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A review by theliteraryescapade
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
5.0
I'm doing the #readchristie2025 challenge and Five little pigs is the official pick for January.
The book is also published under the title 'Murder in Retrospect' - as Hercule Poirot solves a cold and hopeless case, about the murder of an artist - an eminent painter - believed to be solved by the entire populace; except for one person, or two? ;)
An artist who thinks no one as of importance before his art, a guilt ridden half-sister, an emotionally ambiguous child who grows up to be an archaeologist, a plain and subtle governess, two brothers who inadvertently become an accessory to a crime, and a coming of age woman who lives each moment driven with passion towards a forbidden love.
The reference to the nursery rhyme may not be straightforward with the story, but there's a little hint in the rhyme's lyrics, and the alignment of the people associated with the case of we focus on one specific word and the adjective before it. (Ahem! No spoilers here)
Along with the classic Poirot style of interrogation amalgamated with love triangles (yes, more than one), this one has an additional element of the five perspectives of five people, thereby concluding that no two people ever witness the same crime.
The book is also quite different from other Poirot stories that I've read till now; in the manner of execution of the scenes, and dialogues. And it keeps you guessing.
The book is also published under the title 'Murder in Retrospect' - as Hercule Poirot solves a cold and hopeless case, about the murder of an artist - an eminent painter - believed to be solved by the entire populace; except for one person, or two? ;)
An artist who thinks no one as of importance before his art, a guilt ridden half-sister, an emotionally ambiguous child who grows up to be an archaeologist, a plain and subtle governess, two brothers who inadvertently become an accessory to a crime, and a coming of age woman who lives each moment driven with passion towards a forbidden love.
The reference to the nursery rhyme may not be straightforward with the story, but there's a little hint in the rhyme's lyrics, and the alignment of the people associated with the case of we focus on one specific word and the adjective before it. (Ahem! No spoilers here)
Along with the classic Poirot style of interrogation amalgamated with love triangles (yes, more than one), this one has an additional element of the five perspectives of five people, thereby concluding that no two people ever witness the same crime.
The book is also quite different from other Poirot stories that I've read till now; in the manner of execution of the scenes, and dialogues. And it keeps you guessing.