Hercule Poirot: Book 3
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Liked It “This was a fun collection of short stories, similar to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I thoroughly enjoyed each tale, and I am continually amused by the relationship between Poirot and his dim-witted buddy Hastings. I'm looking forward to reading through many more of the books in this series.” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It “This book is a collection of 11 short stories, featuring the famous 'consulting specialist' - Hercule Poirot. |
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“after murder on tne orient express, all other christie mysteries seem to pale in comparison. this was a collection of short stories involving investigator poirot and his creative and ingenious methods of solving crimes.”
thomas p wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This book is a collection of 11 short stories, featuring the famous 'consulting specialist' - Hercule Poirot.
Nay wrote this review Monday, February 18, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I love Poirot, but for me these short stories aren't up to muster. I really struggled to get through it. It reeks of trying to one-up Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, who could write amazing short stories and novels concerning his famous consulting detective. It doesn't work for Christie, and luckily she seemed to have realised this as there are a lot more Poirot novels than short stories. ”
“I listened to these stories in my car. Perfect. ”
Jean M wrote this review Sunday, January 20, 2013. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This was a fun collection of short stories, similar to The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I thoroughly enjoyed each tale, and I am continually amused by the relationship between Poirot and his dim-witted buddy Hastings. I'm looking forward to reading through many more of the books in this series.”
Shawn M wrote this review Saturday, December 15, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I enjoy the full length Hercule Poirot Christie novels much more than this collection of short stories. I found that about the time the mystery in each seemed to get interesting, Poirot jumped in with the complete solution and the story was over. While I love the writing style of Christie, these shorter stories didn't leave much room to develop the usually witty conversations between Hastings and Poirot and other characters that occur in the longer works and get me laughing; I wanted more to chuckle over. Also, I see from some other reviews that not all of the stories were included in my audio version, that are in the printed version so I hope to get my hands on a hard copy soon and see what I missed.”
Beth H wrote this review Wednesday, November 28, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Hercule Poirot Series:
Nickie P wrote this review Tuesday, September 18, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
1. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
2. Murder on the Links
3. Poirot Investigates
4. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
5. The Big Four
6. The Mystery of the Blue Train
7. Peril at End House
8. Lord Edgware Dies
9. Murder on the Orient Express
10. Three Act Tragedy
11. Death in the Clouds
12. The A.B.C. Murders
13. Murder in Mesopotamia
14. Cards on the Table
15. Murder in the Mews
16. Dumb Witness
17. Death on the Nile
18. Appointment with Death
19. Hercule Poirot's Christmas
20. Sad Cypress
21. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
22. Evil Under the Sun
23. Five Little Pigs
24. The Hollow
25. The Labors of Hercules
26. Taken at the Flood
27. Mrs. McGinty's Dead
28. After the Funeral
29. Hickory Dickory Dock
30. Dead Man's Folly
31. Cat Among Pigeons
32. The Clocks
33. Third Girl
34. Hallowe'en Party
35. Elephants Can Remember
36. Poirot's Early Cases
37. Curtain”
“This book was comprised of 14 Hercule Poirot short story mysteries. Some are really interesting, and a couple were lacking. My favorite stories in this book were The Veiled Lady and The Chocolate Box because, the first clearly displays Poirot’s ingenuity and cunning skills, and the latter displays Poirot’s weakness and a failure on his behalf. Agatha Christie is my favorite all-time author, and I generally turn to her Poirot books when I’m either in a reading slump, or I need a pick me up after reading a drastically boring book. As I was reading this book, I noticed that they stirred up some familiarity and I then realized that I’ve seen quite a few of them in the Acorn Media movie productions of Agatha Christie’s Poirot (Masterpiece Mystery) featuring David Suchet. Here are the mysteries I’ve already had an acquaintance with through these movies:
Deneé wrote this review Saturday, September 1, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
-The Tragedy at Marsden Manor
-The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge
-The Million Dollar Bond Robbery
-The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
-The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan
-The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
-The Chocolate Box
Quotes:
“‘And what do you think of Dr. Bernard, Hastings?’ inquired Poirot, as we proceeded on our way to the Manor.
‘Rather an old ass.’
‘Exactly. Your judgements of character are always profound, my friend.’” (45 The Tragedy at Marsden Manor)
“‘Yes, yes,’ my little friend continued. ‘Once more shall I be myself again, the great Hercule Poirot, the terror of evildoers! Figure to yourself, mon ami, that I have a little paragraph to myself in Society Gossip. But yes! Here it is: ‘Go it---criminals---all out! Hercules Poirot---and believe me, girls, he’s some Hercules!’” (87 The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge)
“Poirot was busy mopping a grey suit with a minute sponge. Never was there a dandy such as Hercule Poirot. Neatness and order were his passion.” (176 The Kidnapped Prime Minister)”
“This is Christie’s first collection of short stories, and I agree with many of the other Shelfari reviewers who pointed out that the storylines and the dynamic between Poirot and Hastings make this collection too similar to the Sherlock Holmes tales and that Christie’s talent and uniqueness are better expressed in her full-length works. The audiobook is narrated by the marvelous David Suchet, who portrays Poirot in the Masterpiece Mystery series. The stories are entertaining enough, and each one is the right length for listening to while walking the dog or doing the treadmill or exercise bike at the gym. The audiobook is labeled as “unabridged” and the stories themselves are; however, there are three stories in the print collection that are not included on the audiobook. If, like me, you are on a mission to read the complete works of Agatha Christie, you will have to get a copy of the book to read those three stories. One of the excluded stories, “The Chocolate Box,” was one of my favorites.”
Library Goddess wrote this review Wednesday, May 30, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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A.K. Klemm wrote this review Saturday, February 11, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I've seen quite a few reviews claiming that this book is similar to the Sherlock Holmes stories, and I agree. I just read all of Sherlock Holmes last year and felt like I was stepping right back into that world. I enjoyed the stories (some more than others) but I think I like Agatha Christie's novels better. I'm looking forward to the next one in the series.”
Coreena wrote this review Monday, January 23, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
