A review by arwenundomiel03
The Chocolate Box - a Hercule Poirot Short Story by Agatha Christie

mysterious relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I did really like this one - I’m just not giving it as high a rating as others because it was slightly less engaging and hooking as other poirot stories. I really enjoyed it as a concept though, and thought it was a brilliant way of doing a short story - writing it from the pov of Poirot telling Hastings a tale, rather than exploring the plot in the first person. It allowed for greater licence for it to be a short story (omitting parts that maybe wouldn’t have been and it been a full length story). I also think it didn’t really have the ability to be expanded further as a story or concept, so it was a good idea on her part to keep it as a short story.