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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Love Agatha Christie, though Miss Marple is a bit predictable. Nice easy read regardless.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It was fine. It’s no “And Then There Were None”, but it was pretty interesting.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
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:
No
Just like the first book, Marple is not the main character in the story that bears her name. And just like the first book, you feel that you should have guessed whodunnit if you'd just paid more attention. That's not a bad thing! In the Marple books Christie lays out motive for every character, along with alibis (of a sort) and lets you try to figure it out along with Marple. Which I like. Poirot, while fun, always made me feel five steps behind with his leaps of intuition and the inclusion of random knowledge of post-War Europe. (Banking houses falling? A Prime Minister resigning? And this all affects who could have done it?!)
Marple is a fun read, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of them.
Marple is a fun read, and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of them.
I can read and reread Agatha Christie's book with the same pleasure every time. So when this one got on sale on ibook recently, I just had to get it and read it again. The book invites you to a confortable chair and a cup of tea, and you can just see it: the very British mansions, the little garden, the warm chimney in the library, and the charming Miss Marple....
The body of a young woman is found in the library of the Bantrys. Mrs. Bantry gets Miss Marple’s help in solving the mystery because Mrs. Bantry knows that Miss Marple will figure it out faster than anyone else.
This was a fun little mystery, and there are lots of layers here with classism, views of entertainers, and inheritances. But still a good mystery that keeps you guessing to the end.
This was a fun little mystery, and there are lots of layers here with classism, views of entertainers, and inheritances. But still a good mystery that keeps you guessing to the end.