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The Hollow by Agatha Christie

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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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ashwatever98's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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kristinetp's review against another edition

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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? Yes

did i like it? it was aight haha
would i read it again? no

this was a context read as I am currently in the stage version of this book. I happened to find the copy of the book at savers days before the initial audition, what are the odds? I thought it would be interesting to see how the book differs from the stage show and a lot of the dialogue is ripped right from the book on put in the script, but there are some other changes

also, this was my first legit adult murder mystery read! I had never read any Agatha Christie before... she's uh.... she put some uh... not so good language in there... like i think we all know what i'm talking about .... that lady kinda racist ...

anyway, yeah it was okay haha

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cameron_cassidy's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The hollow is an Agatha Christie novel that I devoured for it's familiarity in writing and Christie vibe while somehow it still possessing some many things making it unique in her canon. Immediately obvious upon reading, this book has some amazing characterisation and really cares about the them, to the point where this book reads much more as about characters about a murder that characters in a murder mystery. Midge, Henrietta, John, Gerda and Lady Angkatell make this book really engaging to read. As for the puzzle mystery, I'm never one to try and solve it so I'm not the best person to ask, but I feel it is presented more subtly through than usual, maybe to the point of not being central enough idk.
The ending 20/30 pages of this book are also some of Agatha Christie's best whilst also feeling unique in her canon. Definitely one of my new favourite and recommendable Christie's if you want an emersive and engaging experience with a favourite author.

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