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stephbakerbooks 's review for:
The Labors of Hercules
by Agatha Christie
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Hercule Poirot is about to retire (supposedly), and thanks to the prompting of a friend, he finds himself thinking about his namesake, Hercules. He decides he wants to complete his own version of the twelve labors of Hercules before he retires and sets about on his mission.
This is really more a collection of short stories, as each labor is its own complete mystery, then one novel. It was fun to see how he could make the mysteries fit in with the labors (for instance, his version of the Nemean Lion is a Pekingese dog!). But other than that, most of the stories were boring, as they're too short to really have much complexity. I enjoyed reading Poirot's short stories at first because they show more of his day-to-day life and the simpler mysteries that he solves, but this is my third or fourth one and I much prefer the full-length novels!
This is really more a collection of short stories, as each labor is its own complete mystery, then one novel. It was fun to see how he could make the mysteries fit in with the labors (for instance, his version of the Nemean Lion is a Pekingese dog!). But other than that, most of the stories were boring, as they're too short to really have much complexity. I enjoyed reading Poirot's short stories at first because they show more of his day-to-day life and the simpler mysteries that he solves, but this is my third or fourth one and I much prefer the full-length novels!