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At Bertram's Hotel by Agatha Christie

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rosered_reading's review against another edition

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mysterious

4.5

misschelle007's review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

lovecor3's review against another edition

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lighthearted 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? Yes

3.25

My first Agatha Christie! Probably an odd place to start but for whatever reason it called to me.

The setting descriptions were by far and away the highlight of this book - as it should be with somewhere like Bertram's being the main focus. Christie's writing was so evocative and let me envision the hotel so clearly! And her characters were well written with little eccentricities and quirks to humanise them.

I don't know how to comment on the mystery since I've watched all the TV Marples many times and already knew who the murderer was - I really enjoyed the stuff with poor Canon Pennyfather, especially his perspective, but dismantling a national crime syndicate felt a bit... grand for what I expected from a Marple. Perhaps that's on me, since it's my first.

For more stars it needed more Miss Marple, I think.

Listened to on audiobook.

nitemarehippygirl's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

allerssi's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

dnandrews797's review

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3.0

This one only gets three stars because of the excellent twist at the end I didn’t see coming. Otherwise, it seemed to meander and drag on forever and Miss Marple was barely in it. I also had a lot of sympathy for the antagonist of this one and I didn’t really agree with how it was ended. I’d prefer that they get away clean. Sometimes an antagonist is just too good and too charismatic to be caught.