My rating: 2.5 of 5 stars
Category: Adult
Genre: Mystery, Suspense
Content: Clean
Famed private eye Hercule Poirot tackles international intrigue and espionage in this classic Agatha Christie mystery.
Framed
in the doorway of Hercule Poirot's bedroom stands an uninvited guest,
coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a moment, then he
sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just
exhaustion? Above all, what is the significance of the figure 4,
scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper?
Poirot finds
himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his
life—and that of his "twin brother"—to uncover the truth.
I saved this book for last instead of reading it
in order because it seems most people think it's the weakest book in
the whole series. So, instead of saving the best for last, I saved the
worst for last. After reading it, I agree that it wasn't great. I had
very low expectations going into this and so I wasn't disappointed. It
was maybe even a little better than I was expecting. This is basically
Hercule Poirot meets spy novel. The big four that the title eludes to
are rather over the top at times, much in the same way a James Bond
villain might be. Also, Hercule Poirot did things in this book that an
old man shouldn't be spry enough to do.
My main enjoyment came
from the fact that Hastings was in this book. Having finished all the
other books in the series, and reading the latter books in order of
publication, it's been a long time since Hastings has been in one of the
books and I missed him. It was like revisiting an old friend. The
friendship between Hastings and Poirot was what made me give this book
2.5 stars instead of just two. Everything else in the book was pretty
ridiculous.
I'm sad to have come to the end of the Hercule Poirot
novels, but not too sad because there are still over 50 short stories
to read. So now it's onto those.
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