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Hallowe'en Party (Hercule Poirot, #41)

Agatha Christie

Start date: October 1, 2016

Finish date: October 31, 2016

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Oct 15, 2016 Christine PNW rated it really liked it

Shelves: vintage-women, halloween-bingo-2021

I previously rated this 2 stars?? What the hell was I thinking? It has both Ariadne Oliver and Superintendent Spence. I think I ate too many snapdragon raisins - this is 4 stars at least!

2021 Re-read:

It's Halloween Bingo 2021, and I am revisiting this old favorite to fill the Halloween square. I love Ariadne in this one, although not quite so much as I love her in Mrs. McGinty's Dead, which may be the ultimate and quintessential appearance of Ariadne Oliver.

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Dec 09, 2019 Unsolved ☕︎ Mystery rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: i-m-in-love-with-a-book-cover, secrets, suspense, mystery, halloween, books-i-own, 4-stars, 2019-reads

October reads 2019 #9:

I think I would have enjoyed this a little more if there weren't so many people to keep track.
It is quite a list of different characters.

After leaving the book then picking it up again; I had to strain my brain to remember who is who.
It became daunting. Towards the end, I kinda wanted to just get it read and didn't care as much.

While it was a tad bit disappointing; the writing is modern and enjoyable.

This was my first Agatha Christie. I know it won't be my last. She's t ...more

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Oct 23, 2017 Laura rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery-series, british-golden-age-mysteries

3.5 stars. Better than some of the other late Poirots I have read. I wish there were more books with Ariadne Oliver!

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Oct 22, 2015 Jessica-Robyn rated it really liked it

Shelves: mystery-crime

This was actually my first Hercules Poirot mystery and as a long time Agatha Christie reader it did not disappoint. I'm a sucker for a seasonally themed mystery and Hallowe'en Party fit perfectly in my build up to October 31st festivities. The mystery was well constructed, the characters were interesting, and I loved the way the story featured some of the classic parlor games played around Halloween with the kids. ...more

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