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Aug 12, 2011

Laura rated it:

Well, after many years I have finally read an Agatha Christie mystery. My overly persuasive husband prodded me into reading it 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 backgrounds which definitely heightened the sense of mystery. It is th More...

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Oct 22, 2010

Dina rated it:

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Jan 29, 2012

Juan rated it:

Le tengo una cariño especial a los misterios "de cuarto cerrado" en los que un crimen ocurre en un lugar donde nadie pudo haber entrado o salido, de manera que el culpable se encuentra entre los personajes que hasta antes del crimen hemos conocido. Este tipo de misterios si están bien desarrollados dan al lector pistas que los hacen sospechar, hechos que lo confunden y circunstancias que complican conocer al culpable del crimen, pero siempre se conserva la ilusión de que es posible des More...

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Jun 08, 2011

Fahima rated it:

من أجمل روايات أغاثا وأكثرها شهرة.
قرائتي لها قديمة جداً لكني أذكر إشاراتٍ في مستهل الرواية لأجواءِ أسطنبول. أجدُ في العديدِ من روايات أغاثا مادةً ثريةً للدراسات الاستشراقية والمابعد كولونياليّة.

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Oct 31, 2008

Amanda rated it:

Ok. So now I know for myself why Agatha Christie is such a successful author - she's dang good, that's why! This book was nothing short of brilliant and I would recommend it to anyone who likes a good mystery. Her main character, "Poirot", is such a wonderful example of the little man with the big brain. No one expects him to be so amazingly brilliant at figuring out these myteries but he does because he uses psychology and imagination. This book is what I'd call "brain-candy" More...

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Jun 02, 2008

Jason rated it:

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 P More...

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Sep 09, 2007

Heather's Mum rated it:

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.

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Aug 23, 2007

Noviarman rated it:

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. More...

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Dec 10, 2008

Elena rated it:

I haven't read many books by Agatha Christie as the genre is not among my favourites I must admit, but I read this one in English years ago and enjoyed it a lot. A very quick read, with a surprising end which is perfectly connected with every single hint given all through the book. Perhaps the psychological insight is not really carried out, as the main focus is on the survey and its logic, of course.

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Sep 29, 2007

Dave rated it:

Twelve exotic and eclectic individuals traveling on the famous Orient Express... A murder brings Poirot on the scene. All twelve of the above-mentioned passengers are suspects. Hercule Poirot goes about solving the crime in his engrossing and entertaining way. Several times during the book I am sure I know who the murderer is. There is quite a twist at the end... Classic Agatha Christie. Her best! I must read this book again.... More...

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Oct 01, 2007

Jane rated it:

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. More...

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Apr 21, 2008

Christina rated it:

This was my book club's selection for May. I have enjoyed the mystery genre in the past, but was not really impressed by Agatha Christie. I think I prefer watching the action unfold along with the detective. Here, there was very little action to actually unfold. And while thought games can be interesting, the "parlor-room" variety of mystery is just not my cup of tea. In addition, Poirot was so self-congratulatory, I found he grated on me. Sorry Tam :) Hmmm, maybe I don't like mysterie More...

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Dec 24, 2008

Mary rated it:

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Dec 09, 2011

Madeline rated it:

In the seventh grade, I read Murder on the Orient Express, either right before or after I read Death on the Nile, without really having any idea who Agatha Christie was. I remember enjoying this a lot and finding it very exciting and suspenseful, and of course the ending blew my mind. Then I pretty much forgot about the book until about a year ago when I did my senior research project on detective novels and spent my summer reading a ton of them.

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Nov 16, 2011

Pete rated it:

Uh, book club book.

That's the explanation for why.

It's pretty much what you'd expect, a whodunit with an ending that's fairly interesting, although you could probably just skip to it and get about the same amount out of it. I DO have a theory that horror movie writers are going back to Agatha Christie for their plot twists, turns, and oddly-positioned stabbings, though. However, the weird machines that drown people in pig's innards are a fairly novel creation that I'm n More...

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Oct 30, 2011

theduckthief rated it:

“All around us are people of all classes, of all nationalities, of all ages. For three days these people, these strangers to one another, are brought together. They sleep and eat under one roof, they cannot get away from each other. At the end of three days they part, they go their separate ways, never, perhaps to see each other again.”

Hercule Poirot is travelling back from Pakistan on the Orient Express and is lucky to get a berth. He finds the train strangely crowded for winter. Po More...

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Oct 13, 2011

Connie rated it:

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS by Agatha Christie is 6 CD's and read by David Suchet. This book is approximately 6 hours 53 minutes in the unabridged version.

This #9 in the Hercule Poirot series. If I have watched the movie, I don't remember it and I don't remember ever reading this book. It was very good and plan to read or listen to all her books. There were so many clues it was almost impossible to figure out who could have been the killer. I thought I had it all figured o More...

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Sep 08, 2011

Doris rated it:

There is most definitely a reason this book is one (if not arguably the number one) of the best books Agatha Christie has ever written.
To sum it all up:
1) The number one best thing about it.. the ENDING! It's a total smack in the face. Unless someone has already spoiled it for you, you're in for a surprise.
2) You feel for the characters. The circumstances at the end are so heart breaking to the reader that you are left feeling that murder was almost the best choice.

