Group Read for March: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (NO SPOILERS!)

As suggested in the March Mystery thread. :)

Alrighty; I'm here.

Two is better than one.

When are you going to start your read?

Oh all right - I imagine I'll join in, too.

Yippee! We're three!

I read it last month, but I'm happy to chat about it this month :)

I just added it to the March TIOLI in Challenge #21 - Christie wrote novels and plays. Come join me!

Great, thanks!

I listened to the audiobook in January so I will just follow along the thread. It was really wonderful and David Suchet is a brilliant narrator. He is Poirot!

I have this on my kindle and will try to squeeze it in in March. To be honest, the thing holding me back was whether it would count for TIOLI so thanks, Dejah_Thoris!

You're welcome!

Mind if I lurk here? I've read this one already, but I'm a big Christie fan and I'm excited to see what all of you think of it!

Welcome, @scaifea!

Up to chapter three...Poirot has been summoned...

I'm up to page 100 (about a third of the way through); Poirot est ici.

I like the way it evokes early 20th century upper class England, a bit like Wodehouse; of course, for Christie, it must have been contemporary.

***SPOILER WARNING***

It's amusing when Hastings (the narrator) promotes his own sleuthing prowess, and pities Poirot, whose days of greatness are now behind him.

It's even funnier when we know (because we've read the books / watched the programmes and films) that Poirot is the one who solves all the cases.

Oh, I say!

Poirot (speaking of the criminal) :

"... We must be so intelligent that he does not suspect us of being intelligent at all."

I acquiesced.

"There, mon ami, you will be of great assistance to me."

I was pleased with the compliment. There had been times when I hardly thought that Poirot appreciated me at my true worth.

"Yes," he continued, staring at me thoughtfully, "you will be invaluable."

Et puis, moi, je suis fin.

ETA - and reviewed

I've finished too. I'm not sure I've read much Agatha Christie before, at least, not for a long while, so I was glad to finally get around to this one.

I do love how smug the narrator is, although truthfully, he kind of annoyed me. Although if he wasn't so annoying exchanges such as the one cited in >16 humouress: wouldn't be nearly as amusing.

Hastings is a hoot - I love the comic relief he 'unintentionally' provides.

And yes, I did finally get around to The Mysterious Affair at Styles - I read it years ago but didn't remember much. It was a pleasure to reread.

Interestingly, I'm now reading a cozy mystery called The Christie Curse in which the heroine reads The Mysterious Affair at Styles. Rather amusing....