Hector Kircher - Hercule Poirot - The Mysterious Affair at styles

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The Mysterious Affair at styles is a book about a man in a mansion which is owned by the Inglethorp family. Things are going normally, until Alfred Inglethorp's wife gets mysteriously murdered. The world-famous detective Hercule Poirot arrives. He finds out that The wife was murdered because of poisoning in her cocoa. Many theories emerge, including suicide and Mr. Inglethorp himself being the murderer, but it is later reavealed that the real culprit is (I left that part blank because I obviously can't tell you about it. By the way, I discovered this book from a game I played about Hercule Poirot.) My father suggested reading this book because I didn't know what to read for this blog post, and he knew that I played the Hercule Poirot game. So that is how I discovered it. Some aspects I like about the book is that it makes everyone look suspiscious so that you really don't know who the murderer is, until it is revealed. The book also has a great sense of progression, because the clues that are discovered throught the book tell you more and more about the murder. For example, the fact that Poirot discovers that the poison was done from her cocoa sparks all sorts of discussion about how the cocoa was poisoned. I guess one thing that's not good about the book is that it's kind of a cliche' mystery book, with a detective trying to solve a murder. But I guess that's fine if you don't care about a book being cliche' like me. Something I find interesting about this novel is that the story is not told in the point of veiw of detective Poirot, but someone else. I think that this makes the book unique. Overall, I think this is an amazing book. I'd suggest this book for people who like mystery novels.

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  1. Eve AndersonOctober 11, 2022 at 7:19 PM

    Thats kind of crazy that there is a game about a book -- or is it vice versa? Did the game come first? It would be really cool if the game is in first person, like you are the detective Hercule solving this mystery. And then later when you read the book it would be much more relatable. Definitely intrigued, does the game follow the same plot as the book?

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    1. HectorOctober 13, 2022 at 8:37 AM

      Thanks, I think the game came after the book. it doesn't follow the plot of this book, but maybe it follows the plot of a different Hercule Poirot book.

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  2. JoeyOctober 13, 2022 at 8:40 AM

    I think it was a cool that just a game could be part of book recommendations. Also, poor
    Mrs. Inglethorp!

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  3. RicoOctober 14, 2022 at 6:44 AM

    This review does a great job of describing the story while also leaving enough empty spaces to make me curious about book. I really like mystery novels, and this sounds like one I certainly don't want to miss.

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  4. SriOctober 14, 2022 at 8:31 AM

    Hi Hector, I love that you read this book because you found it on a game. I have read different books from the Hercule Poirot, and I think that I would enjoy this one also More than reading the book, I want to find out about this game, because it seems very interesting.

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  5. Sasha GoncaloOctober 14, 2022 at 9:27 AM

    Hi Hector,
    This sounds like an interesting murder mystery! Were you able to guess who the culprit was using the clues before the book reviled it? I find that it can be fun to guess who is guilty in books like that.
    -Sasha

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  6. Chizara OnyemereOctober 16, 2022 at 4:59 PM

    Hi Hector, I like how a game inspired you to read this book and how you describe learning more and more about who the murderer could be as you keep reading. This was a very interesting review!

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