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sophiewilliams's review against another edition
3.0
First Agatha Christie I've read. I enjoyed trying to work out who did it and make sense of the clues that excited Poirot.
masupert's review against another edition
3.0
Road trips are great for audiobooks and I was able to listen to this one in the span of a single day. I discovered Hercule Poirot about a year ago while reading [b:Murder on the Orient Express|853510|Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)|Agatha Christie|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1486131451s/853510.jpg|2285570]. I was completely in love with that book and I am obviously a fan of the old detective novels like this and Sherlock Holmes.
This is a solid entry in the series and is the first Poirot adventure. The story follows the similar formula, or perhaps establishes the formula for the Poirot series. Half the fun of these novel in my opinion is to try and catch the clues throughout the book to try and identify the murderer using the same methodology as the detective. There is a bit of narrative stretch that occurs sometimes. They seemingly pull out pieces of information from the world that you are not privy too, but overall Christie does put the pieces there for you as a ready to draw upon.
I wasn't as enraptured as I was with Orient Express, but this was a solid and fun book in the series.
This is a solid entry in the series and is the first Poirot adventure. The story follows the similar formula, or perhaps establishes the formula for the Poirot series. Half the fun of these novel in my opinion is to try and catch the clues throughout the book to try and identify the murderer using the same methodology as the detective. There is a bit of narrative stretch that occurs sometimes. They seemingly pull out pieces of information from the world that you are not privy too, but overall Christie does put the pieces there for you as a ready to draw upon.
I wasn't as enraptured as I was with Orient Express, but this was a solid and fun book in the series.
nickibreading's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
5.0
This book is PERFECTION. Agatha is perfection. This one felt flawless: the clues were all there, but I was kept guessing the whole time, and each reveal felt so satisfying. I enjoyed having Hastings as a narrator because it’s impossible to get into Poirot’s head in her other works. It would be fun to reread this one one day.
2/39
2/39
keithlafo's review against another edition
3.0
This novella, part detective story, part mystery, manages to whet the appetite, but do little else. The incredible pacing of the novel is both a detriment and a virtue, and the character of Poirot is interesting, but ultimately infuriating. Overall, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" has all of the elements of classic Agatha Christie novel, but it fails to be little more than a one-dimensional narrative, the type of which one can see on CSI or NCIS.
lacytelles's review against another edition
2.0
This book introduces the famous detective, Hercule Poirot.
Eh. Not my favorite.
One of the few Agatha books to have courtroom drama, but it hardly adds to the story.
Eh. Not my favorite.
One of the few Agatha books to have courtroom drama, but it hardly adds to the story.
bucephala's review against another edition
mysterious
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? Yes
4.0
quay's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Quick read, fun who done it. First Agatha Christie book and I like Poirot. I tried it because I am doing the decade reading challenge and I like mystery books, I figured that pro may be similar to the Detective from the glass onion.
I wasn’t disappointed in the similarities, though they differ in a few ways. Poirot is more prone to sharp comments to his ally, I liked that about him.
I figured out “who did it” like 3 times lol I was pleasantly surprised by the twist.
I wasn’t disappointed in the similarities, though they differ in a few ways. Poirot is more prone to sharp comments to his ally, I liked that about him.
I figured out “who did it” like 3 times lol I was pleasantly surprised by the twist.
the_book_bear's review against another edition
3.25
Maybe I didn’t pay enough attention at the beginning, but it just didn’t really hook me and I lost track of the various suspects and ended up not caring very much when it was all revealed at the end.
palegreenshutters's review against another edition
5.0
For 85% of the book I was preparing to be underwhelmed. Then *BAM* the only thing I didn't expect to happen does happen. And I didn't expect it because Christie had very carefully told me that wasn't what was going to happen.
I get it now. The woman was GOOD.
I get it now. The woman was GOOD.
janeta12's review against another edition
4.0
I finally got to reading a Poirot! It was fun, I will have to read the next