The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) in The Bookworm Challenge

Jul 29, 2020 Priya rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2020, popsugar-reading-challenge-2020

This is how it all began! The introduction to Monsieur Poirot and his unique and quirky style of investigation!
I read an Agatha Christie novel (Endless Night) after many years and felt so nostalgic that I decided to read all her books again in order.

This one has the inimitable Poirot in England during WW1 and he is called to the Styles mansion by his friend, Colonel Hastings, to investigate the death of the mistress of Styles, Emily Inglethorp.

Poirot's method of quietly nodding and suddenly gett ...more

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Aug 22, 2021 Elle rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The first of Christie's Hercule Poirot novels, I was still fairly impressed with her mystery skill. Christie is without a doubt the master of misdirection and red herrings. I didn't love this as much as some of her other reads, but I still have to admit that she did a magnificent job keeping me guessing (and heavily doubting myself during the portions I did have the right culprit) until the end.

These novels are admittedly dated and do show some issues with lack of political correctness, but the ...more

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Jan 04, 2016 Lavender rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, mp3

I decided one day that I should start listening to audiobooks while driving, at the gym, doing household chores, etc. I had always wanted to read Agatha Christie, so I started there pretty much on a whim.

This novel is the first in the Poirot series. It introduces the Poirot and some other often recurring characters.

It's difficult to review a mystery without giving spoilers and I never write spoilers in reviews, so I'll just say that I enjoyed getting to know Poirot and his friends and I loved ...more

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Jul 17, 2017 Rhonda rated it liked it

Shelves: mystery-thriller, zz-2017, rmodb, series-all-pub

This is the first Hercule Poirot mystery, and from what I understand, not the best. I haven't read other Poirot novels, but I hope this is true. Hastings was incredibly irritating. The characters are casually anti-Semitic. The use of the n-word, while probably accurate to the time written and not directed at a person, was startling. The mystery was okay, and did keep me guessing, but I honestly did not care that much. ...more

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Mar 05, 2019 Jen from Quebec :0) rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reading-challenge-books, foreign-authors, classics-i-ve-read, books-i-ve-been-putting-off, female-authors, buddy-reads, public-domain-challenge-2018, tbr-soon, copies-i-own, 2019-booksread

Good, but not GREAT. I love Agatha Christie, and this is not one of my favorites of her works. Still, a solid mystery read, though. Christie is like pizza-- even when it's not the best, it is still pretty good, you know? --Jen from Quebec :0) ...more

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