A review by annelives
Poirot Investigates: A Hercule Poirot Collection by Agatha Christie

mysterious 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

2.75

Might be my least favorite Poirot mysteries. Most of the mysteries were uninteresting and there’s scattered pockets of racist language throughout towards Chinese, Japanese, and Egyptian peoples. I know Agatha Christie is the product of her time, but with other books they’ve cleaned up at least racial slurs but in this one not so much. There’s always going to be a bit of an imperialist tone in her works, because she’s English during Imperialism, but it was just more obvious and distracting in this collection of short stories. 
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