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Sept 25: The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928) by Agatha Christie
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Well what can I say, I have just added this to my "favourites" and given it 5 stars, so erm it was good. Ok that was understatement, I really really enjoyed this. Astonishingly I have never read this before, nor do I remember the Suchet TV version, so it was a great experience to read a Poirot not knowing the answers.
As always with Christie the characterisation was fantastic. I find it very difficult to believe this was only the 2nd Poirot book as it was so "mature". Poirot was excellent and th ...more
As always with Christie the characterisation was fantastic. I find it very difficult to believe this was only the 2nd Poirot book as it was so "mature". Poirot was excellent and th ...more
I avoided "Murder on the Links" for a long time simply because I assumed it had to do with golf. Silly me. Of course, a body is indeed discovered on a golf course in France, but beyond that, golf is irrelevant. As though I needed reminding that Christie is sly, after finishing the book, I realize "Links" had a far more important meaning.
Poirot takes his sweet time coming to the forefront in his second outing (though his "little gray cells" are always at work), but it's almost halfway through be ...more
Poirot takes his sweet time coming to the forefront in his second outing (though his "little gray cells" are always at work), but it's almost halfway through be ...more
Hmmm. I must say, this has, so far, been my least favourite of Agatha Christie's novels. I found the plot had too many coincidences and, frankly, by the end it felt confusing. I didn't feel it had the neat, tidiness I have come to expect from Agatha Christie.
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Poirot's second case, also accompanied by his liability of a friend: the narrator, Hastings. Very clever use of characters and a shocking twist at the end. And, it's always fun to have the threat of the guillotine hanging over the murderer.
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Nov 26, 2024
Rebecca Skelton
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