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Hartastic t1_j1rjjr5 wrote

Reply to comment by kim_il_succ in The simple greatness of Agatha Christie by -something_something

I always felt like she felt like she had to give Poirot a Watson, but very quickly discovered she did not enjoy writing Hastings, who often comes across as "Watson, but dumb and with no helpful skills."

Granted, I also think Curtain would not have been nearly as good without the foundation she DID lay with Hastings in earlier books.

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musicnothing t1_j20o57x wrote

My favorite part of Hastings is how dumb Poirot always tells other people he is

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