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Reading Order for the Unofficial Poirot Buddy Reads
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last updated Dec 27, 2020 08:20AM
Poirot Buddy Read 40: SPOILER THREAD Curtain
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last updated Feb 05, 2021 06:12PM
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Nov 03, 2019
Susan in NC
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it was amazing
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I really enjoyed listening and reading this Poirot mystery- somehow I missed it years ago when I first gorged on Agatha Christie! A real treat to find a new (to me) Christie mystery, I thought I had read all of the Poirot and Marple mysteries (I know, there are other books, maybe I’ll explore those as a personal book challenge in the new year...)
Anyway, this book humanizes Poirot, by starting off with a visit to the dentist- turns out our fearless warrior for truth and justice is terrified of th ...more
Anyway, this book humanizes Poirot, by starting off with a visit to the dentist- turns out our fearless warrior for truth and justice is terrified of th ...more
I have such a hard time rating Agatha Christie novels. Do I rate it based on how it compares to just any book? Or do I just rate it based on how it compares to other mysteries? Or do I just rate it based on how it compares to other Agatha Christie mysteries? Or do I rate it based on how it compares just among the Marple mysteries or the Poirot mysteries as the case may be?
The truth is, I find Christie incredibly readable. I pick up one of her mystery novels, and, I'm almost always hooked. True, ...more
The truth is, I find Christie incredibly readable. I pick up one of her mystery novels, and, I'm almost always hooked. True, ...more
Agatha Christie kills off Hercule Poirot's dentist - Dr. Morley - as well as several others. (Really not healthy to be associated with Poirot.) Dr. Morley's death is officially ruled a suicide, but Poirot believes it is murder. And, of course, his little grey cells are right. Who done it is a bit of a circuitous trip that at times becomes a demotivating slog. Writing about espionage is not something Christie excels at. Yet Christie still outperforms a goodly number of current writers in this gen
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Nov 04, 2007
Jenn Estepp
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Mar 20, 2012
Laura Anne
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Apr 24, 2012
Peggy
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Loved it!
