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‘First rate Christie: fast, complicated, wryly funny’ Time
‘Superb, vintage Christie’ Sunday Express
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'First rate Christie: fast, complicated, wryly funny' Time 'Superb, vintage Christie' Sunday Express
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you don't already know it, this is Poirot's last case.
I came across this book after I had read MANY other Poirot's cases and I was familiar with the surroundings. Lady Agatha takes us back to Styles Court, where we first met the little Belgian man with the egg shaped head. And so, the circle is closed.
This is, in my opinion, the most mature of Christie's stories. Poirot faces the ultimate assassin: an individual capable of the perfect crime. He understands his methods, but also finds it impossible to intervene. And so he takes the matter on to his own hands, although knowing that no crime can go unpunished.
Maybe the essence of the book is in the last few lines, hidden by a mark on a man's forehead. Don't miss it.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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It is for Poirot what The Remorseful Day was for poor old Morse ! It is Poirot's last stand - although weak & infirm he manages to thwart the most dangerous criminal he has encountered . One can just hear David Suchet & Hugh Fraser saying Poirot and Hastings lines . I long for the TV adaptation as those two actors are superb as Hercule Poirot & Captain Hastings and it would draw a line in the sand by filming this great novel . Of course it is a sentimental return to Styles where it all started as dear Poirot's life goes full circle by returning to the scene of his early great success in England . It is nice to see Poirot & Hastings back together - hunting again as in the ABC Murders . It is a great storyline as one would expect from Dame Agatha Christie . She finally does what Mrs Oliver never did with Sven her detective of whom she got fed up . The twists & turns and little clues aka red herrings are what one would expect from Dame Agatha and certainly keep the reader on the edge of their seat . If you wish to crown your collection of Poirot litrature or just wish to know how the David Suchet series will end then this is the novel for you !
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I agree with a previous reviewer that Poirot and Hastings both behave in ways that are not quite believable, or true to their characters in the previous books, in this last Poirot novel. I think this is a creation by an author who was thoroughly fed up with her hero and wanted to get rid of him. I found it sad, because I love Poirot as a character - and I was also very disappointed at the way both Hastings and Poirot behaved (again, if you've read the book you'll know what I mean). Quite simply, I thought it was not quite credible. The plot is very clever but extremely unlikely. Of course, many of Dame Agatha's plots are unlikely, but I found this one slightly ridiculous. The references to "Othello" are very thought provoking, though. The book seems to have been a bit rushed - I know Agatha Christie is renowned for developing her characters only so far as she needs to, but I think a lot more could have been done with many of the characters in this book to make it more vivid and intriguing. It isn't a patch on "Death on the Nile" or "Five Little Pigs", for instance. Still, I enjoyed it and it made me read the plot of "Othello", if not the whole play!
Another thing I felt was that I didn't "recognise" Styles from "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" - it was like a different place completely. Of course, it was probably very different by then in the book's terms, having been made into a hotel - but I felt that perhaps more could have been done in description to make the reader feel that the action was really taking place in the same house as the original murder did - because all the way through I kept forgetting that the venue was supposed to be Styles...
On a different note, there are some errors in the layout on the Kindle - for instance, sometimes in dialogue, there is no new paragraph when a different person is speaking, as there should be, which made me confused a couple of times about which character was speaking. I didn't notice any spelling errors, though.
Another thing I felt was that I didn't "recognise" Styles from "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" - it was like a different place completely. Of course, it was probably very different by then in the book's terms, having been made into a hotel - but I felt that perhaps more could have been done in description to make the reader feel that the action was really taking place in the same house as the original murder did - because all the way through I kept forgetting that the venue was supposed to be Styles...
On a different note, there are some errors in the layout on the Kindle - for instance, sometimes in dialogue, there is no new paragraph when a different person is speaking, as there should be, which made me confused a couple of times about which character was speaking. I didn't notice any spelling errors, though.
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Feeble!
It's virtually impossible to say anything about the plot of this novel without giving the game away. So I'll concentrate on its weakness. Read more
Published 17 hours ago by Tom Holt
Poirot ends with a whimper, not a bang
As a life-long Christie fan I had delayed reading this knowing it was the last Poirot. What a disappointment! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Karen
Good read
If you are a Hercule Poirot fan, this book is a must. His final case is very entertaining and as usual a good twist at the end.
Published 8 months ago by Dave
Please read this book after other Poirot mysteries
Although you could read and enjoy this book without having read any earlier cases you will appreciate it more if you read it last. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Pollycatlover
HP quitte la scène
Dernière des aventures de notre détective belge à crane d'oeuf. Du très bon A Christie.
Published 19 months ago by Scaniglia Virginie
Curtain Call
This is the novel where the Belgian marvel solves his final case. Bringing the lives of himself and Hastings full circle as they are back in Styles together after so many years. Read more
Published on 23 July 2009 by K. Sehdev
curtain
Excellent!! I missed the film of it on t.v. so decided to read it instead and I wasn't disappointed. Read more
Published on 20 April 2009 by Sass 'n' gert
Not as good as it should have been
I was very eager to read this book as I wanted to see how Christie would end the Poirot series.
The mystery itself isn't bad, in fact it's quite clever. Read more
Published on 12 Mar 2003 by Mr. C. Adamson
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