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A review by aarony_22
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
mysterious
reflective
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
3.0
The amount of mansplaining in this book is immense but it was also written in 1928 so that's... not surprising.
Anyways. I heard somewhere that after writing her 85838483 Poirot stories, Agatha Christie got tired of Poirot herself, claiming he was insufferable and an egocentric creel and I agree after only having read one Poirot book.
He claims to be the best detective and talks about himself as if he were a dang superhero. In one paragraph he tells someone he's such a good detective in the next one he says something about the lines of "I haven't thought about that yet"
karma bro you need some scolding by a strong independent woman immediately
The story was okay. It started out really slow paced and I didn't get anything at the beginning. I expected the recreating part (for which I was excited for) to be longer than like a page but okay...
And also, the crime only happens at about a third into the book. I was just waiting and waiting for it to happen and there kept being conversations I didn't get.
The switching in POVs is way too fast for me, I couldn't follow 100%.
The resolution is good IMO, although the plot twist really did come out of nowhere. So if you're expecting some kind of brilliant thought process.. yeah.. two of the last pages and that's it.
I don't really read books this old normally so I was pretty surprised to see there are like no feelings of any characters told at anytime? Was that normal??? It's missing something for me.
⭐⭐⭐/5
Anyways. I heard somewhere that after writing her 85838483 Poirot stories, Agatha Christie got tired of Poirot herself, claiming he was insufferable and an egocentric creel and I agree after only having read one Poirot book.
He claims to be the best detective and talks about himself as if he were a dang superhero. In one paragraph he tells someone he's such a good detective in the next one he says something about the lines of "I haven't thought about that yet"
karma bro you need some scolding by a strong independent woman immediately
The story was okay. It started out really slow paced and I didn't get anything at the beginning. I expected the recreating part (for which I was excited for) to be longer than like a page but okay...
And also, the crime only happens at about a third into the book. I was just waiting and waiting for it to happen and there kept being conversations I didn't get.
The switching in POVs is way too fast for me, I couldn't follow 100%.
The resolution is good IMO, although the plot twist really did come out of nowhere. So if you're expecting some kind of brilliant thought process.. yeah.. two of the last pages and that's it.
I don't really read books this old normally so I was pretty surprised to see there are like no feelings of any characters told at anytime? Was that normal??? It's missing something for me.
⭐⭐⭐/5