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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Toxic friendship
What a bizarre book. This book is very unlike most of Agatha Christie's other books. This book definitely had a creepy tone to it and was not a class "who done it" type of story. But leave it up to AC for a ridiculous twist you won't see coming near the end. It makes you think about the whole book differently. Not what I expected, but a good quick read.
Spoiler
MIke really was a chilling character. So cold, calculating, and definitely something wrong in the head.
This Christie is an uncommon atmospheric thriller. It's not quite a mystery and not quite a who-done-it, though there are elements of both. We don't get a dead body until about 3/4 of the way into the story, so the majority is onset--well written, eerily normal and tension building onset.
This is my first Agatha Christe read, and it was good. It reminded me a bit of Crime and Punishment, and thats one of my favourite books.
I must say I was disappointed at the begining, because I was expecting more form this author but the end... it was amazing. I will have to reread this book so that I can see all the signs leading to the end
I must say I was disappointed at the begining, because I was expecting more form this author but the end... it was amazing. I will have to reread this book so that I can see all the signs leading to the end
mysterious
slow-paced
dark
medium-paced
A well-written “mystery,” but so dark by the end that I just wanted to close it up and forget it.
In this late-career book, Agatha builds VERY slowly and also reuses a trick. She does so competently enough, but at the same time it’s ridiculously easy to see through if you know what she’s done along these lines before.
I guess if you like True Crime podcasts or something, you might find this interesting? I didn’t like it. It’s serious and heavy and tonally bleak.
To be fair, I should note that this is one of the things that makes Agatha Christie so interesting as a writer… she can do the full range from comedy to nihilism. And I think that’s weird, but interesting. I just don’t like things that land too far on the bleak side.
In this late-career book, Agatha builds VERY slowly and also reuses a trick. She does so competently enough, but at the same time it’s ridiculously easy to see through if you know what she’s done along these lines before.
I guess if you like True Crime podcasts or something, you might find this interesting? I didn’t like it. It’s serious and heavy and tonally bleak.
To be fair, I should note that this is one of the things that makes Agatha Christie so interesting as a writer… she can do the full range from comedy to nihilism. And I think that’s weird, but interesting. I just don’t like things that land too far on the bleak side.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
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:
No