Murder on the Orient Express book review:

Although I love murder mysteries and classic books, I have never read an Agatha Cristie book. Recently, I've had more spare time than usual so I finally got round to reading one. I thought it would be best if I dived in at the deep end and go for properly her most famous book, Murder on the Orient Express.
   I'm going to be very blunt: I loved it. As I said before, I love murder mysteries from both books and films and this book was no exception. The best thing about this book for me was oddly how it was arranged. There are three parts: the murder, collecting the evidence and solving the murder. This arrangement was very methodical and reflected the main character Poirot with his need for everything to be neat and in order. Also, although Poirot is Belgium, there's one sentence in this book that was very stereotypically British and made me grin as I read it: 'His polite pardons' were uttered with the regularity of clockwise.' This line happens as Poirot walks down a train corridor and just the image of this in my head made me grin as I read. I may also be stealing this line in my own writing.
   I can see why this is one of her most famous books as the ending was a true plot twist. I obviously won't spoil anything but even for someone who loves murder mysteries and has read a lot of them, this twist was unexpected. I'm so glad that even though this book is very famous, I've never heard the ending and had no part ruined for me. So I compel anyone who loves murder mysteries to read this book as soon as possible because it's quickly becoming one of my favourite books.

Thanks for reading and see you next time. 

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