A review by ishouldbereading
The Hollow by Agatha Christie

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Now this book was exceptional. Let me tell you why. The premise is simple: rich people with giant mansion invite friends that have years of unresolved conflicts and then ✨voilà✨: someone gets murdered. (Unironically though, this is my most favorite thing to read about). The investigation wasn't the best and I wasn't a big fan of the end to be honest, but what makes this book exceptional is that it has so much internal dialogue, which kinda makes it a psychological book in my opinion. We saw almost everyone's point of view, their thoughts and even got a romance very similar to Little women (Good wives)🥹
Agatha managed to capture raw emotions so beautifully and talked about difficult topics such as infidelity, rich vs poor people, suicide attempt and toxic relationship. It was truly not like anything from her I've ever read. 
Moreover, Agatha managed to make this book even funny. Poirot could have been here a little more, it is true that he didn't really do much, but nobody complains when Miss Marple does it so why can't we give Poirot a break, huh? 
Also, it was so interesting to see an ADHD character written in 1946. I'm not really sure Agatha knew she was writing an ADHD character, but I appreciated it nevertheless.
In summary, I wouldn't recommend it to people who have never read a book by Agatha Christie, because it's not a great way to be introduced to her writing and Poirot, but I loved it because it was different from her other books.
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