here with such excellent motives. Some of them are straight-up untrustworthy, others a bit too good to be true. The fact that I guessed correctly is mostly due to the preceding books teaching me to trust no-one. And, of course, that doesn't mean I foresaw the why, exactly, or what everyone else was up to. As is expected for an ordinary human being - one who is not the great Hercule Poirot - I only grasped half of what was going on. 

I'm bingeing through these at an alarming speed. I'm glad there are quite a few left. 
adventurous mysterious tense 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: Complicated

i love all agatha christies mysteries but this one felt a little like it was draggy, and too many characters introduced at the last moment. However it still had the jaw dropping twists and surprises i love and expect from her work
mysterious medium-paced

I wasn't super keen on the character in peril, but I did like the eventual end (though I did guess for once!). Can't recall Hastings too much (did he nap a lot?), so he can't have been too annoying.
challenging mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous lighthearted mysterious tense slow-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

Ooo this one has a very jhivh , unexpected series of twists at the end!

3.5

All right Christie,that just reached the limit.I SUSPECTED every single person and again,you baffled me completely!
SpoilerSure it did cross my mind once or twice that Nick might be the criminal after all but I never thought it to be real.Just took it as a fancy of mine.

You are always confusing ME!!
Will you ever stop being awesome??(not that I actually want it,but really, I should like to know)I didn't read any of your books that was not AWESOME.You really are the best.
All Agatha fans out there,you need another fantastic mystery?Read Peril at End House.

Honestamente no sé qué más podría decir sobre Agatha Christie que no hubiera dicho ya antes, cada vez que me leo uno de sus libros e intento reseñarlos me da vergüenza lo mucho que me repito, pero es que se me han acabado los epítetos halagadores.

Lo que si voy a decir es que de los libros que he leído este sin duda se va al Top 10, es una historia magnifica, no solo porque, como siempre, se nos ha planteado un enigma interesante, un misterio por resolver de esos jugosos y que uno quiere siempre entender como si pudiéramos tener las células grises que tiene Hercules Poirot.

Lo que me ha llamado la atención ha sido la actitud tan derrotista de Poirot, por supuesto no he leído ni el 10% de los libros de Christie, pero al menos hasta el momento, siempre me he encontrado a un Poirot seguro de sí mismo y de su inteligencia, con un ego que no le cabe en su cuerpo y siempre con la seguridad de por dónde van los tiros, por supuesto nunca comparte sus deducciones si no hasta el final, pero en este caso, el pobre Poirot estaba tan perdido que daba lástima el pobre.

Sin embargo, por supuesto su inteligencia no decepciona nunca y como siempre termina por desenmarañar todo el enredo.

Por otro lado, esta historia, tal vez por el mismo derrotismo de Poirot no ha tenido ese tono, a veces jocoso que Christie siempre imprime en su estilo y que invariablemente me saca mis risas, llegado un momento, pensé que en esta ocasión me quedaría sin su sentido del humor, pero no ha sido así, ella no iba a terminar esta historia sin sacarnos una buena sonrisa y eso me ha encantado.

Nada más que decir Agatha es única, maravillosa y definitivamente la reina de este género, dudo mucho que me encuentre alguna vez otro escritor que le llegue o la destrone.