matejannnn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
artemislyalex's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
ktxx22's review against another edition
4.0
Agatha Christie I don’t think in the 21st century that you’d use some of the racially driven terminology that you used in this fairly regularly, but woof from my reading perspective I could not get passed that in some instances. I will say I enjoyed the setting and the mystery here and I was not quite able to figure out whodunnit so that’s a plus big time. I always enjoy seeing the bad guys get theres in the end.
daisyyy's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
meimi's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Things I liked about this book:
- Plenty of possible culprits and plausible motives, the actual process of trying to solve it was very fun for me
- Lots of tangled plot points affecting the main mystery
- Relationships between all the characters were a key part of the story
Things I’m conflicted about:
- I found the ending unsatisfying (the actual solution is fine, but I didn’t like the way it was presented, please see spoiler section below for more details)
- The first half(?) was EXTREMELY slow and difficult to get into (Once the crime itself took place, this stopped being a major issue)
- Some plot threads felt pointless or like a waste of time (eg. random characters suddenly getting engaged)
Spoiler
My theory was that Tim committed the crimes on behalf of Joanna, so I was taken in by a rather splendid red herring, well done Christie. There were clues to the actual culprits that I didn’t pick up on, and I can accept that. Nevertheless, I strongly dislike when a mystery is resolved with “obvious suspicious person is the culprit”, because I don’t like investing my time into a puzzle only to find that I put in far too much effort, because I could’ve told you that Jacqueline and Simon were suspicious right away. The reason I abandoned that possibility was because the story told me repeatedly that it was impossible for them to be the culprits, and I accepted that as a ‘rule’ for the mystery instead of something to be interrogated. That’s my mistake, I won’t trust Christie with such things in the future, but it felt like a bit of a slap in the face.mandah_s's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
tense
fast-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? Yes
3.5
evelynnnn's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.5
notalie's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
twade's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0