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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
Đọc được đến 1/3 mình phải nhìn lại tiêu đề coi mình có chắc chắn đang đọc truyện của Christie không :))))
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Michael Rogers is a chauffeur who becomes taken with a piece of property called Gipsy's Acre. Unless his circumstances, read financial status, changes the property is out of his reach. But all that changes when he meets heiress Ellie Guteman. Their whirlwind romance results in Mike's dream home being built at Gipsy's Acre and Ellie's family slightly up in arms over their quick marriage. But a fortune given Ellie upon their first meeting acts as an oppressive blanket over their new house and new life together. An old gypsy who lives in the area keeps appearing and giving Ellie warnings about continuing to live at Gipsy's Acre. Additionally, Mike doesn't like Ellie's companion, Greta, and sees her as an interloper in his marriage to Ellie. Things are just beginning to settle down when tragedy strikes and Mike is left with Ellie's fortune but without Ellie herself.
This stand-alone from Christie is written in the voice of Michael Rogers. There are a few interesting things about this title. It was a personal favorite of Christies's, it was written pretty late in her career, instead of the normal 3 months to write it only took her 6 weeks to write, and it was very well-received. Indeed, it is a favorite of mine for sure. It is not at all written in the style she used to craft Poirot and Marple mysteries or even other stand-alone's. It is altogether different and probably served as an inspiration to other authors that they could utilize different writing styles and succeed. Francis Iles (née Anthony Berkeley Cox) said in his 1967 The Guardian review, "The old maestrina of the crime-novel (or whatever is the female of 'maestro') pulls yet another out of her inexhaustible bag with Endless Night, quite different in tone from her usual work. It is impossible to say much about the story without giving away vital secrets: sufficient to warn the reader that if he should think this is a romance he couldn't be more mistaken, and the crashing, not to say horrific suspense at the end is perhaps the most devastating that this surpriseful author has ever brought off."
This stand-alone from Christie is written in the voice of Michael Rogers. There are a few interesting things about this title. It was a personal favorite of Christies's, it was written pretty late in her career, instead of the normal 3 months to write it only took her 6 weeks to write, and it was very well-received. Indeed, it is a favorite of mine for sure. It is not at all written in the style she used to craft Poirot and Marple mysteries or even other stand-alone's. It is altogether different and probably served as an inspiration to other authors that they could utilize different writing styles and succeed. Francis Iles (née Anthony Berkeley Cox) said in his 1967 The Guardian review, "The old maestrina of the crime-novel (or whatever is the female of 'maestro') pulls yet another out of her inexhaustible bag with Endless Night, quite different in tone from her usual work. It is impossible to say much about the story without giving away vital secrets: sufficient to warn the reader that if he should think this is a romance he couldn't be more mistaken, and the crashing, not to say horrific suspense at the end is perhaps the most devastating that this surpriseful author has ever brought off."
I was on my way to giving this a low 3, but the ending caught me off guard and retroactively made me enjoy this book enough to bump up to the four; probably more like a 3.75. Even though I've read the Roger Ackroyd book and this one has a very similar twist, I still managed to be surprised by it, and even skim-read through some previous passages to try to catch hints.
This book was very slow to get going, and while I thought Christie did a great job in building an atmosphere of foreboding, 2/3 of the book is a long time to drag that out. When the murder happened, things moved much more quickly and my own interest picked up.
In addition, while I actually quite liked Ellie as a character, I found Michael to be kind of obnoxious (this was probably on purpose), which made getting through the majority of the book kind of laborious since it was all from his perspective and there wasn't much action. I did appreciate, though, Michael's thoughts and reflections on the different way that he and Ellie viewed money and life through the lens of her being extremely wealthy and him not. I thought those aspects were quite well done, even if the whole relationship was kind of a con.
This book was very slow to get going, and while I thought Christie did a great job in building an atmosphere of foreboding, 2/3 of the book is a long time to drag that out. When the murder happened, things moved much more quickly and my own interest picked up.
In addition, while I actually quite liked Ellie as a character, I found Michael to be kind of obnoxious (this was probably on purpose), which made getting through the majority of the book kind of laborious since it was all from his perspective and there wasn't much action. I did appreciate, though, Michael's thoughts and reflections on the different way that he and Ellie viewed money and life through the lens of her being extremely wealthy and him not. I thought those aspects were quite well done, even if the whole relationship was kind of a con.
A good solid Agatha Christie novel (but without any of the familiar characters). It was a pleasant, light read, which was heading for a 2 star rating until Agatha pulled out the twist right at the end!
Yep.. she did it again..
I haven't read any Agatha Christie books for a while, so quite enjoyed this one.
I'm off in search of tougher fare now though. Time for more roughage.
Yep.. she did it again..
I haven't read any Agatha Christie books for a while, so quite enjoyed this one.
I'm off in search of tougher fare now though. Time for more roughage.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
while backlisted was correct, this was a fun little read & tbh surprisingly well-written for christie, it was also extremely racist
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I knew this was one of Agatha's faves from her work so was interesting to finally read it! Somewhat atypical of her style with a slower unspooling of a love story that picks up with talk of a curse that may or may not be real... Occasionally chafed against the pace but it was fun trying to sort the clues from the red herrings and the last few chapters were brill.
This has moved up to #1 of my favorite Agatha Christie! Such a wonderful mind game.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes