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A review by yvettegen
Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie
3.0
SPOILER REVIEW, DO NOT READ BEFORE FINISHING THE BOOK
I enjoyed this very much until the very end. It was dark and thrilling and you definitely felt the emotional struggle of the characters. Where it lost me is the ending, as it often happens with my otherwise favourite Poirot novels. Having some side character as the killer, circumstances and connections not at all mentioned beforehand, complete guess-work on Poirot's side, it's just a disappointing cop-out ending to an otherwise wonderful story. Absolutely loved the first 99% of it though and of course I was happy to hear none of the kids killed their mother but still ... a bit of an easy way out.
I enjoyed this very much until the very end. It was dark and thrilling and you definitely felt the emotional struggle of the characters. Where it lost me is the ending, as it often happens with my otherwise favourite Poirot novels. Having some side character as the killer, circumstances and connections not at all mentioned beforehand, complete guess-work on Poirot's side, it's just a disappointing cop-out ending to an otherwise wonderful story. Absolutely loved the first 99% of it though and of course I was happy to hear none of the kids killed their mother but still ... a bit of an easy way out.