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Curtain: Poirot's Last Case (Hercule Poirot, #44)
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It would be wrong to say I loved this book (despite the 5 stars)... I hated it. I love Poirot so much that I couldn't bear to see him pass beyond the veil.
That said, I consider this one a fantastic mystery - and one which could be resolved only this way, with the death of the detective (read the book, and you'll get what I mean). Many people have complained that the premise is far-fetched, but IMO, that is its main charm. And let me tell you, it's not all that impossible... (view spoiler)
BTW, Christie had written this long back and kept it with her lawyer with instructions to publish it only after her death. Poirot got an official obituary in the paper once this book was published.
That said, I consider this one a fantastic mystery - and one which could be resolved only this way, with the death of the detective (read the book, and you'll get what I mean). Many people have complained that the premise is far-fetched, but IMO, that is its main charm. And let me tell you, it's not all that impossible... (view spoiler)
BTW, Christie had written this long back and kept it with her lawyer with instructions to publish it only after her death. Poirot got an official obituary in the paper once this book was published.
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September 22, 2011
– Shelved
October 1, 2011
– Shelved as:
mystery
February 23, 2016
– Shelved as:
agatha-christie
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Sep 01, 2015 05:05AM
I'm old enough to remember reading this when it first came out and, like you, I was heartbroken. Ze leetle gray cells would no longer be solving crimes. Quel dommage!
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Lisa wrote: "I'm old enough to remember reading this when it first came out and, like you, I was heartbroken. Ze leetle gray cells would no longer be solving crimes. Quel dommage!"I think this came out some time in 1976 (immediately after Christie's death). I was 13 at the time, and had just started on serious mysteries (graduating from The Hardy Boys and The Three Investigators) maybe a year before. I remember actually being in tears at the end. I did not want Poirot to die!
I've put off reading this one until now because I don't want Poirot to end. My book club is reading Christie books, and I've read everything else, so I'm biting the bullet, so to speak.
Actually it came out in 1975 a little before her death. Only Sleeping Murder came out posthumously. Not sure why the plan for Curtain was changed.
Oh my, that Lady X thing made me laugh. I cry every time I read this book. I haven't worked up the courage to actually watch this episode of the series either. I know I will bawl my eyes out!
