Murder on the Orient Express
Ratings771
Average rating4.1
Wonderful fun to read, even if you're already familiar with the storyline from movies/shows/etc!
Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express is a classic whodunit mystery novel. The book's popularity has stood the test of time, and it is still one of the most popular mystery novels ever written.
The book's main character, detective Hercule Poirot, is one of Christie's most iconic characters. In the book, Poirot is investigating a murder that took place on the Orient Express, a luxury train that was stranded in a snowstorm. The suspects are all passengers on the train, and Poirot must use his deductive powers to figure out who the murderer is.
Murder on the Orient Express is a thrilling mystery novel that will keep readers guessing until the very end. If you enjoy a good whodunit, then this is the book for you.
This is such a Agatha Christie classic everyone knows Murder on the orient express. the writing was fantastic, it was not hard to follow, it was a good mystery and it was quite hard to figure out who the killer was before it was said
The way this mystery was laid out was nail-biting to read, and the plot twist at the end was just chef's kiss beautiful.
Given this was written in the 1930s, it still reads so well now! Although I've read And Then There Were None, this is my first Poirot and I loved it, I now want to go back and read the entire series.
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Kenneth Brannagh, which was just brilliant. I could have him read all of my audiobooks!
a very fun read/listen!! dan stevens doing a million different accents made me so happy.
the book aged surprisingly well for being almost 100 years old(!) and im excited to read more of her work!
My rating for this is complex - the story and plot was very well thought out and the twist is good. But this book was sooooo dull I struggled.
Re-read it for at least the second time, a wonderful mystery story - I love most of the author's books as well as the character :)
Not sure if it was in bad taste for me to read this on a four-day sleeper train journey but so far no-one’s been murdered so it should be fine.
It is easy to see how this older-than-realized story may have inspired so many ‘whodunits' that have followed in the past 90 years. Its quick fire dialogue and the specific premise even set up for a nice reveal at the end, despite an otherwise fairly straight forward journey.
Interesting book. The conclusion was nearly unimaginable. Even though I'd read it before, I'd forgotten. Complicated plot, really. Lots of characters with their own characteristics. But masterful approach by the author to arrive at the conclusion. I still don't like Poirot as much as Miss Marple, though.
Perhaps the greatest mystery novel of all time. An indisputable classic.
5 stars.
i got the ending spoiled, but that ending was still incredible. god this makes me remember why i love murder-mysteries so much
Muy buena novela de esta afamada autora. No decepciona. Salió a la luz en 1934 y 89 años después hay que quitarse el sombrero ante Agatha Christie. Recomendada 100%.
I find it unfair, but certainly cannot hate when a book takes it to the next level, in the final chapter.
The Murder on the Orient Express is a locked room mystery. The best kind of whodunit. Nobody can complain if the clues in a mystery novel are too obscure or if the movements of the characters are deliberately confusing. But in this book chapters there are chapters dedicated to Poirot's ‘movement notes', list of clues and summary of whatever he' learnt.
I wish my textbooks wished so much as this book to really let me know what's going on. The ending is not really predictable. There are a few observations that H.P keeps to himself, that helps in keeping the final solution in the dark. There are leaps of theory that may not always make sense, but it does in the situation.
The book constantly keeps us thinking. I had a notebook with the movements and carriage position before I knew there were dedicated pages for them. There are foreseeable plot points. But it is a book, and for us this murder is in text. H.P can see, and we can't. And although a lot more eloquent than Sherlock, he doesn't always tell us what he sees.
I would not call this great literature. I don't want to be a snob, rating 5 only for great lit. The writing is ordinary. The plot is exceptional. This book had me hooked, kept me wondering till the end. The ending is beautiful. It's not just surprising. It's satisfying. Probably one of the most satisfying endings I've read.
Looking back on it, it's a whodunit with a heart.
Even though I already knew the story, this was so much fun to read. The thing about Christie is she doesn't just plot whodunnits well, she is a wonderful writer all around. Everyone is a fleshed out human, there's good interplay (as always) between Poirot and his sidekick, and in the end this is a profoundly human story, not just a puzzle box.
