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Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie

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coffee_and_chapters's review

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mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

This was a good Poirot mystery, but it wasn’t the most captivating of all the ones I have read so far.

kina_tan's review

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mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Agatha Christie has blown my mind yet again with another of her fiendish mystery. I don't know why I didn't see that coming (I am usually pretty good when it comes to piecing together clues & guess the culprit before the grand relevation). I thoroughly enjoy this book but has to deduct 0.5 🌟 bcs of the blatantly racist remarks in the first few chapters. What can I say, she really was the product of her time. An upper class wealthy white lady no less.

aprilparker97's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

3.75

martarohner's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

ms_gouldbourne's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

As always, a fantastic outing for Poirot and Hastings! I will never have anything bad to say about the Queen of Crime - she's beloved for a reason, and Lord Edgware Dies is just another example of her genius.

ugreta's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

meekumoh's review

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dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.0

Sometimes you wish Christie would put the racial stereotypes in the middle of the books and not on page 11 so you hesitate to even continue. I guessed the ending - sometimes Christie shows her hand without meaning to. Her writing has this undercurrent of tension against women who are beautiful and therefore "get away with it". There's always this nitpicking of their morals or lack thereof - either lamb to the slaughter or heartless murderess.

Other than that, Poirot's character fails to assert itself more and more in these stories. It's classic Hastings and Poirot; not really any development in their friendship. I'm not asking for a sudden role reversal or a romantic subplot (even though, where art thou Cinderella?). For all its faults, The Big 4 was so sweet to show how Poirot and Hastings missed each other. Tommy and Tuppence always had them caring for the other, being snarky, being worried, being lovestruck. Why is Hastings here? He has no unique role.

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