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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
I enjoyed the easy read... not Agatha’s best but a nice mystery for winter reading.
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Christie found a really interesting way of incorporating the nursery rhyme into the mystery even if it was slightly contrived. This isn’t my favourite Marple but the mystery is still compelling and the cast of characters are really interesting.
Really loved this one. The plot is nicely paced and the reveal is so very satisfying. I loved how miss Marple got involved in this one, cause at first I was wondering how that was gonna happen. This one reminded me of And Then There Were None, but a little bit better for me (I know, blasphemy), and Crooked House, but again just slightly better!
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So good.
Christie switches the narrative vantage point to make characters seen familiar.
The police inspector is clever but still needs Miss Marple to insert herself.
Christie switches the narrative vantage point to make characters seen familiar.
The police inspector is clever but still needs Miss Marple to insert herself.
Polizeiinspektor Neel ermittlet in Sachen Giftmord in wohlhabenden Kreisen. Seine Untersuchungen machen gewisse Fortschritte, aber entscheidende Hinweise liefert dann erst Miss Marple, die spät im Roman erscheint und auch nur gelgentlich in Erscheinung tritt. Es ist ein solider klassischer Wer-ist-der-Mörder-Kriminalroman, der dem Leser/der Leserin einige Möglichkeiten zur Spekulation bietet. Gelungen ist die Beschreibung der Verhältnisse im Hause des reichen Unternehmers. Die Beziehungen der Damen und Herren einerseits untereinander und zu den Angestellten sind der eigentliche Kern der Geschichte. All dies ist gut konstruiert und beschrieben und wird durch einige witzig-bissige Kommentare begleitet. Der Kriminalfall selbst ist eher unspektakulär. Unglücklich ist die Übersetzung des Titels ausgefallen (im Original: A Pocket full of Rye).
3.75*
It’s the beginning of the month, which means time for another Christie book ;0)
I remembered this one quite clearly, having read it a few years ago. It felt somewhat different. On one side, we have a Miss Marple story, although our favourite old lady doesn’t come on the scene until around the middle of the book and stays in the background, and on the other a pretty ruthless murderer, hidden from sight until the very end.
The narrative is very deceptive, immersing itself in the life of this household, going from character to character, focusing on what looks like trivial things, until you realise the audacity of the killer. In theory, I loved Christie’s portrayal of all these protagonists, killer included, but on the other I didn’t ‘connect’ as much as I usually do.
It’s the beginning of the month, which means time for another Christie book ;0)
I remembered this one quite clearly, having read it a few years ago. It felt somewhat different. On one side, we have a Miss Marple story, although our favourite old lady doesn’t come on the scene until around the middle of the book and stays in the background, and on the other a pretty ruthless murderer, hidden from sight until the very end.
The narrative is very deceptive, immersing itself in the life of this household, going from character to character, focusing on what looks like trivial things, until you realise the audacity of the killer. In theory, I loved Christie’s portrayal of all these protagonists, killer included, but on the other I didn’t ‘connect’ as much as I usually do.