#hercule poirot's christmas

[didanagy]

HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS (1994)

dir. edward bennett

[lycheesodas]

that scene at the end of hercule poirot’s christmas where it looked like japp was going to say exactly this

the scene in question, for reference:

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[melissak2802]

Some musings on the central themes of Dame Agatha's novels.

Starting from Poirot novels. The first three formulated similarly by someone I know and agree with, slightly reworded by me, others are my thoughts.

Some spoilers for The ABC Murders and Evil Under the Sun ahead.

Murder on the Orient Express:

Justice. Including the question if the justice of conscience always matches the law.

Murder of Roger Ackroyd:

Fall of a person. Even someone kind, smart, caring, talented and overall sympathetic is in danger of temptations like greed and cowardice. Avoid the wrong path.

The ABC Murders:

Stigma. Someone alone, weak and especially mentally ill can easily become treated like a monster, while the true monsters more often than not are someone prosperous and healthy willing to transfer the consequences of their crimes to a defenseless person.

Death on the Nile:

Blind love/devotion. Even a selfless passion for someone can become twisted and cause corruption if it's enabling and obsessive.

Evil Under the Sun:

Lust and attention-seeking. Not only it's detrimental to your relationship/family, it makes you an easy victim for a pretty face willing to flatter you.

Hercule Poirot' s Christmas:

Arrogance. If you think yourself superior to the "regular fools" and in the right to toy with people's feelings and issues, one day you run into someone like you who will outwit you and make you suffer for what you caused to them.

Learning to overcome the haunting of past trauma.

Actions in a difficult situation are what shows one's true self. This includes a passive person learning to make decisions.

"Fighting evil" motivated by pride and revenge can make you a monster like your enemy if not worse.

Appointment with Death:

Unhealthy desire for power over people. More often than not the person like that just doesn't want to realise they are pathetic person. Also, one day you may bite off more than you can chew.

Domestic emotional abuse, varying reactions to it (apathy, embitterment, escapism) and ways to free yourself/help freeing someone from its power.

Five Little Pigs:

Righting the past wrongs. (On several levels.)

Big consequences of small things. Sometimes a misunderstanding, a badly-thought white lie or ill-timed joke can cause or contribute to tragedy.

Revenge doesn't make you happy.

Sometimes a family that looks weird from side can actually be harmonious in their own way.

Taken at the Flood:

Feeling lost. Almost everyone in this story starts with the ground being knocked from under their feet one way or another.

Perilous chase of fortune. (This is a fatal flaw of more than one character, and what the title of the novel refers to, being a poetry quote)

[marantis]

You ever read a book by an author you really like and get hit by the realization that you have adapted some of their writing quirks into your own stuff?

[thelastofthebookworms]

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- Poll 1 : popular edition

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- Poll 4

[readingoals]

The last book of the 2022 Read Christie challenge ans probably my last book of the year (unless i can finish half of AGOT in the next 3 days).

Hercule Poirot's Christmas is set from Dec 22-27 with each chapter taking place on a different day. I mostly tried to read the chapters on their corresponsing days which was fun (though admittedly i did fall a lil behind over christmas eve/day). It wasn't as festive as I was expecting a book set over christmas to be but the murder was quite gruesome so that makes sense lmao. None of those poison shenanigans this time, its a proper bloody one.

I think 1 part in the solution would have made more sense to a contemporary audience than it does today but otherwise it was good!

[muffinsandpages]

Christmas tea time + Poirot's Christmas 🎄♥️

[mzannthropy]

Dedication at the beginning of Hercule Poirot's Christmas.

Agatha Christie's brother in law James Watts complained that there wasn't enough blood in her stories, so she wrote him one with lots of it! And in this case, blood has more than one meaning.

It's one of Agatha's best works.

[sintaspeaks]

Reading 7 Hercule Poirot Books! (SPOILERS)

Promoting an old video! I'm itching to re-start my Poirot Project soon so look out for more reviews soon! In this video, I read Mrs. McGinty's Dead, Third Girl, Peril At End House, Murder On the Links, Sad Cypress, Hercule Poirot's Christmas, and Dead Man's Folly. I like to make these big batches because I like to constrast and compare each book with each other.

[poirott]

Hercule Poirot + festive

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT (1989-2013)

[itsawritblr]

221B Baker Street Christmas!

I'm making my house a Murder Mystery Christmas. My newest acquisition is a Department 56 Literary Classics model of Sherlock Holmes' house, with Sherlock and Watson!

It's all set for the season with garland and wreath, a table full of tiny British Xmas foods, a Christmas tree, and three annoying carolers. Miss Marple, Father Brown, and Hercule Poirot watch over them like Guardian Angels.

Dr. Moriarty left them a plum pudding. I don't think they'll eat it.

A better look at the two.

[didanagy]

THE THEFT OF THE ROYAL RUBY (1991)

dir. andrew grieve

[hood-ex]

I read an Agatha Christie book to analyze the way she broke down a mystery so maybe I could apply that to some Dick situation, but now I'm just mad because someone completely unexpected was the murderer instead of the two family members I wanted to be the murderer.

[melissak2802]

One of the reasons of why I'm thinking of leaving David Lee without a Miraculous is because Hilda doesn't get one either, and it's kind of unbalanced to leave her the only positive member of the family without one. To her I don't give a Miraculous (if I did, she'd be a Turtle) because first, there are already too many involved with the AU version of the novel, second, I see no place to make it meaningfully working for her narratively, third, I see no way to give it to her and her having it for independent reasons would be too many coincidences.

[azazel-dreams]

The Theft of the Royal Ruby - Hercule Poirot

Rating: ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[thelastofthebookworms]

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