Love her. Agatha Christie is a classic and this book is the first one of hers I read and inspired my love for her works. Incredible.

I listened to the audiobook - it was a very easy and enjoyable listen. I was invested in the mystery and found the ending satisfying. It is well written and witty.

I liked the narrator and thought he did the voices well. The downside of listening to the audiobook was that there are a lot of characters and I wasn't able to flick back to recall who is who, but I managed to follow along still.

I felt as if the book started super slowly but picked up a lot at the end to the point it was rushed. The final plot twist came on the final page of the novel and it felt like there was a lack of closure. However, I did stay engaged and would recommend.

This is my first Agatha Christie book. I should have expected it due to the age of the writing, but the casual racism kept surprising me.

I also think my experience suffered a bit from the "Seinfeld is Unfunny" phenomenon where I've read so many mysteries that are inspired by and derivative of Agatha Christie that reading the original ends up feeling a bit unoriginal. 

I felt that the writing was a bit too repetitive and held the reader's hand too much in the first half and then jumped too quickly in the second half to keep the reader from figuring the mysteries out themselves. I can see though how it would be more satisfying as a re-read (or re-watch as a film) once you know the reveals and can see how the clues were there all along.

The writing felt like it would easily translate to a film script, it's mostly dialogue and essentially stage directions of how characters are moving about and reacting to things.

The perspective is third person and not limited to Poirot himself, which I thought was interesting.

I was really invested! Great characters, plot-twists, tension and motives. Some worldviews are a little outdated but the book is old… 

Hercule Poirot has done it again or should I say... Agatha Christie. The devil is truly in the details.