This was my very first venture into the world of Agatha Christie. I decided to read all of her books in the order they were published, instead of starting with the most known ones.The Mysterious Affair at Styles introduces recurring characters Mr Hastings and Monsieur Poirot. Mr Hastings is staying ...
This was a good enough book. Basically, I needed a break after The Count of Monte Cristo.Agatha Christie is entertaining, but not particularly deep. Even though murder is generally a psychological crime, she doesn't delve deeply into the human condition. This book had Poirot and Capt. Hastings. Lots...
This is not Agatha Christie's best book - how could it be? After all, this is the first book she published - but it features her trademark style: logical plots, an insightful but sometimes clueless narrator, lots of great misdirection and very witty characters. I laughed out loud a lot while listeni...
Hastings really is a pale imitation of Watson. The man annoyed me to no end. Still this novel is Poirot's bow and the strange little man is one of my favourite characters. The plot is intricate and a little too much in a way. Lots of details and the denouement edges on a few little details that are ...
I keep coming back to this book even though I know the solution to the murder mystery by heart by now. It's not even the story that does it (although it's a solid one), I just think the way it introduces Poirot and Hastings is absolutely charming.
É meu primeiro livro da Agatha Christie. Adorei!Leitura fácil,com toques de humor,agora entendi o porque de falarem tanto nela.Lerei os outros livros com certeza.Em Essex,no sítio Styles, acontece um assassinato. Então o Capitão Hastings chama seu velho amigo Poirot para solucionar o caso.Mas não é...
Choose Your Own Adventure!You are Captain Arthur Hastings, and you are slowly falling in love with a Belgian. The feelings are embarrassing at first; you find the Belgian himself to be quite an embarrassment. But there is just something about him. Could it be his suave, continental sense of humor......
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