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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
A standard Agatha Christie whodunnit. As always I wasn't able to figure it out myself.
hmmm, mình không thích cách dẫn truyên của cuốn này lắm.
Mình cảm thấy nó hơi rối rối với lại là cảm thấy không bất ngờ lắm với cú twist
Mình cảm thấy nó hơi rối rối với lại là cảm thấy không bất ngờ lắm với cú twist
3.5 stars
The great detective, Hercule Poirot, doesn't even enter into this story until 69% in. And he enters in thanks to the schoolgirl Julia Upjohn. Who, in my humble opinion, should have her own series of detective novels. She is a super clever person, she has the mind for detecting the hidden and unobtrusive. Christie should have done a series with Julia as a detective post-Meadowbank. Anyway, I digress. Back to the actual story.
Meadowbank, a posh girls' school, becomes center stage for a triple homicide. Teachers at the school are being killed off and tensions are high. Miss Bulstrode and Miss Chadwick, the school founders, are distressed at the very negative publicity as well as the baffling murders. Julia and Jennifer are both new to the school this term and while the loss of life is sad they are rather excited at the events that have occurred. Jennifer is wrapped up in improving her backhand and serve while Julia is quietly observing and putting pieces of this puzzle together. It's when Julia discovers the reason for the murders that Hercule Poirot enters the story because she steals away to London to ask for his help.
What does a revolution in the Middle East and a posh girls' school in England have to do with one another? Hercule Poirot arrives to complete the puzzle.
The great detective, Hercule Poirot, doesn't even enter into this story until 69% in. And he enters in thanks to the schoolgirl Julia Upjohn. Who, in my humble opinion, should have her own series of detective novels. She is a super clever person, she has the mind for detecting the hidden and unobtrusive. Christie should have done a series with Julia as a detective post-Meadowbank. Anyway, I digress. Back to the actual story.
Meadowbank, a posh girls' school, becomes center stage for a triple homicide. Teachers at the school are being killed off and tensions are high. Miss Bulstrode and Miss Chadwick, the school founders, are distressed at the very negative publicity as well as the baffling murders. Julia and Jennifer are both new to the school this term and while the loss of life is sad they are rather excited at the events that have occurred. Jennifer is wrapped up in improving her backhand and serve while Julia is quietly observing and putting pieces of this puzzle together. It's when Julia discovers the reason for the murders that Hercule Poirot enters the story because she steals away to London to ask for his help.
What does a revolution in the Middle East and a posh girls' school in England have to do with one another? Hercule Poirot arrives to complete the puzzle.
Hercule Poirot, who is most often always a good read (from my memory of childhood reading) but with strong tones of anti-Muslim, colonialist, and sexust sentiment. Poirot does not appear until the last seven chapters and wraps up the mystery with one very long very dull monologue that seems to come out of nowhere with very little effort on the part of the author to build or weave a story. I found this to be a disappointing book, not a particularly well-written Christie novel and certainly not, with its overtones of colonialism and sexism, an author I will be returning to as an adult who knows better.
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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:
Complicated
I enjoy Christie’s books as a quick read with the classic mystery structure. I was a little disappointed with this book as I was waiting for Poirot to come in and work us through the case, but he did not until the last quarter of the book. His character was missed in this one.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I liked this one most out of all the poirot stories but it might be because he was only in it for like 50 pages