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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
Slight but fun. There's no action here, just a series of interviews with fellow train passengers. Poirot is a nicely executed character who manages to solve spectacular mysteries (perhaps a bit too spectacular?) without seeming like a Gary Stu type
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
They all did it.
Long review -
The book starts off with Hercule Poirot wanting to go somewhere in a train with many people, and one of them tells them that their life is in danger. But he doesn’t do anything about it, but later finds out that someone actually killed this person. The investigation is of murder of Ratchett. It ends up being that everyone is in on it. The story was good but I feel it to be a bit long and draggy.
Long review -
The book starts off with Hercule Poirot wanting to go somewhere in a train with many people, and one of them tells them that their life is in danger. But he doesn’t do anything about it, but later finds out that someone actually killed this person. The investigation is of murder of Ratchett. It ends up being that everyone is in on it. The story was good but I feel it to be a bit long and draggy.
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Wow. Okay I wasn't expecting this at all!
More of a 4.5-4.75/5 stars.
This was my first Agatha Christie novel and I'm so glad that I read it! I've. Ever really been one for mysteries at least I thought! Crime shows are my absolute favorite, Criminal Minds being top one and then NCIS. I figured since I love crime shows that I would finally bring them into my love for reading. I'm so glad that I did it! I'm glad this was my first one that I read too. I love how you really had no idea of who it could be. I had one of the slightest ideas of something but that was about it. I wouldn't have expected what happened to be the actual outcome.
I loved Hercule Poirot as a character! I loved M. Bouc and the doctor as they were trying to figure it out. I loved its setting on a train! It was such a cool place to set a story! I loved the added French and I can try and use that REAL rusty French as I read!
I'm excited to read more of her work!
More of a 4.5-4.75/5 stars.
This was my first Agatha Christie novel and I'm so glad that I read it! I've. Ever really been one for mysteries at least I thought! Crime shows are my absolute favorite, Criminal Minds being top one and then NCIS. I figured since I love crime shows that I would finally bring them into my love for reading. I'm so glad that I did it! I'm glad this was my first one that I read too. I love how you really had no idea of who it could be. I had one of the slightest ideas of something but that was about it. I wouldn't have expected what happened to be the actual outcome.
I loved Hercule Poirot as a character! I loved M. Bouc and the doctor as they were trying to figure it out. I loved its setting on a train! It was such a cool place to set a story! I loved the added French and I can try and use that REAL rusty French as I read!
I'm excited to read more of her work!
I feel like this deserves four stars but my own appreciation was more like 3 or 3.5. I liked it, but I won't go out and buy it.
I was kinda disappointed by the identity of the murderer and hoping it would be as amazing as And Then There Were None, but I still really liked the story and I was anxious to get to the end the whole time.
The ending was nice and satisfying.
It's amazing how Christie can fit all these details (and sooo many characters which is probably what bothered me most) into a 200-page story and make it all work.
I was kinda disappointed by the identity of the murderer and hoping it would be as amazing as And Then There Were None, but I still really liked the story and I was anxious to get to the end the whole time.
The ending was nice and satisfying.
It's amazing how Christie can fit all these details (and sooo many characters which is probably what bothered me most) into a 200-page story and make it all work.