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‘Splendid… she tells us all we want to know and nothing that is irrelevant.’ The Times
‘The acknowledged queen of detective fiction.’ The Observer
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'Splendid! she tells us all we want to know and nothing that is irrelevant.' The Times 'The acknowledged queen of detective fiction.' The Observer
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first must say that as I write this review I have only read five Christie books. Those were 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd', 'The ABC Murders', 'One, Two, Buckle my shoe', 'After the Funeral' and 'Elephants Can Remember'. I must say firstly how much I have enjoyed reading these five books and how much I look forward to reading a sixth.
Elephants can remember has to be appreciated by all due to the age of the author at this point. I must say, that for all of the ideas Christie has put to paper, she still has some good ones even after almost eighty books.
Poirot is indeed and interesting and enjoyable character but I think that this is a book that belongs the Mrs. Oliver. She is another great detctive idea- not quite Japp or Hastings- but still good.
Elephants is all about remembering and I must say that it is pulled off well here. Despite his age, Poirot is charming right to the end of the series and here he continues in this trend.
All in all, I enjoyed Elephants very much. Christie seems to get all the details and always has a great twish in there somewhere. Elephants isn't quite The ABC Murders, but like all of the five, its still absolutely brilliant. As I write this, the book is currently only three stars. Thats just far to underated!
Finally, you can't fail to admire the closing line in the novel made by Mrs. Oliver.
Great stuff as always!
Elephants can remember has to be appreciated by all due to the age of the author at this point. I must say, that for all of the ideas Christie has put to paper, she still has some good ones even after almost eighty books.
Poirot is indeed and interesting and enjoyable character but I think that this is a book that belongs the Mrs. Oliver. She is another great detctive idea- not quite Japp or Hastings- but still good.
Elephants is all about remembering and I must say that it is pulled off well here. Despite his age, Poirot is charming right to the end of the series and here he continues in this trend.
All in all, I enjoyed Elephants very much. Christie seems to get all the details and always has a great twish in there somewhere. Elephants isn't quite The ABC Murders, but like all of the five, its still absolutely brilliant. As I write this, the book is currently only three stars. Thats just far to underated!
Finally, you can't fail to admire the closing line in the novel made by Mrs. Oliver.
Great stuff as always!
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
For the third time in Poirot's career, and this time with the help of Mrs Oliver, he finds himself dealing with a case that has happened many years ago. In this case the deaths of a retired general and his wife who seem to have died in a strange suicide pact - only there was no reason for it.
This was the last Poirot novel Agatha Christie wrote, since "Curtain" been written many years before. And it feels like an eulogy to memory and to things past. It's not her best novel or even one which surprised me, since I guessed what had happened (and felt really happy because of it). But nevertheless is quite a good read, and I am sure other people will enjoy it as well.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of those rare cases where an adaptation is possibly better than the source material! The excellent BBC radio series continues with this very successful version of one of Christie's last and most troublesome novels. The book is largely a series of rambling discussions with elderly people and there are several holes in the plot and a couple of improbable coincidences. On the plus side it has Mrs Oliver in it and some entertaining characters and the whole thing pivots (amusingly) on wigs! It lends itself very well to radio (and has been 'tidied up' a little but not interfered with) and is well acted here. Julia McKenzie is a delight as Ariadne Oliver, John Moffat is reliable as ever as Poirot and the remaining voices are generally very well chosen - especially that of the pushy Mrs Burton Cox! Altogether very enjoyable.
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Well written yarn, and an interesting puzzle
This is one of Christie's better efforts in terms of characterisation and plot development. As with all studies of a crime that occurred long ago, pace is necessarily sacrificed in... Read more
Published 8 days ago by Tom Holt
'A ladie's whim
My dear wife had come so far in the list of books written by this extraordinary Lady Agatha Christie - or was it Miss Marple - that now she wanted all that where still missing. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dr. Manfred Ottow
Not Good
I am quite generous with stars and I was tempted to give it a one.
I did not like it at all and could not believe agatha christie had written it. Read more
I did not like it at all and could not believe agatha christie had written it. Read more
Published 22 months ago by S
Agatha lost the plot a bit with this
This is the last Poirot novel Agatha wrote (though not the last one published). It may surprise fans of the TV series that the book is set when it was published, in the early... Read more
Published on 2 April 2010 by A. Butterfield
Elephants Can Remember
I have read a handful of Agatha Christie novels and watched many more on television and therefore feel I know a little of how these books work, what they are about, their... Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2009 by imla
Unremarkable yet not unenjoyable
While "Elephants Can Remember" isn't one of Christie's best efforts, it's done down by "The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English" which claims that it is one of the... Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2007 by Ms. MacNeill
Not one of Christie's best but still readable
Poirot is a fantastic character and through his adventures Agatha Christie has transported millions of readers into a world of mystery and intrigue. Read more
Published on 19 Jan 2006 by Sam
Disappointing beginning
This book takes a long time to really get into - I was well over halfway through it before it sparked much interest, but when it did, the plot became fascinating. Read more
Published on 12 Aug 1999
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