Cat Among the Pigeons is one of the better Hercule Poirot books that I’ve read lately. It was super easy to read and get into, and in fact, I read it in one sitting. 

What I liked most about this book was the setting. This book mostly takes place at a boarding school, and I’m generally a fan of mysteries set at boarding schools. I like seeing how the staff and the students interact and boarding schools are always full of secrets. 

What I didn’t love about this book was the international conspiracy aspect. Part of the mystery involves some missing jewels that have international significance. I don’t want to say much more about this, because of spoilers, but I wasn’t a huge fan of this aspect. 

I did love Julia Upjohn, one of the students at the boarding school. I thought she was incredibly clever and it would have been neat if Christie had decided to use her in other books. 

Poirot did not play that big of a role in this one. He came into the story near the end and his role was quite small. Normally this would disappoint me, but I enjoyed some of the other characters enough to make up for his absence. 

Overall, while I found the mystery to be enjoyable, I found the book to be overall underwhelming. It had it’s clever moments, but there wasn’t anything that jumped out at me to make this a memorable read.