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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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You know i am still um-ing and ah-ing as to whether this is 4 or 5 stars. A really great detective novel, great plot and Poirot was on top form, and to cap it all he is ably assisted by Ariadne Oliver, so why am i still prevaricating as to why its 4 or 5 stars ?
I really don't know where to start, apart from repeating myself. I checked the reviews of this book, and the ratings average less than 4.0, so maybe it isn't just me.
It's good, its complex but simple, its well thought out, it doesn't rush ...more
I really don't know where to start, apart from repeating myself. I checked the reviews of this book, and the ratings average less than 4.0, so maybe it isn't just me.
It's good, its complex but simple, its well thought out, it doesn't rush ...more
3.5 STARS | I'm a little conflicted about this one. Although I enjoyed the central mystery and story quite a bit, the solution fell a little flat for me. This being one of the last Poirots that Christie wrote, perhaps she was signaling her weariness with having to come up with yet another twisty ending. I did however enjoy the murderer's method of covering up the evidence that would have pointed directly to the killer at the Halloween party. Still, even a second-rate Christie is better than aver
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Solid Agatha Christie! Strong plot, strong characters--I think the only thing that stopped it being a five was the youth of the victims putting a pall over the story. It is a good thing for the variety of her plots that Agatha Christie doesn't only murder reprehensible people, but it does make it harder to enjoy this story. Also there was a bit too much 'young people today and all their sex and funny clothes and crimes' which maybe in another couple of decades I will relate to more but now ...
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The Hallowe’en Party has got to be the most boring Hercule Poirot book I’ve ever read and Ive read quite a few. It goes on and on and when it ends it doesn’t give you much satisfaction.
Oct 21, 2018
True.magic
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it was amazing
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Nov 22, 2021
Rebecca Skelton
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