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reading this for #ReadChristie2025 - 3,75 stars for me now! Interesting combination of domestic murder and political conspiracy theories. A bit unusual for Christie's story especially with Poirot, but quite enjoyable!
One of the most complicated Christie's story. Some of the complications are not really necessary, although most of them are needed to make the story more juicy :)
Poirot has done his best here, and even though his relationship with Japp is not as funny and comical as u ...more
reading this for #ReadChristie2025 - 3,75 stars for me now! Interesting combination of domestic murder and political conspiracy theories. A bit unusual for Christie's story especially with Poirot, but quite enjoyable!
One of the most complicated Christie's story. Some of the complications are not really necessary, although most of them are needed to make the story more juicy :)
Poirot has done his best here, and even though his relationship with Japp is not as funny and comical as u ...more
Agatha Christie kills off Hercule Poirot's dentist - Dr. Morley - as well as several others. (Really not healthy to be associated with Poirot.) Dr. Morley's death is officially ruled a suicide, but Poirot believes it is murder. And, of course, his little grey cells are right. Who done it is a bit of a circuitous trip that at times becomes a demotivating slog. Writing about espionage is not something Christie excels at. Yet Christie still outperforms a goodly number of current writers in this gen
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Nothing out of ordinary novel, fully into the framework of the genre. Maybe the only thing that may set it apart is the fact that each chapter is based on a verse from a poetry. And the actual facts from the chapter also relates pretty much to the meaning of the verse.
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