To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Hallowe'en Party , please sign up. It's not feeling very Halloweeny and I'm getting ready to switch to another book! If they didn't say it was a Hallowe'en party, you wouldn't really think this has anything to do with Hallowe'en at all.
What reason is then there for her keeping quiet even after her friend died? Taylor This answer contains spoilers… view spoiler [ Miranda asks Michael if the ritual or sacrifice isn't really a punishment for having caused someone else to be killed, and mentions that if she hadn't …more Miranda asks Michael if the ritual or sacrifice isn't really a punishment for having caused someone else to be killed, and mentions that if she hadn't told Joyce about the murder, Joyce wouldn't have been killed.
So Miranda with the incomplete understanding of youth assumes she has to be "sacrificed" to atone for her guilt in indirectly causing Joyce's death.
See all 6 questions about Hallowe'en Party…. Lists with This Book. Oct 14, Amalia Gavea rated it it was amazing Shelves: The ''crime'' writers who write like Christie are few. The ones who try to write mysteries similar to her own are non-existent. I may sound harsh, but those who struggle to imitate her should take a step back and reconsider.
And why is that? Because she understood, embraced and elevated to a whole new level the implications of the past when facing the present. As horrible as a present situation may be, the roots of all evil lie in the deeds of the past. This is present to every work of the Queen of Crime. In my opinion, ''Hallowe'en Party'' delivers this notion in a highly atmospheric manner and presents one of the most elaborate crimes Agatha ever delivered. Hercule and the wonderful Ariadne Oliver are called to solve the crime. In this work, sexual passion and obsession are the motives that guide each suspect and there is a plethora of fascinating stories of people attracted to beauty, vice and a twisted notion of love.
Agatha creates a unique atmosphere, with prominent descriptions of the Halloween festivities, the beautiful garden, the temptations that guide the characters to questionable deeds. The snapdragon scene, a haunting game that isn't included in many works of Fiction, is among my favourites in all of Christie's novels and stories. Not to mention that I love Ariadne to pieces.
I think she's an exciting character on her own and the proper equivalent to our beloved Hercule. And, naturally, the ITV film production was perfect, despite some deviations from the novel.
If you want to experience Halloween through Crime Fiction, don't look further. Can't get any more perfect than that View all 40 comments. Feb 01, Bridgette Redman rated it did not like it. I am a big fan of Agatha Christie. I love her writing and have read piles and piles of her books.
So I feel a bit queasy when my first review of one of her books is panning it. You might get the impression that she is a hack, formulaic writer with cardboard characters who all spout the same dialog. You might read this book and think that Agatha Christie writes mysteries with predictable plot I am a big fan of Agatha Christie.
You might read this book and think that Agatha Christie writes mysteries with predictable plots and too large of a social agenda. You would be right if you based your judgement solely on this novel. In fact, there is a part of me that desperately wants to believe that this book is a forgery. Perhaps Christie decided to loan her irascible detective Hercule Poirot and the self-parodying Ariadne Oliver out to another author, an apprentice perhaps.
That might explain the travesty that is this novel. Yet, I look at the date of this novel——and realize that perhaps one of my favorite mystery authors was simply getting tired of her characters and writing to meet a deadline. Perhaps she had used up all of her suspenseful endings and gripping characterizations. Granted, Curtain--a novel that ranks with her best works—was still to come, but I think this novel was part of the reason she was so ready to give Poirot his send-off.
The book gets worse as we have to listen to each and every character spew forth the popular drivel about criminals not being responsible for their actions and that the murder must have been committed by an insane person let out too early from a mental institution due to overcrowding.
Indeed, the only diversity in opinion came from Poirot himself, who maintained that this was a murder with a motive. As the readers, we have no doubt. Dame Agatha does not write murders without motives. So it would have been nice if at least a few of the characters Poirot interviewed could have had a distinct voice.
I was also disappointed because typically Christie is able to produce an ending that is both surprising and memorable. In this novel, I was able to figure out who the murderer was when Poirot was first given a list of past murders. There was one slight twist at the end, but it was neither surprising nor interesting. The ending of the book was nothing but painful. Christie labored at building suspense using all sorts of techniques to the point where the techniques got in the way and the reading was simply wearisome. She holds off on revealing who-dun-it until long after the reader has any doubts, making the denouement simply a relief that the book was almost over, rather than a delightful surprise.
Agatha Christie writes wonderful mysteries. I encourage anyone to read them. Try instead one of these novels: View all 13 comments. Oct 17, Carol. Perhaps hoping to impress Mrs. Oliver during the preparations for a Halloween party, she claims to have seen a murder. When the Halloween party is over, Joyce is discovered dead, but only Mrs. Oliver connects the earlier boast to the death—the rest of the village is prefers to blame an anonymous unstable person.
