Peril at End House

I think that I felt obliged to say good things because it was Christie but I didn't enjoy this. Having said that, this is what I wrote initially.

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I enjoyed this at the time but with reflection, I think my main enjoyment was derived by the sense of place. Reading this in cornwall made me feel more connected to it but I dont think its an especially great book tbh

It was irritating that I still remember the episode of Poirot :-D
Yeah, it was the butler. Sure, the butler did it. Yeah, yeah, Hercule, it was the butler. But of course, there's a reason, the butler did it. You know.
(No, it wasn't the butler. There isn't a butler in the book. Wasn't the maid, either. Stop trying to spoil the book for yourself. :-D)

Devious little story. Who is lying? The thing is that we are dropped hints all the time, but one doesn't see them as that, when one doesn't know the secret. I could see them so clearly, because I knew what they were revealing.

It's a good story.

So . . . personally, this was more of a 3.5 for me. Not my favorite Poirot, I have to say. But it was still a very atmospheric and engaging mystery!

[slight spoilers ahead!] My big issue with the mystery is that I called the twist, partially–and I liked my explanation better, haha. (Perhaps I've read too many mysteries? xD) I had the murderer right, but was wrong on the motive. And, perhaps because I was so fixed on my version of events, the motive presented in the book didn't entirely make sense to me. It was the timing especially that gave me trouble.

In any case, I did like how the side characters' stories wrapped up, and I did very much enjoy the setting. It was worth reading, definitely, and probably my own lack of concentration that led to my concerns with the plot! ;)