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Pleamares de la vida by Agatha Christie

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hannnahhhh122's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

1.0

Das schlechteste Buch, was ich jemals gelesen hab

judyflutey's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

mborer23's review against another edition

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4.0

Rich Gordon Cloade dies suddenly after an impulsive marriage, leaving various members of his family, who had all depended on him for years, in the lurch at a time when postwar England's economy is in bad shape. Gordon's lovely young widow seems charming enough, but with her cunning brother watching her every move and hints of a shameful secret in her past, something's got to give--and murder is on someone's mind.

In Lynn Marchmont, Christie creates another satisfyingly realistic female character, a demobbed Wren who's not adjusting very well to life at home with her dull fiance and impoverished mother. Like Midge and Henrietta in The Hollow, Lynn is a character about whom one wishes to know more besides her necessity to the mystery's unraveling. Her interactions with Poirot are delightful, the details of the privation in postwar England are fascinating, and the murderer's identity may surprise you. Highly recommended.

cooperca's review against another edition

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2.0

Agatha...you had me loving this book until the final chapter. Then you had a female character see domestic violence as a sign of love. Deplorable.

jayarna's review against another edition

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2.0

They really fixed this with the David Suchet version because the original has some questionable choices.
Firstly I never ever want to read the words 'she's asking for it' i don't care how old the book is.

I think we are meant to sympathise with Lynne but hell no, she is not a good character and the ending of this like what?? We are supposed to believe that Poirot is not going to say anything about this guy killing people when Poirot almost notoriously never stays quiet. Maybe if this was some great love story but the heroine cheats on her murdering partner, then decides she does want 'boring' after all when she finds out the guy she cheated with also killed someone??? what is the difference? I'm lost? And then her initial partner tries to strangle her to death and this is when she realises he's the one from her??? WTF? You can't tell me I'm supposed to root for these two and Poirot is out of his damn mind for not sending everyone to JAIL.