I swear this isn't because I didn't enjoy this mystery! I definitely did -- it had some lovely twists I didn't see coming, plus a couple that I thought I saw coming but was not quite correct about. Hanging out with Poirot and Hastings was delightful. Watching Hastings fall in love without noticing was adorable.
I don't have anything particularly long-winded to say about this book. That's partly because it simply is a good mystery, and I have no bones to pick with it. And it's partly because I did read this almost a month ago and then fell prey to the busyness of January and failed to review it until now.
I would like to mention that I do rather like Hastings, and I know a lot of Poirot fans don't. My affection for him stems pretty much entirely from his portrayal by Jonathan Cecil in several of the 1980s Hercule Poirot films starring Peter Ustinov. Cecil plays Hastings as so sweet and likeable, albeit definitely not bright, and I shall probably always be fond of him as a result.
If This was a Movie, I Would Rate It: PG-13 for murder, insinuations about people having extramarital affairs, and a sprinkling of old-fashioned cuss words.
This is my 49th book read and reviewed for my fourth Classics Club list! One more to go, and I'll have read and reviewed 200 classics since 2014!
