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Always love a Christie (especially Poirot) everytime I am in a reading slump. And it always works for me!
I've read this book several times already but never got bored because somehow I love the atmosphere- Poirot helping his old friend Inspector Spence with a murder case in a small village. And there's Mrs. Oliver, too, with her "female instinct" and chaotic creative writing process :D I like how Christie put some of her personal insights of a writer's life here as a subplot.
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I've read this book several times already but never got bored because somehow I love the atmosphere- Poirot helping his old friend Inspector Spence with a murder case in a small village. And there's Mrs. Oliver, too, with her "female instinct" and chaotic creative writing process :D I like how Christie put some of her personal insights of a writer's life here as a subplot.
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Oh Hercule Poirot, how you warm my heart with your Belgian antics and your mad sleuthing skillz...
Always been my favorite Christie series. I like not being able to figure out the mystery before I'm done with the book, you know? Christie doesn't always manage that, but with Poirot, she has yet to fail me. ...more
Always been my favorite Christie series. I like not being able to figure out the mystery before I'm done with the book, you know? Christie doesn't always manage that, but with Poirot, she has yet to fail me. ...more
While you certainly feel Poirot's sentiment that the guy he's trying to save from the hangman's noose hardly seems worth the effort, I always enjoy an Ariadne Oliver appearance and the unraveling of the mystery is delightfully complex as all the characters reveal their small parts.
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Jul 25, 2007
Joanne
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Aug 25, 2017
m00ngrrrl
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May 31, 2023
Curlysue
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