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renpuspita's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Dari review - review yang gue baca, beberapa reviewer yang dari Indo tahu tentang ABC Murders dari manga Detektif Conan. Walau dulu gue ngikutin Conan, tapi setelah vol 30an keatas udah kayak bosen aja hihihi. The ABC Murders ini cukup unik premisnya. Kalau beberapa kasus Poirot yang udah gue baca itu kebanyakan pembunuhan di ruang tertutup atau kejadiannya di suatu tempat yang cukup terisolasi alias semua orang tahu sama tahu dan siapapun bisa jadi pelakunya, maka The ABC Murders ini sebaliknya. Kali ini Poirot dan Hastings harus berpacu dengan waktu untuk mencegah seorang pembunuh serial membunuh orang - orang yang tak berdosa. Si pembunuh yang menamai dirinya "ABC" mengirimkan surat pada Poirot, menantang sang detektif untuk mencegah pembunuhan di kota dengan huruf awal sesuai urutan abjad. Pembunuhan terus terjadi sampai abjad C dan di setiap kasus selalu ada buku panduan kereta api ABC.
Narasi buku ini memang semuanya ditulis dari sudut pandang Kapten Hastings walau beberapa bagian ditulis dari sudut pandang ketiga untuk memberikan beberapa perspektif. Uniknya, sejak awal pembunuh serialnya sudah dikasihtau siapa! Tapi, bukan Dame Christie kalau ga bikin plot twist dan red herring yang sangat tampak nyata. Meski gue udah sedikit banyak bisa menebak sang pembunuh, gue puas dengan cara deduksi Poirot saat mengupas tuntas siapa si pembunuh ABC ini. Pace bukunya juga cukup cepat, ga terlalu lambat atau memb0sankan kayak buku - buku Dame Christie yang biasa gue baca. Mungkin karena ada aspek suspensenya juga dimana Poirot dan Hastings menebak - nebak akan terjadi pembunuhan dimana lagi.
Khas novel - novel Christie, ada yang endingnya jadian juga di buku ini XD. Gue sendiri suka sama narasi Hastings yang selain gemas buat dibaca juga menunjukkan keakrabannya dengan Poirot. The ABC Murders ini juga jadi buku AC yang gue penasaran sama siapa sih pembunuh serialnya sama gimana cara Poirot menangkap si pelaku. Beberapa bagian rada rasis tapi mengingat tahun kapan buku ini ditulis, yah, kayak inevitable gitu. Bisa diskip bagian - bagian itu jika kurang nyaman.
Salah satu kisah Poirot dengan premis yang menarik, narasi Hastings yang menyenangkan buat dibaca dan tentunya plot twist berlapis - lapis kayak kue lapis legit.
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Racism
umerabab's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Murder
Moderate: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
thumbeleia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
Minor: Racism, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
chiaraaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Racism and Sexism
Minor: Xenophobia
booksbyantheia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
(Reseña en construcción)
Minor: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racism, Xenophobia, and Classism
eve81's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder
Moderate: Sexism
what_heather_loves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Belgian private detective, Hercule Poirot, living in London in the present day (mid-1930s, when the book was written), receives a letter from 'A.B.C' warning him of a crime that will soon take place. Sure enough a Mrs Alice Ascher is soon found murdered in Andover on the date promised. Following the arrival of a second letter and death (Elizabeth 'Betty' Barnard of Bexhill) Poirot, friend, Captain Arthur Hastings and police Chief Inspector Japp work together to catch the serial killer. In each murder, which takes place around the counties of Hampshire, Sussex and Devon, an ABC Rail Guide is left beside the victim. Will Poirot uncover the identity of the mysterious A.B.C. before he works his way through the alphabet?
An ingenious work of detective fiction, it is particularly impressive in its plotting, which I won't spoil. As is often the case with Christie's works, everything is not as it seems, which only fussy but observant and logical, Poirot can see. Whilst I knew the premise of the crimes, having watched television adaptations, I remember being surprised by the outcome. Thoroughly enjoyable, I read this in a day stuck inside during Storm Eunice.
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Racism
readingelli's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Murder
biblio_creep's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, and Murder