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Listened to this through Hugh Fraser’s narration on Scribd.

And what do we get from a story without Hastings as the narrator? Ahh well the narrator as the murderer himself. All this to say that Miss Agatha Christie thought too that Hastings and Poirot should be together, that is how the world is set right lol I’m grumbling.

Anyway, there was one thing Poirot said in this book that left a mark on me. “Women observe subconsciously a thousand little details, without knowing that they are doing so. Their subconscious mind adds these little things together—and they call the result intuition.” I liked how women’s intuition was viewed by Poirot this way, that it came from a woman’s observation of the little details instead of intuition as an “out of the blue” thing, a form of miracle, or even sometimes tied to women’s paranoia.

This, however, wasn’t as enjoyable a mystery as the others of Poirot that I’ve read before but I still love the Hercule Poirot series so on we go! 3 stars!

robinmorriz's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

junojunejunie's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

jestareader's review against another edition

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4.0

'The Big Four' was my first Agatha Christie book and I did not like it at all. I thought Agatha Christie just wasn't for me and wasn't planning to pick another one of her books up. My mum, a huge Agatha Christie fan, convinced me otherwise. She handed me this book and I hesitantly agreed to read it.

Much, much better! I actually enjoyed this one (which was a surprise). I was nearing the end of the novel at a rowing practice and refused to starting training until I finished the book. Luckily my coach is a reader as well and let me finish the last two pages.

I imagine that this book was a better reflection of her style than 'the Big Four' (which I heard was published in segments in a newspaper, which does explain it a bit) but I suppose I will have to read more of her work to see if that's true or not.

Also quite the twist ending. Very nice. 👌👌

In short, 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' = Good, 'The Big Four' = Not so good.

juliia_zam's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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