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A review by novi
Third Girl: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie
mysterious
slow-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I was reading this along with one other cozy mystery book. Compared to that book, Third Girl is much more interesting to read, I have to give that to Christie. But it's just so insufferable.
1. It's so slow. Even until around 70% we still don't know what this book is about. Is it about a murder case? Espionage?
2. Poirot is CONSTANTLY thinking here. There's a chapter solely dedicated to his thinking and endless questioning. I really did not enjoy that pointless tangent. I mean I hate when he's being all mysterious and not saying what he's thinking, but I also hate when all he did was thinking but it's going nowhere and it didn't give anything new to the readers.
3. I hate the characters. It might be a personal taste, but characters like Norma is just so annoying for me to read (similar character: the woman in "The Woman in the Window". I can't stand them.). It's not the unreliability, but they're just ga jelas anjir.
4. On the other hand, I really like some of the characters here. Ariadne Oliver is my comfort character. I always love her whenever she's in the book. Probably because finally there's someone that is not Hastings and not a cop that we can fully trust. And the other character that I really like here is a doctor. I think this is the first time I found a character like this in Christie's universe. BUT. His ending. It ruins everything for me!!!! I really hate Christie's heteronormative fantasy. I HATE. IT. WHYYYY.
5. The twist is farfetched but I've read so much of Christie's book that I already half predicted itthat it will involve someone is actually not someone we thought they were, and nobody. NOBODY. realized it before Poirot. It's one of Christie's favorite tropes.
6. I honestly just read this because Miss Lemon appears here. Why didn't she appear in every book?? Her job is my dream job.
1. It's so slow. Even until around 70% we still don't know what this book is about. Is it about a murder case? Espionage?
2. Poirot is CONSTANTLY thinking here. There's a chapter solely dedicated to his thinking and endless questioning. I really did not enjoy that pointless tangent. I mean I hate when he's being all mysterious and not saying what he's thinking, but I also hate when all he did was thinking but it's going nowhere and it didn't give anything new to the readers.
3. I hate the characters. It might be a personal taste, but characters like Norma is just so annoying for me to read (similar character: the woman in "The Woman in the Window". I can't stand them.). It's not the unreliability, but they're just ga jelas anjir.
4. On the other hand, I really like some of the characters here. Ariadne Oliver is my comfort character. I always love her whenever she's in the book. Probably because finally there's someone that is not Hastings and not a cop that we can fully trust. And the other character that I really like here is a doctor. I think this is the first time I found a character like this in Christie's universe. BUT. His ending. It ruins everything for me!!!! I really hate Christie's heteronormative fantasy. I HATE. IT. WHYYYY.
5. The twist is farfetched but I've read so much of Christie's book that I already half predicted it
6. I honestly just read this because Miss Lemon appears here. Why didn't she appear in every book?? Her job is my dream job.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse