In case you are curious, this book also qualifies as #1 or #12 - but again, I'm not using it for either. Also, you should expect all of my book posts to come in double...
"Cat Among the Pigeons" had a LOT of themes going on all at once. On one hand it was the story of an exclusive girl's school in England where a very unfortunate and very random murder of the physical education teacher happened. On the other hand it was a story of political uprising in the fictional middle eastern country of Ramat. On one hand it was the story of two best friends - one of whom observed everything and the other of whom observed nothing. On the other hand it was the story of secret agents going rogue, a missing princess, and blackmail. How all of this tied together - along with another two murders - was something only Poirot could figure out.
Again, I saw the David Suchet movie on netflix and decided to reread the book. This book I enjoyed far more, even though Poirot didn't make an appearance until 2/3 of the way through (in case you are curious, he is in the entire movie). The story was fast-paced and while I don't mind slower stories this one had so much going on there was no time for slowness. The ending was just as clever as I remembered. Normally I don't care too much for Christie's spy/secret agent mysteries (but that's because most of those types of stories make me roll my eyes, it has nothing to do with Christie herself) but this one was very good.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016
hallowe'en party by agatha christie
Finally, finally, FINALLY my first post on a book I've read.
Two things. First, technically, this could count as book #1 (read it in a day - it certainly is short enough - even though I did not) or #12 (a book I've read before - because I have) but I'm not planning on counting it as either. Second, I like to read books in groups of two. I don't know why, it makes zero sense to me. Maybe because I like to keep reading about the same characters? Or same type of characters? Or same type of story? I have no clue. So, the next post will also be an Agatha Christie novel.
"Hallowe'en Party" was a Hercule Poirot/Ariadne Oliver mystery where Mrs. Oliver goes to visit a friend of hers, attends the setting up of a local Halloween party for children, and hears from a young girl there named Joyce that she once saw a murder committed. No one believes Joyce - she is known for lying and everyone thinks and/or assumes she is showing off for Mrs. Oliver - and later on poor Joyce is murdered giving credence to her claims to have once witnessed a murder. Another body follows as Poirot tries to find this supposed murder that happened years ago while preventing any more murders from happening.
I remember really enjoying this novel years ago when I first read it. I was inspired to pick it up again after seeing the David Suchet movie on netflix. The movie was a bit different from the novel in the end (they always are, right?) but it did do the novel justice. This time around I didn't enjoy the novel as much. Not sure why. I think maybe because it dragged on so with Poirot running from dead end to dead end. Still, it was a good book.
Two things. First, technically, this could count as book #1 (read it in a day - it certainly is short enough - even though I did not) or #12 (a book I've read before - because I have) but I'm not planning on counting it as either. Second, I like to read books in groups of two. I don't know why, it makes zero sense to me. Maybe because I like to keep reading about the same characters? Or same type of characters? Or same type of story? I have no clue. So, the next post will also be an Agatha Christie novel.
"Hallowe'en Party" was a Hercule Poirot/Ariadne Oliver mystery where Mrs. Oliver goes to visit a friend of hers, attends the setting up of a local Halloween party for children, and hears from a young girl there named Joyce that she once saw a murder committed. No one believes Joyce - she is known for lying and everyone thinks and/or assumes she is showing off for Mrs. Oliver - and later on poor Joyce is murdered giving credence to her claims to have once witnessed a murder. Another body follows as Poirot tries to find this supposed murder that happened years ago while preventing any more murders from happening.
I remember really enjoying this novel years ago when I first read it. I was inspired to pick it up again after seeing the David Suchet movie on netflix. The movie was a bit different from the novel in the end (they always are, right?) but it did do the novel justice. This time around I didn't enjoy the novel as much. Not sure why. I think maybe because it dragged on so with Poirot running from dead end to dead end. Still, it was a good book.
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