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- Publisher: 1972 (1972)
- ASIN: B004287HFC
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
Poirot - Hallowe'en Party
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hallowe'en Party is an enjoyable book that is quite gripping right from the start (except for the first chapter which is a bit on the dull side). The plot thickens (and I say 'thickens' literally because it does become quite complex) making the reader want to keep turning pages. Whilst the storyline is cleverly pieced together- Agatha Christie style- I found that the book was somewhat predictable. I use the word 'predictable' loosely because many things did puzzle me until the conclusion of the book, but the fact that I had been able to guess the basic ending of the book did ruin the who-dun-it atmosphere. To sum up, I would suggest the book for a quick, enjoyable read (the book is only approx. 200 pages) and I would suggest it to anybody who likes detective stories but I do warn potential readers that the book is not in the same league as some of Agatha Christie's masterpieces eg. 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd' and 'Murder on the Orient Express.'
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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At the age of 79, when this book was published, Agatha Christie was not quite capable of producing the tighly-plotted, ingenious puzzle fiction that poured from her pen when she was 39. When one is the world's most published author of all time, however, and when one is still able to hold a pen, the pressure to keep producing yet another 'Christie for Christmas' cannot be discounted. It was to be several years before Agatha Christie's daughter said, 'Now, that is enough, Mum'. This is clearly an elderly author at work here, cunningly presenting characters who are mainly elderly themselves, who can get away lines like, 'You know what young people are like nowadays,' and who tend to end sentences with 'and that sort of thing'. Nevertheless, she provides much of the fun and challenge that you expect in her mystery novels, whatever their date of publication.
Her popular creations Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver get yet another airing here, as they investigate the drowning in an apple-bobbing tub of a thirteen-year-old girl at a children's Hallowe'en party, a girl who not long before had boasted that she had once witnessed a murder. Exploring the possibility that the girl were telling the truth, Poirot probes several local deaths and disappearances. Amongst vague and gossipy eldery characters, and unbelievably articulate and poetic adolescents, Poirot makes his way with waxed moustache and patent leather shoes to a solution to the mystery.
Agatha Christie repeats many of the tricks she tried in her earlier books. You will find echoes of children's nursery rhymes here and a crime that occurs in a familiar domestic setting. You'll also find an especially lyrical few pages in praise of gardens, mid-way through the novel. Agatha Christie, a garden enthusiast herself, never wrote anything better than these few pages.
So expect late vintage Christie here. You may not like the attempt at a nail-biting finish, but you can still respect the author's way of setting up a baffling mystery
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Christie's vivid depiction of a Hallowe'en party gone wrong is capable of putting caution into the heart of any parent. The charachterisation and Christie's precise judgement of the nature of children are breath taking. However, unusually the book has one or two flaws. The book starts slowly but quickly gains interest and some major hints as to the culprit make it fairly easy to predict the end. I would recommend this book to anyone who has read another Christie, but for a "first-timer" it could be a bit disappointing in it's sublime simplicity.
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Mediocre
I don't see how one reviewer can say that this book is quite short at 200 pages. Perhaps his version is on very big pages with small print? Read more
Published 4 days ago by Tom Holt
Not what I expected
I cannot express enough how much I disliked this book. I'm a huge Poirot fan and thought a graphic novel would work really well with this story. Read more
Published 1 month ago by jenfield
Hallowe'en Party (BBC Audio Crime)
Really good production as per the BBC. The story is well dramatised and the characters are well portraid by the actors.
Published 4 months ago by Rosebud
A thoroughly fun read
One of Agatha Christie's last novels, "Hallowe'en Party" is one of her strangest but most fun. I found it thoroughly readable and whizzed through the 336 pages such was the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by M.B.
Put that in your moustache and smoke it
Mystery writer Ariadne Oliver is at a children's Halloween party where rather unpopular girl named Joyce boasts that she once witnessed a murder. Read more
Published 19 months ago by C. Manning
Curl up infront of the fire and enjoy...
This is about the fourth time I have read this book and I still love it. It was one of the first Agatha Christie's I read as a teenager when I went through a phase of devouring... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Boof
Murder (and other games for children)
It is Hallowe'en and you have been invited to an Eleven Plus party. The house is filled with yellow pumpkins and the broomstick making contest has just finished (first prize: a... Read more
Published 21 months ago by T. Bently
Not one of the best
I have a very soft spot for this late Christie novel - I love the children's party setting which makes the subsequent murder even more macabre, it has Mrs Oliver in it which is... Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2010 by Iain C. Davidson
Pretty powerful stuff !
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It is a very powerful story featuring Mr Poirot & his good friends Mrs Oliver and Supt Spence. Read more
It is a very powerful story featuring Mr Poirot & his good friends Mrs Oliver and Supt Spence. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2008 by Mr. Mg Reynolds
Actually I really enjoyed the plays!
Opinions and reactions are obviously personal..and because of this I decided to write this review in case someone with similar tastes to mine should be put off by the previous... Read more
Published on 8 April 2003 by "alaskacollie"
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