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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)

Agatha Christie

Start date: May 1, 2025

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Sep 09, 2016 Leslie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: guardian-1000, audiobooks, owned, mysteries

2020 review:
I decided to revisit this favorite Poirot novel after finding myself disappointed by the David Suchet adaptation. Don't get me wrong - I love Suchet as Poirot & I had seen this episode before. However, upon rewatching it yesterday, I was bothered by how different the mood of the adaptation was from my memory of the book. Such a relief to find that the book was indeed as I had remembered it!

2016 review:
Hugh Fraser's narration is perfect for this, one of my favorite Christie mysteries ...more

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Nov 21, 2017 Pranit rated it it was amazing

Shelves: hercule-poirot

Agree 100% why it is one of the most controversial stories by the Queen 👸 of crime. Really makes you think 💭 about who the culprit can be. Highly recommend it for someone who has already read a considerable amount of crime and murder mystery novels 🕵️‍♀️

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Oct 25, 2014 Damaskcat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I think I first read this book about forty years ago but as I had forgotten most of it I decided to read it again. It is often regarded as one of Christie's best books. It is certainly well written and the plotting as ever with this author is masterly. The clues are there for anyone to solve the crime for themselves and I picked up most of them but failed to put the correct interpretation on them.

Roger Ackroyd is murdered in a locked room. Almost anyone could have done it and plenty seem to hav ...more

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May 10, 2018 Marina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

I don’t know what to expect before reading this but a lot of people seemed to like this book and I was excited to see/read what all the fuss is about. And I can definitely say that I agree with the majority.

I was sad that Hastings isn’t narrating this but it was kind of refreshing. I like reading in the perspective of someone new talking about Poirot lol

Agatha Christie seems to always make me doubt my guesses and then surprised me at the end.

Of course the big reveal was just incredible but th ...more

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Oct 09, 2017 Elinor rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: polar

Bon, j'avais entendu tellement de fois que ce livre était surprenant, qu'on ne pouvait pas deviner l'identité du coupable, que j'étais hyper sur le qui-vive, et en fait j'ai tout de suite deviné qui c'était ^^ J'ai quand même adoré ce roman même s'il n'était pas aussi surprenant que ce que j'espérais, j'ai aimé l'écriture, l'ambiance, l'intrigue, la construction... et je suis même réconciliée avec Poirot, incredible ! ...more

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