School has been pretty busy after all~
Anyway, there should be more posts, now that the workload has calmed down a bit. There would probably times where there wouldn't be any posts for awhile though....so just a warning about that.
Thanks for everyone who kept following me despite the fact that I haven't been posting. I haven't stopped reviewing books, and I certainly haven't stopped reading! Hehe ^^
Well then, this time it's book from Agatha Christie's marvelous series- Poirot.
Rating- 5/5
Summary- Alice Ascher, a shopkeeper in Andover, is bludgeoned to death at her place of work. Next to die is Miss Bernard in Bexhill, then Mr. Clarke in Churston. More disturbing than the alphabetic sequence of the killings or the ABC Railway guide that the killer leaves at the scene of each crime are the taunting notes Hercule Poirot receives each time the killer is about to strike again. It is one of Poirot's most challenging cases yet.
Well I've always loved detective stories and Poirot is one of my favourite series. I love it because it's interesting and cleverly written. It just never fail to surprise me at the end, and this book was no different. I loved how the story isn't told from Poirot's point of view, but Hasting's. This was good because then I could never completely tell what Poirot is thinking. I could only guess or rather, be told about what Hasting thought. It kept the mystery going as I had to try and follow the different clues.
It's not like I could have solved it though. I was just as confused as Hasting was. But then that's what made this book interesting. After all, a mystery book is not interesting if the reader can solve it right?
Therefore, I loved how you don't know what Poirot was thinking until the end of the book- when he reveals the murderer.
Ahh it's hard to talk about this kind of books without spoiling it! It seems like this won't be a long review after all...
Anyway, I just love how the plot twist and everything is not as it seems. Even though you think you know what's happening, there's a very high chance that you don't. I think that the author did a great job of doing this. She kept all the suspect just that- suspicious. Even those who are innocent, they still remain suspicious until the very end. By doing that, it was very hard to guess who was actually the murderer.
Ahh I couldn't even figure it out! When I finished it, I felt like- 'How could I not see that?'
Well, I love books like that though. It's much more interesting when it's complicated~
The style of writing itself was also good. It's not as simple as typical young adult books, but it's not like classical books either. It was still fairly easy for me to understand what was going on..
So, if you like detective stories, and being challenged to solve a murder. If you think you can piece all the clues together and solve it before Poirot does, then you should definitely read this book!
It's a great, thrilling story which had a pleasing ending (in a way that it was not a simple case). Personally, if you like this genre, I recommend reading the whole Poirot series. All the books are very good and just like this one, it will keep you guessing until the end!! :]
