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Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42)

Agatha Christie

Start date: December 1, 2020

Finish date: December 31, 2020

Discussion: Archive: Poirot Buddy Reads

Why we're reading this: Getting towards the end of our Poirot buddy reads.
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Jan 05, 2017 BrokenTune rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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“Elephants can remember, but we are human beings and mercifully human beings can forget.”

My first Christie of 2017. It took me a few attempts to get into the story, not because it was difficult to find a way to engage with the plot but purely because I enjoyed re-reading the opening of the story where Ariadne Oliver, Dame Agatha's alter ego in this series, considers the different ways to wear a hat and which hat is appropriate for which occasion.

I love Ariadne. She's the scatty, sassy, creative ...more

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Nov 29, 2020 Jill rated it really liked it

Shelves: agatha-christie

Another what we call now a cold case. As usual, clues were left along the way and it was good to have both Hercule and Ariadne back together again.

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Dec 22, 2020 Sandy rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery-detective-grp, mystery-classic, rread-2020

While I liked the interplay between Poirot and Ariadne Oliver, with a short appearance of Mr. Goby, much of the plot was a rehash of earlier books. This book could be viewed as a tribute to memory as Christie herself was old.

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