Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
Agatha Christie
Category: Fiction:
Classic: Mystery
Synopsis: Twelve
people are on a train when an old man turns up dead; it’s up to Hercule Poirot
to find the murderer, who is presumably still on the train.
Date finished: 21
August 2013
Rating: ****½
Comments:
You know how when you discover something that’s been around
for decades, you still kind of feel like you’ve
discovered it? Like no one else could possibly know what you know now? Well
friends, I discovered Agatha Christie last month.
I had this hunch that although I don’t care much for
fiction, I’d like a good mystery. So I got all adventurous and bought a copy of
Murder on the Orient Express, then
saved it for a “special reading occasion,” which turned out to be the Bout of Books read-a-thon. I wanted to be able to read it in one or two sittings,
not in a week’s worth.
Was I disappointed? Not at all.
Was it exactly what I expected? Yes, it was. Oddly.
Did I guess whodunit? No, I didn’t. I kept ping-ponging
between this character and that one. And I wasn’t entirely sure if Christie
gives you all of the clues or if she keeps some for only Poirot to find. Having
read only one of her books, I don’t know for sure, but this book did have some
for-Poirot-only clues. Which does and doesn’t bother me.
I hesitate writing too much about it since that would dispel
with the mystery. AND since, I’m one of the last readers on earth to read it.
(The book’s bio says Christie’s books are more widely sold than any books on
earth except for the Bible and Shakespeare.)
So, all in all, this was a nice jaunt into the land of
fiction, and I am excited to read more of Christie’s work.
Would you recommend
this to a friend?
In a heartbeat.
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