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pbraue13's review
3.0
A typical, but entertaining Poirot story with the murder of a 14 year old, no less, and the return of one of my favorite Poirot characters Ariadne Oliver!
frannieman's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
killingworth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
freyajhugroo's review against another edition
3.75
I was totally bamboozled on this one BUT I did pick up on some of the key clues that helped poirot figure it out which I'm proud of.
I read an interesting criticism about the believability of this one but that didn't take away my enjoyability during the book so not taking any points off.
I also love that Christie has a character who is explicitly parodying herself in this. It's very funny.
I read an interesting criticism about the believability of this one but that didn't take away my enjoyability during the book so not taking any points off.
I also love that Christie has a character who is explicitly parodying herself in this. It's very funny.
beatanorina's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
jayraams's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful story, Miss Oliver will always be my favourite secondary character.
sarabeth_h's review against another edition
4.0
New style for me. Loved the writing and thoroughly enjoyed learning new vocab and new uses for words. A great deal of character description and too quick for much deep development of those characters but for what I was anticipating, it fully satisfied.
theladydoor's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
goobytuesday's review
3.0
This wasn’t the usual hercule poirot mystery where it’s solely hercule doing the detective work with a sidekick helping him. The book was mainly characters describing each other in great detail with minor shade on skeletons in their respective closets. The ending and “exposed murder plot” was so fantastical and outlandish that literally no one reading this would figure it out until hercule spells it out for you. All in all, it was a decent story and had some great sarcastic lines from the cast.
myladydisdain's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5