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thewolfishgal's review

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? Yes

3.5

I’m always a fan of Christie’s mysteries. I’m rarely a fan of the romance in it. I’m never a fan of the racism. There is definitely racism here.

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I didn’t agree with the whole “

John

was more alive than any one at The Hollow” idea. Was he a complex character? Sure. But he was a selfish person with barely 1 good thing about him. The only thing made him seem alive, in my eyes, was his drive and passion to help one sick woman. Too much time was spent on him and his dalliances with the other women. They deserved better (except maybe

Veronica

).

I very much loved Lucy and her fairy-like existence, she was a hoot. I also liked how we got a bit of insight of Gerda’s way of thinking.
Henrietta was definitely interesting, with her artistic mind and cool detachment from the passion of romance.

Midge

felt too one dimensional. I would’ve loved more details of her and her working girl life. She and

David

could’ve butted heads over class issues and eventually find common ground (maybe through debates over whether something works in theory vs in action). I felt these two would be a more compatible couple (if they were close in age) than the actual couple we ended up with.

The way the murder was executed and followed up on was a real page turner. You could get the sense that people knew more than they let on. It was just a matter of how things panned out.

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gillian_aftanas's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

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ishouldbereading's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Now this book was exceptional. Let me tell you why. The premise is simple: rich people with giant mansion invite friends that have years of unresolved conflicts and then ✨voilà✨: someone gets murdered. (Unironically though, this is my most favorite thing to read about). The investigation wasn't the best and I wasn't a big fan of the end to be honest, but what makes this book exceptional is that it has so much internal dialogue, which kinda makes it a psychological book in my opinion. We saw almost everyone's point of view, their thoughts and even got a romance very similar to Little women (Good wives)🥹
Agatha managed to capture raw emotions so beautifully and talked about difficult topics such as infidelity, rich vs poor people, suicide attempt and toxic relationship. It was truly not like anything from her I've ever read.
Moreover, Agatha managed to make this book even funny. Poirot could have been here a little more, it is true that he didn't really do much, but nobody complains when Miss Marple does it so why can't we give Poirot a break, huh?
Also, it was so interesting to see an ADHD character written in 1946. I'm not really sure Agatha knew she was writing an ADHD character, but I appreciated it nevertheless.
In summary, I wouldn't recommend it to people who have never read a book by Agatha Christie, because it's not a great way to be introduced to her writing and Poirot, but I loved it because it was different from her other books.

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bubblescotch's review against another edition

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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? Yes

4.0

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akira_outofthegravity's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Honestly a solid 4 stars.

I knew who the killer was the minute a certain chapter was read, but I was still shocked by the ending. It seems an outlier in Christie’s books in that it ends not with Poirot or a confession. It’s an interesting ending with an interesting character I would like to see more of.

I’m happy that Midge and Edward got their happy ending. And I’m not sorry about the murder bc it was justified imo.

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