i thought i'd written about Hanna's Poirot before. Since i can't find where i might have done that, here's my impressions after the latest reading:
- She writes REALLY GOOD stories.
- Maybe even as good as Christie.
- But her Poirot, while an interesting charcter, simply is not THE Hercule Poirot. i'm not sure why not; she seems to hit all the right personality notes, but still he comes off as a straw man.
- Her sidekick character, Inspector Catchpool, has some interesting psychological issues i'd like to see her develop.
- i liked Monogram Murders better the second time around. i wonder if i will be able to say the same about Closed Casket, when i get my hands on a copy again. Initially, i don't think i liked it as well, in spite of the Irish setting.
- i loved the way Hannah introduced a pair of side characters in The Mystery of the Three Quarters, whom i recognized as a couple from Christie's The Sittaford Mystery.
- Maybe i should seek that earlier essay i mentioned, under the Managing Women one, or the comparison of my favorites to Christie's own.
- Two of Hannah's have a Really Sad Murderer. They;re almost the same character, or so it seems to me now.
- Not necessarily a comment on Hannah's continuation stories, but i think Jill Paton Walsh has a better handle on her characters, Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane / Lady Peter https://us.macmillan.com/series/lordpeterwimseyharrietvane/
- Despite her Poirot seeming a ghost or straw character, i want to continue reading her Poirot stories as she writes them.
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