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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
A book that is Agatha's favorite and the one that deserves to be flung into an ocean from a cliff.
Endless Night is a breathing piece of fiction. I came across it plenty of times while reading all of Christie this year but I never settled upon it.
Until my mother picked it as our next read. There is a serendipitous element in this as my mother made me translate and narrate Agatha which threw me into this rabbit hole of mystery and crimes. She is also born in the year that this book was published and it is the one that we shall never forget.
Endless Night at its core is a love story but the sense of doom and destruction is significantly present from the opening scene. Agatha was once asked if she had a hard time writing the narrator for this novel and she confidently answered that it was very easy as she, with years of experience, knows what men in their 20s are like.
This familiar narrator takes the readers on a journey where one is often more confused about who shall be the victim than who shall be the criminal as somewhere everyone knows where the story is leading to.
However, mind you, this novel is humbling. It is the last art piece of a creative master where everything that a reader knows about Agatha's novels, criminals' psychology, and crime is presented.
It is a story that captures a psychopath that checks all the boxes. The ending is also one of the most satisfying and comes as a slap across the head that steals away the land you stand upon and the air in the room- regardless if you are correct or not.
After completing the novel at 8 PM, I desperately needed the curtains to fall and the actors to present themselves smiling and bowing. I needed to walk home from the cinema walking the bustling streets to return from this factional tale- but was it truly just a piece of fiction?
There is an answer to that and I hope you would find it. Apart from that, there's still plenty to say about this novel but the lesser said is better. I would recommend you choose this book after reading some of Agatha's work and dive in naked to experience this phenomenal fiction.
Endless Night is a breathing piece of fiction. I came across it plenty of times while reading all of Christie this year but I never settled upon it.
Until my mother picked it as our next read. There is a serendipitous element in this as my mother made me translate and narrate Agatha which threw me into this rabbit hole of mystery and crimes. She is also born in the year that this book was published and it is the one that we shall never forget.
Endless Night at its core is a love story but the sense of doom and destruction is significantly present from the opening scene. Agatha was once asked if she had a hard time writing the narrator for this novel and she confidently answered that it was very easy as she, with years of experience, knows what men in their 20s are like.
This familiar narrator takes the readers on a journey where one is often more confused about who shall be the victim than who shall be the criminal as somewhere everyone knows where the story is leading to.
However, mind you, this novel is humbling. It is the last art piece of a creative master where everything that a reader knows about Agatha's novels, criminals' psychology, and crime is presented.
It is a story that captures a psychopath that checks all the boxes. The ending is also one of the most satisfying and comes as a slap across the head that steals away the land you stand upon and the air in the room- regardless if you are correct or not.
After completing the novel at 8 PM, I desperately needed the curtains to fall and the actors to present themselves smiling and bowing. I needed to walk home from the cinema walking the bustling streets to return from this factional tale- but was it truly just a piece of fiction?
There is an answer to that and I hope you would find it. Apart from that, there's still plenty to say about this novel but the lesser said is better. I would recommend you choose this book after reading some of Agatha's work and dive in naked to experience this phenomenal fiction.
dark
mysterious
tense
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
God, Agatha Christie can do so much better. This wasn’t mysterious or scary at all. 1.5 stars
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm kind of embarrassed to be out of 8th grade and reading an Agatha Christie book. But know what? This was pretty fun, and much less "Aha! That totally unknowable thing that you didn't know? That's the key to the whole mystery!" than many of the others (all of which, though, I read in 8th grade). Plus, no Hercule Poirot, which is a definite advantage.
It's not even much of a mystery, since no actual crime takes place until the last third of the book. It's just uncertainty and atmosphere, both of which I'm always a sucker for.
It's not even much of a mystery, since no actual crime takes place until the last third of the book. It's just uncertainty and atmosphere, both of which I'm always a sucker for.
dark
mysterious
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
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes