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outcolder's review against another edition
3.0
Plot was nonsense, but that hardly matters when so very little of it made sense anyway. Tommy and Tuppence are in their 70s, which makes it all the more weirder and funny when she goes riding on some kind of broken bicycle-horse contraption downhill to crash into a kind of tree called a monkey puzzle... over and over and over again. What! Supposedly they are looking for documents hidden in their country home, but various hiding places are strongly telegraphed but then never explored. Other mysteries, like why the garden shed is called KK are mused over but never explained. Mobs of children and senior citizens make for some stressful comedy and a few chapters featuring a nearly-talking dog — if he could speak, he would say... kind of thing — adds to a kind of dreamlike atmosphere. Christie’s last? book so some of the forgetfulness of “Elephants Never Forget” is probably part of the mood here, a mood that seems to gently dissolve from something like Hitchcock’s Birds into something like bingo night in the palliative care ward. Not “so bad it’s good,” more like, “so demented it’s art.”
symph_adventures's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
bungadinding's review against another edition
2.0
Ngga fokus banget baca ini 😵 Awalnya bertanya-tanya apakah karena terjemahannya kurang enak dibaca atau kenapa. Eh setelah mencari tahu, ternyata ini buku terakhir yang ditulis Agatha Christie menjelang beliau tutup usia, saat beliau sudah mengalami penurunan mental. It's an okay book, asalkan ngga usah terlalu dipikir kalau plotnya berantakan, dialognya repetitif dan boring. Hannibal the dog saves the day 🐕
hidingzeus's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Tommy and Tuppence and Hannibal are heroes! I genuinely loved this one. And the fact that the dog is the hero of the hour made it all the better!
smartinez9's review against another edition
3.0
More sprawling than her usual fare—quite vague, but with flashes of brilliance, and overall very suggestive. Very interesting what she chose to focus on and managed to execute well (characterization) while her acuity and usual organization was declining.
corikane's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
disappointing - everything's rather vague and muddled
leda00's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I very much enjoy A.C. mysteries—until this one. The premise was good, the style & characters were good…. I just kept waiting for more to happen. And in the end, we were left with a handed-down partial answer. I almost question if she wrote this or didn’t quite finish?
rynflynn12's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-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
3.75
ithepomegranate's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
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
4.0