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The ABC Murders (Hercule Poirot, #13)
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The book starts off with a methodical, serial killer sending Hercule Poirot a letter of a future murder! Did a person just die and how do they find the victim?
Enter the mind of the great Agatha Christie.
I loved that Agatha Christie went in a completely new direction with this plot. She usually does a singular murder, not a manhunt on stopping a serial killer.
The last part of the book made this a 4-star book for me!
It was lagging in the middle for me. I didn’t think the serial killer was who we were expecting it to be and I’m glad I stuck it out. The mystery of the killer was not so obvious. I had a feeling that AC would try to fool me because of the past books that I've read! She's clever like that.
I had my suspicions of who it was at about 85% in the book and when Poirot started stating all the facts at the end, I did a fist bump! I love how AC can take a murder mystery and put all the facts and assumptions together seamlessly.
Her brain is brilliant and she's the GOAT of mysteries. Hahaha!
Enter the mind of the great Agatha Christie.
I loved that Agatha Christie went in a completely new direction with this plot. She usually does a singular murder, not a manhunt on stopping a serial killer.
The last part of the book made this a 4-star book for me!
It was lagging in the middle for me. I didn’t think the serial killer was who we were expecting it to be and I’m glad I stuck it out. The mystery of the killer was not so obvious. I had a feeling that AC would try to fool me because of the past books that I've read! She's clever like that.
I had my suspicions of who it was at about 85% in the book and when Poirot started stating all the facts at the end, I did a fist bump! I love how AC can take a murder mystery and put all the facts and assumptions together seamlessly.
Her brain is brilliant and she's the GOAT of mysteries. Hahaha!
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Reading Progress
March 1, 2015
– Shelved as:
to-read
March 1, 2015
– Shelved
November 25, 2017
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Started Reading
November 25, 2017
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20.0%
"Hercule Poirot is using his little grey cells to figure out the mystery!"
December 5, 2017
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80.0%
"AC definitely went in a different direction with this book. I'm not sure if I'm digging it or not. I guess the last 20% will decide for me."
December 5, 2017
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Finished Reading
February 26, 2018
– Shelved as:
2017
March 25, 2021
– Shelved as:
classics
January 3, 2022
– Shelved as:
mystery
December 2, 2022
– Shelved as:
own
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Dec 05, 2017 04:20PM
Great review, Ginger!!
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Awesome review! Never read Agatha Christie...need to get myself into her work.
ChopinFC wrote: "Awesome review! Never read Agatha Christie...need to get myself into her work."Thanks Rod! If you've never read any of her books, you should start with And Then There Were None or The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Those two are favorites of mine!
Thanks! I actually own a copy of 'And then there were none'.. I heard it's a classic that'll be my first read ;)
ChopinFC wrote: "Thanks! I actually own a copy of 'And then there were none'.. I heard it's a classic that'll be my first read ;)"Awesome! I hope you like it!
Awesome that you liked this one. I recently read it as well.
Adina wrote: "Awesome that you liked this one. I recently read it as well."I see you rated it the same. It turned out better then I hoped.
AC doesn't do serial killer plots so this was new for her!
Ginger wrote: "Adina wrote: "Awesome that you liked this one. I recently read it as well."I see you rated it the same. It turned out better then I hoped.
AC doesn't do serial killer plots so this was new for her!" It's my 2nd Christie and both sort of involved a serial killer (if And Then there were None killer can be considered one).
Adina wrote: "It's my 2nd Christie and both sort of involved a serial killer (if And Then there were None killer can be considered one). "True! I didn't think about it like that for And Then There Were None!
