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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Ponownie Agatha zmyliła trop. Uwielbiam wracać do Poirota i tych angielskich klimatów.
Nice to have an Agatha Christie story with a little Christmas. Enjoyed.
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This isn’t one of my favorites. Well written, good mystery. The usual Christie craft at unveiling a mystery. The reason I don’t love it is I find the family so annoying.
This novel contains some of Christie's most realistic characters...until the end, when two people who have met days earlier get engaged (a stupid plot device Christine often added at the end of a story).
"There is at Christmas time a great deal of hypocrisy, honourable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour le bon motif, c'est entendu, but nevertheless hypocrisy!”
Christie gives us quite the portrayal of a drama unfolding under the guise of a family gathering. Old Simeon Lee invites all his relatives to stay with him in order to manipulate them for his own amusement, especially through his money, which he holds the strings. However things don't go according to plan when the old man is found dead. Of course, all present could have done it. This is Christie after all :0)
I enjoyed this novel, the nasty characters, their antics, and of course our favourite Belgian investigator, Hercule Poirot himself. It felt like Christie had fun with this one, featuring a crime scene full of blood at the request of one of her fan/member of family, and even adding something very akin to Gollum’s adoration for ‘his precious’. I did get some of the clues correctly and yet didn't follow through to the end, silly me. Nevertheless, great crime classic, just perhaps not the most Christmassy...
Christie gives us quite the portrayal of a drama unfolding under the guise of a family gathering. Old Simeon Lee invites all his relatives to stay with him in order to manipulate them for his own amusement, especially through his money, which he holds the strings. However things don't go according to plan when the old man is found dead. Of course, all present could have done it. This is Christie after all :0)
I enjoyed this novel, the nasty characters, their antics, and of course our favourite Belgian investigator, Hercule Poirot himself. It felt like Christie had fun with this one, featuring a crime scene full of blood at the request of one of her fan/member of family, and even adding something very akin to Gollum’s adoration for ‘his precious’. I did get some of the clues correctly and yet didn't follow through to the end, silly me. Nevertheless, great crime classic, just perhaps not the most Christmassy...
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Another great example of Hercule Poirot's little cells entertaining the masses. I loved this radio version. Peter Sellers was a perfect detective.
Agatha Christie may be my new obsession. Not exactly the book to put you in the Christmas spirit, but fantastic none the less.
It's short, but she does such a great job and making you really know all her characters.
It's short, but she does such a great job and making you really know all her characters.
Un de mes Hercules Poirot préféré avec son huis clos familial toxique et haut en couleurs.
Une lecture parfaite pour le temps des fêtes !
Une lecture parfaite pour le temps des fêtes !