A review by macfiar
They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie

3.0

Christie's writing is good as far as style, but often, the plats, like this one, are ridiculous and the situations rely on a lot of coincidence. This book as a standalone so no Poirot or Marple. The buildup is very, very slow. The heroine is flighty and irresponsible. She is an absolutely ridiculous character, who is more often than not annoying as well. When a girl gets herself fired from her job because she is an entitled ass, then meets a guy in the park, then decides to give up everything and follow him to Baghdad, without him asking her to go or even knowing that she is following, you know it's going to be outlandish. Outlandish is okay if you can tell the story in such a way that the actions seem to make sense in this instance. That doesn't happen here. A stranger runs into her room and begs for help and she hides him from the police. Why? Who in their right mind would let a stranger in let alone hide him from the police. She could go to jail. The Stranger could murder or rape her. Then it gets even stupider. I made it through ⅔ of the book before I couldn't take it anymore.