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She calls on dear, aging Hercule. He concurs with her fine instincts and arranges to stay with retired Inspector Spence, coincidentally living in the same village. He digs into the history of the village; a disappearing au pair girl, a wealthy widow who died unexpectedly, a forger who was stabbed, a man killed in a hit-and-run, a strangled girl in a gravel pit. As he talks with the villagers, the ominous atmosphere increases. Almost everything about the book is lovely.
The writing shines, the characters are complex. Christie can paint a portrait in only a few sentences: Oliver, sounded in a highly excitable condition. Whatever was the matter with her, she would no doubt spend a very long time pouring out her grievances, her woes, her frustrations or whatever was ailing her…The things that excited Mrs.
Oliver were so numerous and frequently so unexpected that one had to be careful how one embarked upon a discussion of them. Oliver serves as a authorial voice, particularly when Hercule notes how an author tends to co-opt characters from real people. Her bits calling out Hercule are particularly amusing: You mind more about your clothes and your moustaches and how you look and what you wear than comfort.
Now comfort is really the great thing. An excellent read, and well worth re-reading. Oct 23, Carol rated it it was ok Shelves: Read for my IRL book club. Based on the publisher's blurb that Dame Agatha's sales are exceeded only by Shakespeare's and the Bible, my failure to appreciate what the entire reading world cherishes no doubt speaks to some dark blot on my soul. View all 4 comments.
Choose Your Own Adventure! You are a truly annoying little girl. A busybody, a liar.
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Who can trust you? For the good of the community, a-bobbin' for apples you must go — like permanently. But death is not the end! From on high you witness the actions of a strange mustached man and his flighty authoress sidekick. Together they vow to avenge your murder and lay your lovely bones to rest. They believe in your tale of dastardly deeds and murder, the tale that brought you to such an untimely end; thei Choose Your Own Adventure! They believe in your tale of dastardly deeds and murder, the tale that brought you to such an untimely end; their quest for vengeance will lead them to all who once stood in judgment of you.
Unfortunately, your legacy remains that of an unrepentant liar and even your avengers soon grow weary of your string of lies and deception. Turn from the truth, little soul, fly away! But wherever shall you go? View all 12 comments. It can happen friends but is very rare with AC books! Not one of her best books but still highly entertaining. View all 3 comments. This is very much a later Christie novel — written in and virtually one of the last Poirot novels she wrote. Poirot is very much, like the author I suspect, feeling his age.
We meet him bemoaning the fact that a friend is probably cancelling a visit and contemplating another dull evening, when he gets a call from his old friend, Mrs Ariadne Oliver. Duri This is very much a later Christie novel — written in and virtually one of the last Poirot novels she wrote. During the preparations, one girl, Joyce, boasts that she once witnessed a murder. Her words are not believed, but, later that same day, she is found murdered and now Mrs Oliver turns to Poirot for help. However, even with a few flaws, this is still a very enjoyable novel.
Poirot delves into the past to find out who, and why, a murderer would kill a child. Jun 11, Carol rated it really liked it Shelves: While helping to decorate for an upcoming HALLOWE'EN PARTY a contentious thirteen year old comments that she once witnessed a murder, but when no one believes her, she high-tails it for home, and only a few hours later, after the party, she is found drowned in the apple-bobbing tub No Spoilers here, summary of drowning on back cover of my edition View all 6 comments.
Oct 25, Stephanie Anze rated it really liked it Shelves: Joyce is a year-old girl helping set up for a Halloween party. Amid the preparations, she brags about having witnessed a murder once. Most that hear her simply suppose that she is trying to impress Adriadne Oliver, a noted murder mystery author that is in attendance, so they pay litte mind to her. Joyce storms off only to be found dead in the library, by the bobbing-for-apples game later that evening.
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Oliver that contacts Hercule Poirot. Poirot is ever as eager to pursue the case and Joyce is a year-old girl helping set up for a Halloween party. Poirot is ever as eager to pursue the case and what he uncovers will be a complicated web of lies and deceit. Agatha Christie strikes again. She once again delivers a clever whodunit. I picked this title specifically for its proximity to Halloween and was not disappointed. There were some concerns that, since this is one of the later titles in the Hercule Poirot series, it was not going to be as impressive as the earlier ones.
I was proven quite wrong. Poirot is older, his signature moustache is perfectly coiffed, his leather shoes are too tight but his keen sense is just as sharp. This title has more of an eerie, dark and sinister feel to it. The murder victim is a child that claims to have witnessed a murder. Murder on the Links. The Coming of Mr.
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