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Hallowe'en Party
by Agatha Christie
I mostly took up reading this because of my mild interest in the upcoming film adaptation since this is a lesser-known Poirot mystery, and I chose to listen to it as an audiobook so it would not conflict with my reading for grad school. Hugh Fraser just isn't an engaging narrator, at least not for me, so I occasionally struggled to pay attention. Maybe I would've liked it more If I actually read it.
In any case, this is a very strange entry in Agatha Christie's oeuvre. Published in the late 1960s, much of of the novel is Poirot (and I can only assume Christie herself, since she has her self-insert character Ariadne Oliver in here as well) pondering his place as a relic of the early twentieth century in the changing postwar landscape. I don't think Poirot/Christie are entirely disdainful of the new world, but they are confused about it. And I'm not sure I really want that in a Poirot mystery.
In any case, this is a very strange entry in Agatha Christie's oeuvre. Published in the late 1960s, much of of the novel is Poirot (and I can only assume Christie herself, since she has her self-insert character Ariadne Oliver in here as well) pondering his place as a relic of the early twentieth century in the changing postwar landscape. I don't think Poirot/Christie are entirely disdainful of the new world, but they are confused about it. And I'm not sure I really want that in a Poirot mystery.