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Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)

Agatha Christie

Start date: December 1, 2018

Finish date: December 31, 2018

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Jan 17, 2017 Christine PNW rated it it was amazing

Shelves: vintage-women

I listened to the audio version, which is narrated by Dan Stevens. It didn't hurt that I pictured him reading the book to me.

Anyway, about this book. It is possibly the best closed circle mystery ever written, and Agatha Christie was a sly one. If you've not read Christie, start here.

Note on November 2017 read:

In preparation for the movie release, I decided to listen to the new full cast audio produced by Audible Studios. To be quite honest, I preferred the straight up audio by Dan Stevens. I re ...more

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Jan 30, 2021 Bev rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: british-mystery, agatha-christie, vintage-mystery, mystery, mount-tbr-2021, bought-2020, set-in-yugoslavia-croatia

I am currently trying to reread all of Agatha Christie's detective fiction in order of publication--something I have never done and have long wanted to try. When I first discovered her mysteries, I simply read them as I found them and didn't really pay attention to when they had been published. Some of her work I have read once and then never returned to--whether because I didn't like the particular plot as well or because I initially read it from the library and just hadn't added it to my perso ...more

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Mar 12, 2021 Grisette rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 3rd-pers-narration, my-kind-of-detective-thriller

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
4.5 stars

⏳ [6th re-read in 2022, 1st proper review, rating maintained]

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🔹️ Number of death/s: 1
🔹️ Motive for the crime: Revenge
🔹️ Method of crime: Knife stabbings
🔹️ Main location: Yugoslavia
🔹️ Notable element: Weather acting as a deus ex machina element to derail a well rehearsed plan. And of course, fate was decidedly against them as Poirot suddenly appeared on that train on that night 😲.
🔹️ Book type: Novel, H. Poirot
🔹️ Reference to SH: -

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Jul 13, 2014 Christine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: british-literature, classics, library-books, z-300-to-399-pages, tower-team-iv, read-in-2016, favorites-in-2016

Ah, it always feels so good to read AC. A real comfort although it's a murder mystery, like coming home. I enjoyed reading this one a lot. This is again one of the few Poirot books I found charming. ...more

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Sep 29, 2017 Jennifer M rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: z-read-2017

I've seen two versions of this on the screen, and decided I wanted to read the book before Kenneth Braughns version comes out in November. 🍃
I've listened to the audio version of some of this while working around the house. Dan Stevens does a fantastic job of all the voices! 😁 🍃

Poirot rose. "If you will forgive me for being personal - I do not like your face, M. Ratchett," he said. (That moment Poirot said something we've all felt🤣) 🍃
The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossibl ...more

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