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3.39 AVERAGE
3.39 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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
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: Child death
Moderate: Violence
Disappointing. Too many pieces. The pace is too meandering and the digressions too verbose. The conclusion was acceptable but not all that satisfying.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-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
Good, though not great. A nice pre-Hallowe'en read, solid 3.5*
Gotta love Agatha Christie and her Hercule Poirot . This is such a classic story and perfect for Fall! I listened to an audio with a cast and it was great! So fun!
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love an Agatha Christie, and prefer Poirot to some of her other self-proclaimed detectives, but Hercule isn’t at his best here, and neither is Christie. The story doesn’t do much in the way of building a setting that whispers of Hallowe’en, and apart from a party with the veil of a Hallowe’en theme that sets the stage, you don’t even feel the crisp cold air of the shortening days of the end of October anywhere in this story.
A bit of a yucky murder involving a child, and a Hercule ‘procedural’ that unravels more of the backstories of other murders and sticky adult relationships along the way until more present havoc ensues, and then at the despicable climax, Hercule discovers the linchpin that explains the current crime and solves a bunch of tepid cases along the way.
Short enough it doesn’t drag, with plot-serving dialogue and characters that seem familiar but lack flair, and entertaining enough to pass the time, but I’d recommend 40 other Hercule Poirot novels before I’d suggest this one.
Not one of the better Poirot mysteries but still a better read than most of the so called mystery stories written ny contemporary so called authors.
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
this is one of the most unique/one of the darkest Agatha Christie books i’ve read! i really enjoyed this