1) I absolutely LOVE your videos in this series. 2) I agree with you that this one struggles in book format, and yet I still really enjoyed it. 3) I thought the David Schuet series did an amazing job with this particular story. It is one of those rare moments where I felt the show was actually better structured than the novel.
I've read this one but it quickly became apparent when you started talking that I remembered none of it. I think I liked it at the time, though. I'm currently reading some Miss Marple (At Bertram's Hotel) :D
Haha, I'd forgotten most of it, as well! I remembered the "who" pretty quickly but all of the details felt like the first time as I was going through. Sadly, I think we really are in the dark times of Poirot at this point... And hope you enjoy Bertram's! I remember liking that one pretty well & liking the setting. I'll look forward to your opinion
Fantastic review; I really enjoyed how you looked at the novel from both an objective and subjective angle. This is a book I am personally very fond of, and I think characterisations and setting really are the reason for it. I loved Julia and Jennifer, and characters like Miss Bulstrode are so well drawn. In her autobiography I remember she spoke of the headmistress of one of her daughter's schools and I think she must've been struck by the force of her personality and wanted to create a character like that. From about this point on from memory a lot more of the thriller type aspects start creeping in to her murder mysteries, and yeah it's not really that successful on the whole. Like you, I actually quite enjoy a number of her thrillers though. The Seven Dials Mystery and The Man in the Brown Suit for the win! But I also remember really enjoying They Came to Baghdad and Destination Unknown too which aren't so frivolous/lighthearted, particularly the latter. However, then there's something like Passenger to Frankfurt which... well, it was so bizarre I can barely remember it. I do think it'd be fun if you ever did review it, it could rival the WTF-ery of Ritual of Proof, haha! 😂
Yeah, I think I want to do some kind of read through of all her "one off" type books at some point. I did not care for "They Came to Baghdad," but I've not gotten to "Passenger to Frankfurt" yet. I've heard... interesting things about it ;). It would kind of break my heart to do a WTF review of a Christie, but needs must!
I can understand that. Interestingly, I recently listened to a podcast on the book by some people who review books that are considered odd parts of an author’s ouvre, Tomefoolery I think it was called, and what interested me was that one of the guys liked the story and the girl thought the first book of the novel was fine before it went a bit strange, and it was refreshing to hear such opinions from what is a much maligned novel. What I heard too, and not sure of the veracity of this, is that her daughter ended up in an altercation with the publishers a few books after this as she felt they didn’t have her best interests at heart, forcing her to publish when she was less able to handle it. The book would be interesting to look at at least from the perspective of her outlook on world events and the way she felt the world was heading in 1970. 😊
I remember reading somewhere that John Curran disliked this book because there's too many female characters which is ridiculous because he didn't have the same complaint in And Then There Were None where most of the characters are men
I just finished APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH. I loved that book. I did guess who the murderer was before Poirot revealed that person. He was already braking down the murder when I guessed who the murderer was. I still loved the book and would recommend it to someone who was just getting into Christie books. I love Agatha Christie as a writer and so far have enjoyed every book that I have read of hers. My next read will be MURDER ON THE LINKS. I like Captain Hastings so that's why I decided to read it. I am running out of good Poirot books to read. What do you consider to be the good Poirot books? What Marple books are good reads? Thank you for doing Project Poirot. I am having fun watching your videos. I value your opinion. Of the Agatha Christie book reviewers that I have found on RUclips your my favorite. I love that you don't give spoilers. I love that you give character details but don't go to far as to ruin the book. I love how you talk about that time in which the book was written. I like that you talk about Agatha Christie's moral views on life. I can tell that you are a good person. You have a great personality, great taste in fashion and are a pretty lady. You have a great voice. You should read for audio books you have the perfect voice for that. I am looking forward to your next video.
Another great upload, Mara! As a book, this was not my favorite mystery of hers either, but like you I also loved the setting and the female centric cast of characters and their relationships. The adaptation of this one is a good one to watch and it does decent job of touching on many of the nuances the book alludes to. I would love to hear you talk about some of these WITH spoilers just because I love hearing your thoughts and commentary on the Christie-verse. More fodder for the super fans among us! Also, you are past 900 subscribers, girl! I give it another month and you'll go past 1000. :)
I haven't seen the adaptation, but I need to check it out! God bless David Suchet... :) And yes, I'm hoping to get to 1000 before my anniversary in July! Here's hoping! :)
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I always forget this book is a Poirot book and during re-reading when he pops up near the end, it's nearly a surprise 😂
Right??? He’s so MIA in this one
agree 100%
Another great review. I have to say I loved this book. I know it had so many flaws, but it just was able to make me go to my christie happy place.
