A review by meekumoh
The Big Four by Agatha Christie

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Christie writes such thrilling sequences. This was almost a James Bond movie, surreal. Chemists making smokebombs, a mythical laboratory...But so much of the intrigue and smokescreens relied on the "mysterious east". Sly Chinese people who control the underworld and whatnot. That's why, even though it is such an exhilarating read, it's hardly a reread. 

Christie's strength draws on her quiet knowledge. Of unpretentious, homebrew methods of murder. Science, yes, but nothing of this scale. Hastings is growing on me as I read on. I'll still say the cat and mouse game between Number 4 and Poirot was very entertaining, but thinking on it, it felt like a series of short stories stuffed into a novel to advance the plot. 
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