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Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 
Well, at Rivka's encouragement I checked Murder on the Orient Express out of the library today. It will be my bedtime reading for the next few days. My first Agatha Christie!
 

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Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
You go! Agatha rocks! You'll love it! Happy bedtime reading . . .
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
*sheps nachas*
 

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Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
 
I just read it myself a couple weeks ago for the first time. Great book. Of course, it has one of the most famous solutions in the history of the genre, so (unfortunately) I knew the ending long before I ever cracked the book. That's one of the reasons it took me so long to get around to reading it. But it's so well written that even knowing the solution does very little to diminish the enjoyment of watching it unfold.

And of course, if you haven't spoiled the surprise yet, so much the better.
 

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
 
I knew the solution to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd before I read the book (the biography of Agatha Christie I read for a school assignment gave it away) and still enjoyed it. And that one is much more of a "tricked ya!" solution than Orient Express.
 

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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Do not let Poirot trade pillows with you. The mustache wax 'll make your head slide off.
 

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Posted by Liz B (Member # 8238) on :
 
I read Orient Express when I was still pretty young (thirteenish), so my experience was unspoilered. Enjoy, Uprooted!
 

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Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
 

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Originally posted by Speed:
Of course, it has one of the most famous solutions in the history of the genre, so (unfortunately) I knew the ending long before I ever cracked the book.

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