A review by zipdaclypse
Hallowe'en Party by Agatha Christie

dark mysterious relaxing fast-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

3.75

While this isn’t one of Christie’s most loved mysteries, and I do personally like some of her classics (And Then There Were None, Murder on the Orient Express, etc.) more, I still had fun reading it. The background characters get a bit monochromatic at points, but I enjoyed the interweaving of the town’s previous suspected murders into the plot. If you’re interested, the David Suchet adaptation gives a more compelling dimension to the characters involved in both the main story and side plots/red herrings and fixes the issues it has with pacing (it drags at the beginning and a bit in the middle. Those changes streamline what I think is a fundamentally enjoyable story.