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A review by dalu
Cards on the Table by Agatha Christie
4.0
3.8 ☆
"Hercule Poirot springs! And so- the gambler will gather in no more tricks. He has thrown his cards upon the table. C'est fini."
This is a grest book. I have to say that I DID found the plot/murder itself rather conventional and boring: in this I agree with Hastings in the Foreword who, contrary to Poirot, considers that part of the case very dull.
However, what I loved here were the characters! The fascinating way Poirot and his fellow investigators solve the case is not by means of physical evidence but they rather used psychology, trying to understand how the minds of the four suspects work, how they played the cards the night of the crime and by asking the suspects seemingly "unrelated questions" such as remembering the objects in the room where the crime was committed.
This was a joy to read through.
Of all the characters the one who steals the spotlight for me is Ariadne Oliver (an Agatha Christie mini-cameo). She was absolutely hilarious, and I loved every second reading her dialogues and struggles as a mystery-books' author. I liked how Ariadne never attempted to solve a real murder but STILL at the end... she was right all along! (and she proudly showed it at the last pages, lol), all of her character made me smile so much.
She appears in more books as far as I know, and I want to read everything.
"Hercule Poirot springs! And so- the gambler will gather in no more tricks. He has thrown his cards upon the table. C'est fini."
This is a grest book. I have to say that I DID found the plot/murder itself rather conventional and boring: in this I agree with Hastings in the Foreword who, contrary to Poirot, considers that part of the case very dull.
However, what I loved here were the characters! The fascinating way Poirot and his fellow investigators solve the case is not by means of physical evidence but they rather used psychology, trying to understand how the minds of the four suspects work, how they played the cards the night of the crime and by asking the suspects seemingly "unrelated questions" such as remembering the objects in the room where the crime was committed.
This was a joy to read through.
Of all the characters the one who steals the spotlight for me is Ariadne Oliver (an Agatha Christie mini-cameo). She was absolutely hilarious, and I loved every second reading her dialogues and struggles as a mystery-books' author. I liked how Ariadne never attempted to solve a real murder but STILL at the end... she was right all along! (and she proudly showed it at the last pages, lol), all of her character made me smile so much.
She appears in more books as far as I know, and I want to read everything.