Curtain vs Poirot's Early Cases: Which Should You Read?
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Curtain
wheelchair-bound Poirot returns to Styles, the venue of his first investigation, where he knows another murder is going to take place… The house guests at Styles seemed perfectly pleasant to Captain Hastings; there was…
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Poirot's Early Cases
With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot came to exercise those famous "grey cells" so well. Fourteen of the eighteen stories collected herein are narrated by Captain Arthur…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Curtain has the widest readership — 52013 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Curtain | Poirot's Early Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.1 (52013) | 3.9 (17165) |
| Hardcover | 3.9 (96) | 3.6 (39) |
| Google Books | 5.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (149) | 4.5 (56) |
Reception
| Curtain | Poirot's Early Cases | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 52013 | 17165 |
| Editions | 112 | 63 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 35152 | 15513 |
| Reading it now | 1444 | 1538 |
| Written reviews | 3734 | 1029 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2480 | 8128 |
| Pages | 232 | 304 |