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Sep 03, 2011

Lydia rated it:

After finishing, I had to laugh at myself. I was suspecting that this one character murdered the victim, and when Poirot confronted the character, I was like, "YES-I-KNEW-IT". Then I was confused, cuz it turned out not to be this one character, and then Poirot confronted this other character and I was like, "YES-I-SORT-OF-KNEW-IT", Professor Lockhart-style.

I did find the first chapter dry, but I think it was just because Agatha Christie was introducing characters More...

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Aug 02, 2011

Pam rated it:

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Picture yourself on a Paris-bound train in the middle of a snow storm. Usually a vacant vehicle, this time of year, the Orient Express is rather full. Suspiciously full. All goes, crowdedly well until an unlikable, well-to-do American passenger is stabbed to death in his cabin.

Because of the snow, the train is stuck in the vast whiteness with no way on or off. This, of course, makes finding the culprit pretty easy. Or so one would More...

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Jun 21, 2011

Sarah rated it:

Hercule Poirot is on his way back from solving a mystery in Syria when another one drops right into his lap. On the Orient Express back, twelve complete strangers inhabit the same car as the famed detective. When the man in the room right next to Poirot’s is stabbed to death during the night – and the train is forced to stop for an avalanche nearly at the same moment – the passengers are forced to recognize that the murderer is one still in their midst. And Poirot is just the man to ferret hi More...

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Jun 03, 2011

Two Bibliomaniacs rated it:

For us, Murder on the Orient Express felt a little bit like the board game Clue. Although, come to think about it, maybe Clue was modeled after similar murder mystery novels, in which case, Murder on the Orient Express has a feel much like Murder on the Orient Express... It should also be known that we’ve never actually completed a full game of Clue, which proves once again, we have no idea where we’re going with this opening... Sorry.

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Mar 27, 2011

Annie rated it:

I liked this classic, clever "who-done-it" mystery. It was my first read of anything by Agatha Christie, therefore, my first read of anything starring the brilliant, detective Hercule Poirot, a short Belgian man with a long mustaches (In the book the facial hair was always referred to as plural!). I liked the set-up; a train gets stuck in an unexpected snowstorm, a passenger gets murdered, and it is up to a detective also a passenger on said train, to ferret out the murder. Sure, so More...

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Mar 23, 2011

Travis rated it:

I really enjoyed this book because it was a mystery and a murder in the same book. As the reader I tried to put the pieces of the puzzle together of who killed the man on the Orient Express. Hercule Poirot has to try and solve this huge mystery while on a train to Paris. He hears so many different stories from the different passengers, and at the end he concludes that every single passenger (except himself and his companion) had something to do with the murder. There were 13 stab wounds in the m More...

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Mar 17, 2011

Ella rated it:

Imagine taking a fancy, high society, train across the country. It doesn’t seem like such a bad thing! That’s what French detective Hercule Poirot though until murder struck. While the train was snowed in, it was up to Poirot to find out who committed the murder and find them before its too late... because the murderer may have still been on the train.
Murder on the Orient Express was an extraordinary book. The tone, the characters, and the detailed descriptions made me feel like More...

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Mar 07, 2011

Laurel rated it:

*spoilers* I love many of Agatha Christie's lesser-known works, but I won't even pretend to originality of thought when it comes to what I consider THE greatest detective novel of all time: her most famous novel, the one everyone has heard of even if they haven't read it, the one that was made into an excellent film and, recently, a mediocre computer game--Murder in the Calais Coach, better known as Murder on the Orient Express, is my favorite mystery (and yes, I even played the mediocre compute More...

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Feb 28, 2011

Mimi rated it:

There is most definitely a reason this book is one (if not arguably the number one) of the best books Agatha Christie has ever written.

To sum it all up:

1) The number one best thing about it.. the ENDING! It's a total smack in the face. Unless someone has already spoiled it for you, you're in for a surprise.

2) You feel for the characters. The circumstances at the end are so heart breaking to the reader that you are left feeling that murder was almost the best choice. More...

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Aug 28, 2010

Andrew rated it:

I have seen a huge collection of Agatha Christie books at my school's library, but wasn't really interested in them until this year. I am required to read 40 books throughout the school year, and wanted to start out with something. I was a little unsure whether to read this or not, because I have read a few classics before, and they were dull.
I was surprised with this book. It was very intriuging, and I loved the plot. The method of murder was elaborate and well-planned. Mrs. Christie has More...

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Jul 06, 2010

Jerry rated it:

Famous classic whodunit aboard train -- many suspects !!

Possibly one of the most famous (possibly due to the fine movie of the same title) in the Hercule Poirot series, this classic little mystery has survived since its first publication in 1933 -- maybe that says it all! The plot is fairly familiar -- during the night on a several day train trip across lower Europe, Poirot's seemingly unpopular sleeping car neighbor is murdered. Rather than little or no clues or suspects, almost eve More...

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Mar 27, 2010

Chris rated it:

For one of the most well-known titles from one of the most prolific authors, I had very high expectations. Sadly, I was disappointed. Given that there are many other mysteries by Agatha Christie, I won't write her off yet--but this is strike one.

I won't pretend that I figured it out myself, but I also won't say that the final solution was either believable or satisfying. That the murder could have been so brilliantly planned I accept, but that the investigation would proceed as it di More...

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