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The Big Four by Agatha Christie

14 reviews

bessadams's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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balth_the_chaotic_good's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
this is a love story. to me
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poirot's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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kernowchris's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

2.5

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oliii_24's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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rachael056's review against another edition

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2.0

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meekumoh's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Christie writes such thrilling sequences. This was almost a James Bond movie, surreal. Chemists making smokebombs, a mythical laboratory...But so much of the intrigue and smokescreens relied on the "mysterious east". Sly Chinese people who control the underworld and whatnot. That's why, even though it is such an exhilarating read, it's hardly a reread. 

Christie's strength draws on her quiet knowledge. Of unpretentious, homebrew methods of murder. Science, yes, but nothing of this scale. Hastings is growing on me as I read on. I'll still say the cat and mouse game between Number 4 and Poirot was very entertaining, but thinking on it, it felt like a series of short stories stuffed into a novel to advance the plot. 
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hannahjoyyyyy's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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samanatha's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

This was the worst Christie work I’ve read because of the terrible Orientalism throughout. While this does occasionally arise in her books, this one was painful in racist remarks and bigoted descriptions. The plot was hardly interesting and far outstretched the length of the book to allow for any considerate explorations. Overall it was anticlimactic and depressingly simplistic in its themes. 
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