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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
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
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Poirot was wonderful, though I found Hastings a little insufferable here. He was often too fixated on various women in the story, to his detriment. There is also quite a bit of casual racism/xenophobia, along with the use of racial slurs.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, War
Minor: Incest, Xenophobia, Antisemitism
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Shared this audiobook with my son shortly after watching Murder on the Orient Express last fall. (It took us a while to get through, because we mostly listen on the way to school and that's a short commute.)
I love Christie's writing. Lots of twists and turns, but best of all, she's funny. And there are always layers to her clues: how Hastings interprets them, how the reader (who is smarter than Hastings) interprets them, and then the truth (aka, what Poirot knows).
I love Christie's writing. Lots of twists and turns, but best of all, she's funny. And there are always layers to her clues: how Hastings interprets them, how the reader (who is smarter than Hastings) interprets them, and then the truth (aka, what Poirot knows).
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Classism
Love an old classic, cozy mystery, but am always a bit shocked when common prejudice, stereotypes and offensive language pops up - one character is reported to have had difficulty removing black face when impersonating a “n-word”. Yikes! Should I just avoid old classics because of these?
Ooof, this was hard for me. I don’t want to give it a low star review, but this wasn’t for me. It took me a long time to get used to the language of the book. It definitely reads like it was written in the 1930’s. There are a lot of characters and it is hard to keep track of them. I had to google a character list to try and make sense of it. Once the murder occurred, it did pick up a little bit. Overall, I found myself skimming the last half of the book just trying to get through it. I definitely missed a lot of details.
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
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Was there truly no other way to end the book, Agatha? For what reason did you choose such a gimmick?
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No