Murder On The Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
Murder On The Orient Expr...
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Read in August, 2007
seru..
pembunuhan!! dan terencana!!
namun sedikit terkacaukan oleh karena kereta orient express ini tidak bisa melanjutkan perjalanan karena terhalang salju.
sepertinya kalau tidak demikian, maka pada saat pembunuhan ini diketahui, kereta sudah melewati stasiun berikutnya, yang berarti sudah banyak penumpang yang naik dan turun.
maka demikianlah semua penumpang patut dicurigai. apalagi setelah diketahui bahwa tidak ada jejak orang keluar meninggalkan kereta.
sebenarnya korban pembun...more
pembunuhan!! dan terencana!!
namun sedikit terkacaukan oleh karena kereta orient express ini tidak bisa melanjutkan perjalanan karena terhalang salju.
sepertinya kalau tidak demikian, maka pada saat pembunuhan ini diketahui, kereta sudah melewati stasiun berikutnya, yang berarti sudah banyak penumpang yang naik dan turun.
maka demikianlah semua penumpang patut dicurigai. apalagi setelah diketahui bahwa tidak ada jejak orang keluar meninggalkan kereta.
sebenarnya korban pembun...more
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Read in January, 2008
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Mystery fans, everyone
I had no prior experience with Agatha Christie before going into this book, so I did not know what to expect. Although the story started slowly (as all mysteries really must), I was soon enthralled by this amazing writer.
The storyline has become synonymous with murder mystery fiction. A man is killed on an international railroad, and most of the action takes place in the former Yugoslavia. Christie presents a fascinating assembly of people/suspects, and her wonderful detective, Hercule Poiro...more
The storyline has become synonymous with murder mystery fiction. A man is killed on an international railroad, and most of the action takes place in the former Yugoslavia. Christie presents a fascinating assembly of people/suspects, and her wonderful detective, Hercule Poiro...more
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Read in June, 2008
Agata Christie's 1934 mystery MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS has her Belgian sleuth investigating a murder on the legendary Istanbul-Paris route. After solving some case in Syria, Poirot hopes to unwind in Turkey for a few days, but receives a telegram urging him to come to London immediately. With some difficulty, he secures a berth on the train, finding himself surrounded by a lively cast of characters from Europe and the United States. Not long after departure, one of them is found dead, and Po...more
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Read in December, 2007
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Mystery lovers
Well, after many years I have finally read an Agatha Christie mystery. My overly persuasive husband prodded me into because he thought that since I was a mystery lover I had to read one of the most prolific mystery writers of all time. I read it in two days. It is a very easy read that carries the reader effortlessly into each chapter and section. The characters are somewhat intriguing and from varied international backrounds which definetly heightened the sense of mystery. It is the first book ...more
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Read in June, 2007
The first Agatha Christie I've read, aside from The Mousetrap, which I acted in in 10th grade. (I played the victim, which means I got to be a real bitch before getting strangled at the end of Act I. It was awesome.) This was a lot of fun—I realize I like the methodical clarity of the type of detective story where the inspector interviews all the suspects, and carefully pursues each...more
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Read in May, 2008
After getting introduced to Agatha Christie mysteries in And Then There Were None, I was left speechless. How could a person think of such a brilliant mystery? Then, I stumbled upon Murder on the Orient Express. I like train travel and I thought this would be a good read. It was more than a good read however, and I got hooked. Every night I would stay up late reading and finished the book in three evenings. Not only was Christie’s writing style descriptive, but she also threw in ...more
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Read in July, 2008
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library salerecommends it for: Christie fans
Again, picked up at the library book sale. Third Christie book I've read and I'm understanding already why it's one of the most popular ones--a great premise, great characters and the almost unbelievable skills of deduction from our hero, M. Poirot.
Snowbound, a murder improvised under the circumstances, all suspects lying--to protect whom? How mnay killers? When did it happen?
As usual, a pretty fast read. I guess I'm not the sort of person who pauses in mysteries to c...more
Snowbound, a murder improvised under the circumstances, all suspects lying--to protect whom? How mnay killers? When did it happen?
As usual, a pretty fast read. I guess I'm not the sort of person who pauses in mysteries to c...more
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Read in January, 1960
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Poirot fans
Agatha Christie's Poirot is always sure to tickle not only your "little grey cells" but also your every human emotion. Poirot's dry humor is a delight. His penchant for order in his personal life is reflected in his method "deduire," and eventually becomes almost annoying. His gentile manner with women and children is endearing. You can't help but wince at his ridiculous waxed mustache. But above all, you'll marvel at his intelligence.
