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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I chose this Christie for my reading list because it was one of the highest rated books I hadn't read yet. While it wasn't as strikingly marvelous as The Mysterious Affair At Styles, the tone was great and the ending, per usual, was completely cohesive and caught me completely off guard.
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Not my favourite Poirot, but still kept me guessing most of the way through. (This time I spotted the culprit before the end!) The characters are constantly in crises of confidence throughout this novel and I feel that this may have mirrored the author's anxieties.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
One of Agatha Christie’s great, but perhaps less appreciated mysteries.
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
Poirot and Hastings are having little vacation together. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Until poirot comes across a beautiful young woman named Nick who recently had few encounters with death. One actually In front of Poirot himself when Nick misses bullet which was about to hit her. Then Poirot decides to take matters in his own hands and tries to solve it.
One thing I loved most about this book is how clever the culprit is. Culprit manages to keep in Poirot guessing who and why is doing this.
However, clever it maybe it becomes pretty clear to guess who has done it. And yet when Poirot explains it, it is simply remarkable.
5 stars not for Poirot but for culprit for clever planning.
One thing I loved most about this book is how clever the culprit is. Culprit manages to keep in Poirot guessing who and why is doing this.
However, clever it maybe it becomes pretty clear to guess who has done it. And yet when Poirot explains it, it is simply remarkable.
5 stars not for Poirot but for culprit for clever planning.
Looks like Poirot is getting older, but still a great book. Agatha Christie knows how to deceive people :)
One woman has a brush with death 4 different times. Who wants to kill her? Who wants her old crumbly mansion? Will the 5th time be successful?
I thought the twist of Nick being the perpetrator was genius! Piorot got bamboozled. So engrossing. My only gripe is it lost its pace close to the end.
I thought the twist of Nick being the perpetrator was genius! Piorot got bamboozled. So engrossing. My only gripe is it lost its pace close to the end.