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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Might be that the audio books of Agatha Christie doesn't work for me, or the Swedish translation, but this one dragged a bit.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is easily my favorite so far of the Miss Marple series. I love the callback to the vicar and his wife from book one, as well as the other village neighbors introduced. The different POVs much better suited this series than the way it was set up in book one. The mystery is interesting and has a satisfying conclusion. Just good all round.
I also really like the film adaptation of this book that has Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous in it. She does a splendid job of capturing Miss Marple's friend. I also like the changes they made that gives you a completely different outcome but still remains true to the spirit of the story and evidence presented.
I also really like the film adaptation of this book that has Patsy from Absolutely Fabulous in it. She does a splendid job of capturing Miss Marple's friend. I also like the changes they made that gives you a completely different outcome but still remains true to the spirit of the story and evidence presented.
mysterious
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Now this was a fun read, a solid Miss Marple.
It had a lot of Christie's favorite tropes, lots of kooky characters, misdirection, lots of bodies, greedy villains, and dysfunctional families.
Miss Marple is on the case, joined by her friend Dolly Bantry. To see them investigating together was a hoot. Though it probably didn't help their case that Dolly kept telling everyone that they met that they came down to do some sleuthing. But they were a charming team as they went about talking to people and investigating who had a motive to kill Ruby Keene.
The killer and motive were pretty easy to spot, but like in Christie's other works, it was entertaining to see the investigators solving the crime and coming to the correct conclusion.
It is also one of the most bloody and violent of Christie's works.
Conway Jefferson did bother me, how he was possessive over his in-laws and wanted to keep them frozen in place as the family he lost. Maybe it was just me, but he seemed to see Ruby as more of a pet project. Understandably he missed his daughter and wanted a replacement, but she wasn't a child. She was a young woman who had her own hopes and dreams. Would he still have doted on her if she chose a job or male companion he didn't approve of? It was like he was a rich man buying a new daughter that would dance to his tune. A rich man who used his money to buy things and people. And yet he was looked upon with respect and admiration. It was just one part of the book that didn't age well.
Overall it was an entertaining fun read and one of my favorite Marple.
It had a lot of Christie's favorite tropes, lots of kooky characters, misdirection, lots of bodies, greedy villains, and dysfunctional families.
Miss Marple is on the case, joined by her friend Dolly Bantry. To see them investigating together was a hoot. Though it probably didn't help their case that Dolly kept telling everyone that they met that they came down to do some sleuthing. But they were a charming team as they went about talking to people and investigating who had a motive to kill Ruby Keene.
The killer and motive were pretty easy to spot, but like in Christie's other works, it was entertaining to see the investigators solving the crime and coming to the correct conclusion.
It is also one of the most bloody and violent of Christie's works.
Conway Jefferson did bother me, how he was possessive over his in-laws and wanted to keep them frozen in place as the family he lost. Maybe it was just me, but he seemed to see Ruby as more of a pet project. Understandably he missed his daughter and wanted a replacement, but she wasn't a child. She was a young woman who had her own hopes and dreams. Would he still have doted on her if she chose a job or male companion he didn't approve of? It was like he was a rich man buying a new daughter that would dance to his tune. A rich man who used his money to buy things and people. And yet he was looked upon with respect and admiration. It was just one part of the book that didn't age well.
Spoiler
Poor Pamela, she was just a kid and she was murdered because they needed a "fake Ruby" to provide alibis for them. They used her as a sacrifice and didn't seem to have any remorse for her murder. Ruby's death was sad as well, but she was killed because she stood in the way of the money. Pamela was killed because they needed an alibi's protection for their crimes. She wasn't tied to the crimes, she knew no information, she didn't stand in the way, she was simply a kid who was used, abused, and spit out.Overall it was an entertaining fun read and one of my favorite Marple.
This is a fairly typical Agatha Christie book--an intricate (convoluted) puzzle that makes sense in retrospect but is cleverly hidden by some misdirection. The biggest problem is that there's too much padding; this could easily have been about half as long as it is. The 2004 PBS adaptation, episode 1 of Agatha Christie's Marple starring Geraldine McEwan, does a good job of condensing the story, eliminating the redundancies and extraneous material, restructuring it to flow better (although it radically changes the ending to something that I can't imagine Christie would ever do).
So much fun. Miss Marple is a tongue-in-cheek riot.
fast-paced