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The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)

Agatha Christie

Start date: June 27, 2016

Finish date: July 15, 2016

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Jul 07, 2016 ~~Poulomi Sylphrena Tonk$~~ rated it liked it

Shelves: classics, mystery, detective, crime-fiction

This was a good one! Wouldn't say as good as Roger Ackroyd, though. The start was real dull, what with the multitude of characters mysteriously going back and forth. The story catches on its usual mysterious intonation when the characters coincide aboard the blue train. Suspense is not very paramount, as you expect from a regular Christie book. Also, the gravity of the situation doesn't very much strike the reader here. The 3rd person narrative also was a change in this book, though I wouldn't s ...more

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May 06, 2016 Shinjini rated it liked it

Shelves: reviews-written, read-in-2016, read-in-2024

I figured it out. I figured it out! (Long before the big reveal so I beat Poirot to it, woo hoo!)

Am I considered smart now?

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Re-reading March 2024:

Apparently, my little gray cells have gone for a toss because I couldn't figure the mystery out on a re-read. It is never a good sign with a mystery when you completely draw a blank on a re-read. I am re-reading Agatha Christie's books lately even though I can remember the mystery well enough to know what's coming. But sometimes, you just read f ...more

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