As is his gift extraordinaire, hi...more
As is his gift extraordinaire, hi...more
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Read in September, 2007
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Murder on the Orient Express clearly displays the imagination and cleverness of Agatha Christie. Her formal and old-fashioned writing style gives a feel of the time period and place it was set in. Althought the book tends to have a lot of details, they do not seem relevent as soon as they are told, but as the book proceeds one realizes that all the minute details matter. Just like many of her books, the ending is nothing like anyone would have guessed it to be.
The characters in the book all ha...more
The characters in the book all ha...more
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Actually I am reading a vintage copy from 1945 back when it was titled "Murder in the Callais Coach". I like to read one or two Agatha Christie books in the summer, it's a tradition. I'd already read this one when I was in high school maybe, but I didn't realize the book had had two names, so I decided to re-read it again right now. So far it seems a straight-forward mystery but I love the idea of the Orient Express in general, and of it being trapped in the snowy mountains. So cinemat...more
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Ever since I was very little, ever since I can remember remembering at least, I've been absorbing the names of "classic" or at least "well-known" books. I have no idea how this started or where any of these titles came from, but I always knew that Agatha Christie was a regarded author and that intelligent people read her books, since Murder on the Orient Express was the most famous, I picked that up first. I really liked it, though, it is by no means "classic literature&...more
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Read in April, 2008
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Read in March, 2008
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classic murder mystery readers
This is my second Agatha Christie book I've read, and again I'm amazed at how she can create so many tangible characters in such a quick read. Of course, the characters have their secrets as in And Then There Were None, but they are all people/characters that you've meet before even though the book was written in the 30s.
And Then There Were None questions if it's right to kill people that have gotten away with murder that's not condemnable by law, and this book questions a sim...more
And Then There Were None questions if it's right to kill people that have gotten away with murder that's not condemnable by law, and this book questions a sim...more
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Read in May, 2008
Agatha Christie's books baffle me...I couldn't put this book down, and yet I kept telling my husband how trite and boring it was. The way Poirot seems to take nonsense clues and gather them into an outlandish hypothesis that is in the end completely true is somewhat irritating. At the same time, the fact that I can never guess the murderer makes her books intriguing to read. While much of the book was simply okay as far as I'm concerned, I loved the ending. I couldn't beleive the prim and proper...more
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Read in August, 2007
It's been a long time since I've read an Agatha Christie novel, and I'd never read her most famous one, so I decided to give it a go. I had forgotten how wonderful Christie's characters are! The story is fast-paced, and as long as you haven't seen the movie (I hadn't), you can't see the crazy twist coming. I enjoyed how the French was not translated into English, however those with no knowledge of French may miss out on some of the dialogue because of this. MotOE is required reading for any fan ...more
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Read in October, 2007
Wow. I was surprised by Murder on the Orient Express, not only of who did it, so to speak, but also of the ending. I have to admit I was quite impressed - or more to the point, stunned - by the latter. It was quite brilliant and not what I would expect from our protagonist, M. Poirot, to have quietly accepted the matter so. I have also to admit to being charmed by his honest, blunt descriptions.
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تا آنجا که من دیده ام اغلب آثاری که به نام آگاتا کریستی در فارسی چاپ و منتشر شده، یک تالیف از سوی مترجم است، مانند کارهایی که شکیباپور در دهه ی چهل و پنجاه به عنوان مترجم منتشر کرده است، اغلب چیزکی یا چیزهایی از اثر همنام آگاتا کریستی در آن هست، اما داستان و زبان کریستی اصلن حضو...more
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Read in July, 2008
I think the most pleasure I got out of this book was that I was reading while traveling on train in Switzerland on holiday.
I read the book in part because of the recent Doctor Who episode where they had Agatha Christie as character, but to be honest, I felt a bit cheated by some of the explanations becasue you really couldn't guess them with the evdience you were given and the whole things seemed a bit self referential to the genre in terms of the plot devices.
I read the book in part because of the recent Doctor Who episode where they had Agatha Christie as character, but to be honest, I felt a bit cheated by some of the explanations becasue you really couldn't guess them with the evdience you were given and the whole things seemed a bit self referential to the genre in terms of the plot devices.
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Read in January, 1979
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I have a special place in my heart for Agatha Christie, I read these books when I was very young and the sense of place and history was especially exciting to me. I know that Christie is awful for creating unsolvable murders with characters being introduced at the end to wrap up the mystery, but I can't shake the gentle nostalgia that color her books for me.
They are a great introduction for young people to mysteries though, not too gruesome, nothing too shocking.
They are a great introduction for young people to mysteries though, not too gruesome, nothing too shocking.
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