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jayarna's review against another edition
5.0
Reread 13/12/21
I've read so many Christies that this one was completely forgotten, I spent my time writing down everything and trying to guess the culprit and I WAS WRONG. ON A BOOK I'VE ALREADY READ. god I feel like such an idiot but bring on the next one because I had the BEST time.
First read. A little slow and boring I think. The while day is gone over and over again without much to break up the retellings. However it wraps rather deliciously and becomes a thoroughly wonderful mystery.
I've read so many Christies that this one was completely forgotten, I spent my time writing down everything and trying to guess the culprit and I WAS WRONG. ON A BOOK I'VE ALREADY READ. god I feel like such an idiot but bring on the next one because I had the BEST time.
First read. A little slow and boring I think. The while day is gone over and over again without much to break up the retellings. However it wraps rather deliciously and becomes a thoroughly wonderful mystery.
hopelikeyou's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
emmajarvis's review against another edition
4.0
The actual layout of this book was pretty different from other Poirot books since the murder happened 16 years before. It was basically just Poirot meeting with all 5 people and then Poirot reading everyone’s account of the murder so it got a bit repetitive but of course every small detail in each persons account ended up being important in the end. Also idk if it’s because I read this in one sitting but I fully did not guess the murderer. I was CONVINCED it was someone else the whole time and at the end Poirot goes into a whole explanation of how it could be that person who I thought is was and I thought that I actually guessed it right and then he’s just like sike that was just a theory now I’ll explain who it actually was and I was so mad.
ahembored's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
bibliocamera's review against another edition
5.0
I loved the unusual pace of this story. “The Why” is the crucial point and human nature the tipping point.
A famous painter having yet another affair is murdered and all the evidence says it was undeniably his long suffering wife. She has motive and confessed to the crime. Their five year old daughter is sent away and the case is closed.
Sixteen years later their daughter asks Poirot about her parents. He interviews everyone involved in the case. Then he gets the five witnesses to the crime to write their own account of what happened the day of the murder.
In the book we get the five written accounts, the same day, five times. And Poirot has found inaccuracies in these accounts. But, how could the wife be innocent? And why did she confess?
This is an outstanding mystery and so much fun. Christie knew how to write psychology in mysteries so that it is a clever knot to unravel, rather than a manufactured & manipulative trick.
A famous painter having yet another affair is murdered and all the evidence says it was undeniably his long suffering wife. She has motive and confessed to the crime. Their five year old daughter is sent away and the case is closed.
Sixteen years later their daughter asks Poirot about her parents. He interviews everyone involved in the case. Then he gets the five witnesses to the crime to write their own account of what happened the day of the murder.
In the book we get the five written accounts, the same day, five times. And Poirot has found inaccuracies in these accounts. But, how could the wife be innocent? And why did she confess?
This is an outstanding mystery and so much fun. Christie knew how to write psychology in mysteries so that it is a clever knot to unravel, rather than a manufactured & manipulative trick.
hillarym's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
gfisher1's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75