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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Tommy and Tuppence are not my favorite Christie characters and I had the culprit pinned way too early but this was still enjoyable and valuable for my own research purposes.
I can’t bring myself to give a classic author a low star rating, but I just can’t get into Christies’ series with Tommy and Tuppance. I find Tuppance so irritating. I tried two of them - oddly I read the last one first and it was a struggle that I hoped came from not having read the others. Apparently not. I adore her other novels though.
adventurous
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:
No
Very much a fine, okay book. Not really much else to say really. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t amazing
This book was good, but I have a few criticisms. It was, overall, enjoyable, well written, and with many twists and turns. However, there were times when it was confusing, at the end I felt there were unresolved strands of the plot, it was cliche in some places, and I was a little confused because I have read a book that came after this one, and they didn't exactly match up. And, there were one or two spots where I was disappointed because the plot depended a bit too much on coincidence. Overall, good, but definitely not a favorite.
Not one of Christie's best. I did enjoy Tommy and Tuppence, now in their 40s, insisting (quite rightly) that they can contribute to the war effort. (Hearing that daughter Deborah has gotten a job, Tuppence says, "I still think, Tommy, that I could hold my own with Deborah.") Tommy and Tuppence are brave and plucky, smart and resourceful.
The admirable thing is that this book was published in 1941, when the war was happening, when no one knew whether Germany would be defeated. Christie was doing her best to keep English spirits up and defeat the Nazis through her fiction.
The admirable thing is that this book was published in 1941, when the war was happening, when no one knew whether Germany would be defeated. Christie was doing her best to keep English spirits up and defeat the Nazis through her fiction.
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
This is a fun, mostly lighthearted mystery. It's not deep, but it has a lovable cast of characters, a satisfying conclusion, and several humorous parts that still hold up after all this time.
I will warn that part of the reveal hinges on a debunked pseudoscience with racist origins, but I don't think it's fair to penalize a book for things the author couldn't have known at the time it was written.
I will warn that part of the reveal hinges on a debunked pseudoscience with racist origins, but I don't think it's fair to penalize a book for things the author couldn't have known at the time it was written.
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I guess I was in the right mood for this wartime adventure, as I loved catching up with Tommy and Tuppence. Oddly timely, with looking for hidden Nazis.
Dù đã cố gắng đọc và thẩm thấu nhưng mình thật sự, thật sự không thích series này như những series khác của Christie
This was my first introduction to Tommy and Tuppence and I loved it, I loved them! And I can't help but be disappointed that there are only 5 books in which Christie features this dynamic duo.
Tommy and Tuppence are retired but rather bored. That's about to change when they are visited by someone who wants Tommy to come work in Scotland for a bit, doing some "filing and such" for the war effort. Tuppence isn't invited to come along as the lodgings don't support couples. So off Tommy goes and when he finally ends up at a seaside resort he runs into...Tuppence! Of course, she knew he wasn't going to Scotland to do office work and she wasn't about to be left out of the fun. Keeping up their separate identities, the two go to work trying to discover who N and M, spies for Hilter, are and foil any plan that is trying to be hatched.
As usual, Agatha Christie presents the reader with a colorful cast of characters that put Tommy and Tuppence through their paces as they work to discover N and M. Along with the dynamic duo the reader is taken through the mental gymnastics of uncovering those who wish to stay hidden.
Tommy and Tuppence are retired but rather bored. That's about to change when they are visited by someone who wants Tommy to come work in Scotland for a bit, doing some "filing and such" for the war effort. Tuppence isn't invited to come along as the lodgings don't support couples. So off Tommy goes and when he finally ends up at a seaside resort he runs into...Tuppence! Of course, she knew he wasn't going to Scotland to do office work and she wasn't about to be left out of the fun. Keeping up their separate identities, the two go to work trying to discover who N and M, spies for Hilter, are and foil any plan that is trying to be hatched.
As usual, Agatha Christie presents the reader with a colorful cast of characters that put Tommy and Tuppence through their paces as they work to discover N and M. Along with the dynamic duo the reader is taken through the mental gymnastics of uncovering those who wish to stay hidden.
mysterious
slow-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
Classis Agatha Christie. It's an old school mystery and a bit dated.