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This is a hard story to rate, for me. The mystery was well done and practically "unsolvable" but I found the solution to be almost like a magician pulling multiple rabbits out of a single hat. To say that the solution to this mystery was "jury-rigged" would be an understatement and also a bad pun.
This is my first Agatha Christie novel, so I will need to read another. ...more
This is my first Agatha Christie novel, so I will need to read another. ...more
Wow! Why have I never read Agatha Christie before? This book was really fun. Each character was unique. Hercule Poirot was intelligent and guided me through the story with a simplicity that I found interesting for a mystery novel protagonist. I listened to the audio version and I am really glad that I did because each character was voiced with a distinctive voice and accent. I could have never done their voices justice.
There are already more than 18,000 reviews on this book, so I don’t have much to say! Read it if you haven’t and reread it if you’ve only read it once. I went through an Agatha Christie reading phase around 6 th grade but I never read this book. I listened to the BBC podcast World Book Club and this book was the topic and my interest was piqued.
She had a gift of engaging the reader from the beginning of the story. I had my suspicions but in the end I was surprised! Don’t worry there are no spoi ...more
She had a gift of engaging the reader from the beginning of the story. I had my suspicions but in the end I was surprised! Don’t worry there are no spoi ...more
Okay, I hang my head in shame. I am a mystery buff and have never read Murder on the Orient Express. I knew about, or thought I did. I even swore I seen a show on it. Well, I read it and was so wrong. I have to eat my crow now. But the end result was quite tasty.
This is the story of a famous detective who finds himself on a train with a dead man. It is supposed to be a simple train trip back to England, but with most famous detectives nothing is ever as simple as it should be. Bad weather causes ...more
This is the story of a famous detective who finds himself on a train with a dead man. It is supposed to be a simple train trip back to England, but with most famous detectives nothing is ever as simple as it should be. Bad weather causes ...more
I’ve read this probably a dozen times over the years but reading after having my own daughter made it a much richer experience.
Jun 12, 2016
Susannah
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Jun 07, 2017
Courtney Smith
marked it as to-read
Jul 14, 2017
m00ngrrrl
rated it
it was amazing
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Sep 22, 2017
Julia
marked it as to-read
Mar 09, 2018
Katie
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Holly
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Apr 26, 2018
Dana Arbelaez
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