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I've been familiar with this story for decades now (after seeing the Star-studded Sidney Lumet film version) As usual, the book far exceeds the movie despite the number of Hollywood luminaries brought to it.
The snow bound Orient Express train is the perfect setting for Poirot's talents to shine and the opulence of the setting just adds to the story's appeal.
Christie forgoes having Captain Hastings along as the narrator in this one and I find it's a cleaner telling of the story without having t ...more
The snow bound Orient Express train is the perfect setting for Poirot's talents to shine and the opulence of the setting just adds to the story's appeal.
Christie forgoes having Captain Hastings along as the narrator in this one and I find it's a cleaner telling of the story without having t ...more
Dec 04, 2018
Christina, but with tea
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it was amazing
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4.5
This was my first read for the 2018 Cloak & Dagger Readathon. Despite seeing three different film/tv adaptations, I still found this to be a very solid and entertaining read. I wasn't bored at all, even though I already knew "who dunnit".
If you get the chance, I highly recommend the audiobook read by David Suchet, who played Poirot in the tv series. He does an excellent job with the narration and the characters' voices (especially Mrs. Hubbard!) ...more
This was my first read for the 2018 Cloak & Dagger Readathon. Despite seeing three different film/tv adaptations, I still found this to be a very solid and entertaining read. I wasn't bored at all, even though I already knew "who dunnit".
If you get the chance, I highly recommend the audiobook read by David Suchet, who played Poirot in the tv series. He does an excellent job with the narration and the characters' voices (especially Mrs. Hubbard!) ...more
The Unabridged Audiobook version of this as read by David Suchet is a gem.
Unlike the many film and television adaptations, (and most gems) this is uncut and a bit unpolished. Perhaps the characterizations aren't as multi-faceted and fail to sparkle quite as much as some of the the abler adaptations but there is also no overly dark patina of religiosity or "witty" camp as with the more well known versions.
Instead the genius of the original is allowed to shine though. I've not yet seen the Kenne ...more
Unlike the many film and television adaptations, (and most gems) this is uncut and a bit unpolished. Perhaps the characterizations aren't as multi-faceted and fail to sparkle quite as much as some of the the abler adaptations but there is also no overly dark patina of religiosity or "witty" camp as with the more well known versions.
Instead the genius of the original is allowed to shine though. I've not yet seen the Kenne ...more
I like murder mysteries where I can guess who the culprit is. This just didn't feel at all possible in this book. So much of the information presented at the end was not given to the reader, and I felt there was no way for the reader to even guess this information. I enjoyed reading it, but not as much as I could have.
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A great Agatha Christie. Besides being a classic, I read this because my library also has this one in Arabic, which I'm going to start reading next. SO Jarimah fi Qitar as-Sharq, here I come!
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