Reviews

Murder in the Mews and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

evanlovesbooks's review against another edition

I'm not rating this one because I had seen all the stories in film before i read this book, and so I have a hard time measuring it's quality because I already knew what was going to happen. But, as always, Christie's dialogue is very fun.

lulumoss's review against another edition

3.0

Surprisingly disappointing.

ejhollister's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

mrolla20's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

2.0

luciasmirin's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

marzipanwonderland's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

niconecochan's review against another edition

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Looooooove the last short story was amazing 

michelehoward's review against another edition

4.0

Good collection of short stories.

georgey1809's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.75

lesserjoke's review against another edition

3.0

Four solid but generally unremarkable short mystery stories, also published in the US under the title Dead Man's Mirror. There are murders disguised as suicides and vice versa, stolen military documents (in one of author Agatha Christie's rare moments of letting real-world political developments inform her writing), and a weird beach holiday where Poirot predicts that someone might end up killed but makes little effort to stop it. This deep into his series, I need clever twists on the familiar formulas to really wow me, and this is largely paint-by-numbers detective work instead. It's hardly the worst of its lot, but it's probably not a book I'd particularly recommend, either.

[Content warning for homophobia, sexism, and ethnic slurs.]

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