A new Poirot!

Where did August go?!?

I did lots of things (painting windows, making window shutters, sewing, writing textbooks, nothing ...) but also a lot of reading.

And of course I read Sophie Hannah's Poirot murder mystery. Since it kind of qualifies as an Agatha Christie novel, I'll rate it as usual.

84. The Monogram Murders (Poirot by Sophie Hannah)
A new Poirot novel. Yey!
However, I must be honest, I did not really enjoy it. It included way too much explaining, too many lies and too much repetition, basically just too many words. There were not enough clues for the reader and yet I guessed the murder about half way through the book. The mystery was good enough but the book should end about 100 pages earlier with a simple explanation. What I also missed were the witty one-liners by Poirot.

Oh, and the name Patrick Ive is a total miss. Everytime I saw it, I thought it was missing  an apostrophe. Annoying.

Favourite Guest Character: Margaret Ernst
Mystery: ****
Final Solution: ***
Entertainment: **
9/15