Reviews

De versierde bezemsteel by Agatha Christie

jenn_darling's review against another edition

3.0

This book is perfect for Halloween as it's casually horrifying... Pretty standard Poirot, but in a town that is basically like "this crime is motivated by sexual frustration/deviance" or "kids these days" or "whoever did it can't really be held responsible for their actions". And... I guess the murder victim was an obnoxious liar no one liked sooooo no one actually cares why she died???

Well then.

But, I can't say I didn't enjoy it. It just felt a bit like a parody by how insistent everyone but Poirot was on the motive.

bookish20's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

3.5

madibowyer's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

athomeinmylibrary's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

hoperista's review against another edition

2.0

dnf but idc im counting it. the movie is much more interesting to me, which im beginning to see as a theme with my relationship with christie's books. her ideas and plots are much better to me in a visual space.

ambiem's review against another edition

2.0

First Agatha Christie book. 3rd person, very slow start for me, personally. I did fall asleep a couple times while trying to finish it. It wasn't up until the reveal that I was actually wanting to read it. I wasn't expecting who it was at all and this is the longest it has taken to finish a book in a while.

rachelmcg2004's review against another edition

Confused and dazed - skipped forward near the end. Lots of complaining about “kids these days.” Ms. Christie might have been losing it a little bit when she wrote this.

_kaceyann's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

_mayhemily_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

palomasstefani's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0