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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Calificación: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Narración: 0.50/1
Trama: 0.75/1
Personajes: 0.50/1
Final: 0.75/1
Emoción: 0.50/1
Narración: 0.50/1
Trama: 0.75/1
Personajes: 0.50/1
Final: 0.75/1
Emoción: 0.50/1
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
I really really liked the first two parts of this. The build up of each of the characters and their various motives for having killed Rosemary were so good. But as soon as the mystery began in earnest and the men were on the case it got dull. All the other characters were interesting, but the detectives were nothing people who existed only to solve the mystery and make themselves feel smart, which really ruined it for me.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Agatha Christie has done it again - this book was brilliant, as ALWAYS! She keeps you on the edge of your seat, guessing and thinking and rethinking during the entire book. I suspected nearly every character at one point or another in this book, but not once have I been able to correctly guess the ending and the murderer of an Agatha Christie book. (And I have read a lot of her books.)
The book is about a young woman named Rosemary Barton, who was murdered at her birthday dinner before six friends - her younger sister, her husband, her husband's secretary, a friend, and a husband and wife. The death was assumed to be suicide, but when the woman's husband receives two anonymous messages he begins to suspect it was murder. Part I of the book highlights the thoughts of these six friends, these six characters, revealing their natures and clues that begin to piece themselves together. 'Rosemary' means remembrance, so the first six chapters told from the point of view of each character are memories the characters have of Rosemary.
Then another astonishing event brings these six people together, and two detectives set out to uncover the truth of the matter, though Rosemary's death was over a year ago and it will be hard to prove that her death was not suicide after all.
What happened COULD NOT have happened; but it did. How, why...and WHO?
This book was genius. I love reading Christie's ingenious plots; which you think might be somewhat similar but by the end of the books are totally and completely different.
READ THIS BOOK.
The book is about a young woman named Rosemary Barton, who was murdered at her birthday dinner before six friends - her younger sister, her husband, her husband's secretary, a friend, and a husband and wife. The death was assumed to be suicide, but when the woman's husband receives two anonymous messages he begins to suspect it was murder. Part I of the book highlights the thoughts of these six friends, these six characters, revealing their natures and clues that begin to piece themselves together. 'Rosemary' means remembrance, so the first six chapters told from the point of view of each character are memories the characters have of Rosemary.
Then another astonishing event brings these six people together, and two detectives set out to uncover the truth of the matter, though Rosemary's death was over a year ago and it will be hard to prove that her death was not suicide after all.
What happened COULD NOT have happened; but it did. How, why...and WHO?
This book was genius. I love reading Christie's ingenious plots; which you think might be somewhat similar but by the end of the books are totally and completely different.
READ THIS BOOK.
This is the first Christie book I ever read as a teenager, and one of the best. It is a classic whodunnit, and is set out so clearly and simply that it’s easy to track who each of the characters are, what their relationship to the victim is, and what their motive and opportunity was. As always, it is a snapshot of the upper class culture of the time - it’s atmospheric, tension-filled and very satisfying.
I rate this Christie book highly. The set up is concise and iconic, she swiftly gives a potential motive to everyone and then races towards the end, daring you to figure it all out. The solution is simple yet satisfying and it reads so fluidly with a lively exciting rhythm that kept me up way too late at night.
The Poirot fan in me wishes she had stuck with him as the main detective (from the short story it was based on) but Colonel Race is a fine stand in. I'm tempted to fork out for the new Folio Society edition based on how much I enjoyed this.
The Poirot fan in me wishes she had stuck with him as the main detective (from the short story it was based on) but Colonel Race is a fine stand in. I'm tempted to fork out for the new Folio Society edition based on how much I enjoyed this.