![]() ![]() Tell, don’t showĬhristie isn’t bad at the “tell, don’t show” format, but she has done it better elsewhere – including on the book right before this one, “Nemesis.” Miss Marple simply talks to people about a cold-case murder until she sifts out the truth. Conveniently, a housemaid of the Ravenscrofts does know what happened, and is ultimately willing to confirm Poirot’s guess. Poirot gathers all these interviews – knowing that many are hearsay – and can see the truth within them. We aren’t allowed to follow his thought process.įitting with the theme, the two sleuths interview several people who have heard about that fateful day, or who knew the doomed Ravenscrofts. More accurately, Christie isn’t dialed in Poirot solves this one because the author says he does. Poirot does his thing here, but he’s not dialed in. When she goes to Poirot for help, oddly, the novel loses something. ![]() “Elephants” almost achieves playfulness at the beginning, with Oliver seeming to be the main sleuth, which is rare. ![]()
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