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The ABC Murders

Agatha Christie

3.9 AVERAGE

adventurous dark mysterious 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: Complicated
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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
challenging dark 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: Complicated

4.5
i get why this one is a classic.
less of a character study than other ones but the mystery is gorgeous and the misogyny is tolerable.
funny 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: Yes
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

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adventurous mysterious tense 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

She had me in the first half, ngl. 

While I was happy to see the return of Captain Hastings, I felt the structure of the mystery was rather pedestrian. As another reviewer pointed out, I should have had more faith in Agatha Christie. That's on me. 

i never felt super invested in the episode for this story, so i'm not surprised to feel the same way about actually reading it, but i wasn't expecting to get a first person narration from hastings and it was kinda sweet to have the narrator being so fond of poirot. they're just buddies