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fremzz's review against another edition
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood and Murder
Moderate: Drug use and Kidnapping
Minor: Alcohol
jfield351's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This book was really good! I read it within a few hours on the 18th of February, as part of the dymocks challenge of ‘book with a mystery’. Having watched the movie I already knew the ending but the suspense and intrigue was still there nonetheless. Sometimes i did get the characters confused because there were so many. I was also confused because a lot of French was used and i don’t understand French. It was interesting, well-written and so gripping from the get-go, I just wished I hadn’t seen the movie because then maybe i’d have been even more intrigued and rated it higher. Wow! The one twist I did not remember, or perhaps was left out of the movie, was that Poirot decided to pretend like someone else did the crime because he realised that justice had been served . I also don't know how to feel about Poirot's deduction abilities, at times i felt like he was guessing too easily but at other times I marvelled at how smart he was.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia
alisylvi's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.5
So good! I don’t usually enjoy mysteries but I suppose Agatha Christie is not called the Queen of Mystery for nothing. I did not suspect the ending and my pulse was beating wildly the last twenty pages! This is not my last Christie novel. Very pleasantly surprised!!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Sexual content and Suicide