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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This one never does it for me and I don't know why. Maybe it's the jewels and the alien concept of an all-girls boarding school and being forced to think it's splendid for girls to go there. Plus Poirot is barely in it. Make Bulstrode the detective instead, then it might have perked my interest more.
mysterious
tense
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
I was surprised by how much I liked this book. After how overdone and lackluster, the Big Four was, I wasn’t expecting much out of this book. Even with Poirot only coming in for a small slice of the book, it was well done.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
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:
No
Really love the fact that in a 1959 Agatha Christie Poirot novel reference is made to oversexed teenagers potentially making passes at an attractive young male gardener.
Thoroughly enjoyed this story. Poirot doesn’t turn up until pretty late and quickly figures out what’s going on which is pretty much impossible for anyone to guess - but I don’t care. It’s well written, quite exciting and shows intelligent, extremely capable, girls and women in control of their own destinies.
The only jarring note is the fact there is a stillborn baby that the mother seems to accept quite without emotion and on hearing this news the otherwise excellent school founder and headmistress fails to offer any sympathy for. It’s quite an odd conversation to modern ears, although it does seem quite progressive for the time that having sex outside marriage is considered immaterial.
Also love the fact that women’s contributions to the intelligence services during WW2 is recognised as a simple fact and not remarkable at all.
Whilst there are 3 murders (5 if you include the two men), a kidnapping and a blackmail case to consider the best parts of this story are the young girl who works out about the tennis racquets and the headmistress considering who best to inherit her role to keep Meadowbank relevant in the future. Pyschology is always key in a Poirot book, even when used in ways other than to solve the mysteries.
Thoroughly enjoyed this story. Poirot doesn’t turn up until pretty late and quickly figures out what’s going on which is pretty much impossible for anyone to guess - but I don’t care. It’s well written, quite exciting and shows intelligent, extremely capable, girls and women in control of their own destinies.
The only jarring note is the fact there is a stillborn baby that the mother seems to accept quite without emotion and on hearing this news the otherwise excellent school founder and headmistress fails to offer any sympathy for. It’s quite an odd conversation to modern ears, although it does seem quite progressive for the time that having sex outside marriage is considered immaterial.
Also love the fact that women’s contributions to the intelligence services during WW2 is recognised as a simple fact and not remarkable at all.
Whilst there are 3 murders (5 if you include the two men), a kidnapping and a blackmail case to consider the best parts of this story are the young girl who works out about the tennis racquets and the headmistress considering who best to inherit her role to keep Meadowbank relevant in the future. Pyschology is always key in a Poirot book, even when used in ways other than to solve the mysteries.
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No