Hallowe'en Party

I have been reading all of Christie's books chronologically and I am getting pretty close to the end with this one. After Passenger to Frankfurt I was feeling a little disheartened. I hate to say it, but I was starting to think like the detectives who work with Poirot, “Is Christie getting a little too old for this?”

I was then very pleasantly surprised with this one. The plot was interesting and there were plenty of suspects, enough to send you on the wrong trail a few times. Poirot is charming as ever. I really enjoyed it.

I saw another commenter who rated this one low, mentioning she loved Christie but didn't like how much social commentary there was in this one. All I have to say to that is HA! because if you have read as many of her books as I have (nearly all of them by now) you will realize that Christie puts a LOT of social commentary in her books and this one is nothing compared to some of the others. She does talk a lot about insanity and crime, a pattern with all of her books.

I am not saying this is her best, but it is one of her better ones and the social commentary is very usual of the author. I don't agree with all of it, but as a mystery I thought it was well-crafted and enjoyable.