That's pretty much where I landed with it too :)
1) I absolutely LOVE your videos in this series. 2) I agree with you that this one struggles in book format, and yet I still really enjoyed it. 3) I thought the David Schuet series did an amazing job with this particular story. It is one of those rare moments where I felt the show was actually better structured than the novel.
She always surprises the reader!
I forgot about all the spy stuff in this
I've read this one but it quickly became apparent when you started talking that I remembered none of it. I think I liked it at the time, though. I'm currently reading some Miss Marple (At Bertram's Hotel) :D
Haha, I'd forgotten most of it, as well! I remembered the "who" pretty quickly but all of the details felt like the first time as I was going through. Sadly, I think we really are in the dark times of Poirot at this point... And hope you enjoy Bertram's! I remember liking that one pretty well & liking the setting. I'll look forward to your opinion
I used and still am confused on why it's said that Ramat is a fictional place. It's an actual place of conflict in palestine/isreal.
Fantastic review; I really enjoyed how you looked at the novel from both an objective and subjective angle. This is a book I am personally very fond of, and I think characterisations and setting really are the reason for it. I loved Julia and Jennifer, and characters like Miss Bulstrode are so well drawn. In her autobiography I remember she spoke of the headmistress of one of her daughter's schools and I think she must've been struck by the force of her personality and wanted to create a character like that.
From about this point on from memory a lot more of the thriller type aspects start creeping in to her murder mysteries, and yeah it's not really that successful on the whole. Like you, I actually quite enjoy a number of her thrillers though. The Seven Dials Mystery and The Man in the Brown Suit for the win! But I also remember really enjoying They Came to Baghdad and Destination Unknown too which aren't so frivolous/lighthearted, particularly the latter. However, then there's something like Passenger to Frankfurt which... well, it was so bizarre I can barely remember it. I do think it'd be fun if you ever did review it, it could rival the WTF-ery of Ritual of Proof, haha! 😂
Yeah, I think I want to do some kind of read through of all her "one off" type books at some point. I did not care for "They Came to Baghdad," but I've not gotten to "Passenger to Frankfurt" yet. I've heard... interesting things about it ;). It would kind of break my heart to do a WTF review of a Christie, but needs must!
I can understand that. Interestingly, I recently listened to a podcast on the book by some people who review books that are considered odd parts of an author’s ouvre, Tomefoolery I think it was called, and what interested me was that one of the guys liked the story and the girl thought the first book of the novel was fine before it went a bit strange, and it was refreshing to hear such opinions from what is a much maligned novel. What I heard too, and not sure of the veracity of this, is that her daughter ended up in an altercation with the publishers a few books after this as she felt they didn’t have her best interests at heart, forcing her to publish when she was less able to handle it. The book would be interesting to look at at least from the perspective of her outlook on world events and the way she felt the world was heading in 1970. 😊
I remember reading somewhere that John Curran disliked this book because there's too many female characters which is ridiculous because he didn't have the same complaint in And Then There Were None where most of the characters are men
I just finished APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH. I loved that book. I did guess who the murderer was before Poirot revealed that person. He was already braking down the murder when I guessed who the murderer was. I still loved the book and would recommend it to someone who was just getting into Christie books. I love Agatha Christie as a writer and so far have enjoyed every book that I have read of hers. My next read will be MURDER ON THE LINKS. I like Captain Hastings so that's why I decided to read it. I am running out of good Poirot books to read. What do you consider to be the good Poirot books? What Marple books are good reads?
Thank you for doing Project Poirot. I am having fun watching your videos. I value your opinion. Of the Agatha Christie book reviewers that I have found on RUclips your my favorite. I love that you don't give spoilers. I love that you give character details but don't go to far as to ruin the book. I love how you talk about that time in which the book was written. I like that you talk about Agatha Christie's moral views on life.
I can tell that you are a good person. You have a great personality, great taste in fashion and are a pretty lady. You have a great voice. You should read for audio books you have the perfect voice for that. I am looking forward to your next video.
Another great upload, Mara! As a book, this was not my favorite mystery of hers either, but like you I also loved the setting and the female centric cast of characters and their relationships. The adaptation of this one is a good one to watch and it does decent job of touching on many of the nuances the book alludes to. I would love to hear you talk about some of these WITH spoilers just because I love hearing your thoughts and commentary on the Christie-verse. More fodder for the super fans among us! Also, you are past 900 subscribers, girl! I give it another month and you'll go past 1000. :)
I haven't seen the adaptation, but I need to check it out! God bless David Suchet... :) And yes, I'm hoping to get to 1000 before my anniversary in July! Here's hoping! :)