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Endless Night

Agatha Christie

3.68 AVERAGE

jparnie's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

iristheflower's review against another edition

3.75

dark

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ughnienke's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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lost_in_space's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laril's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Christie goes Gothic.

The final great murder mystery Christie wrote (since Curtain was written in the 1940's) I enjoyed Hallowe'en Party, but it wasn't one of her brilliant stories - more of a 3* read.

Mike Rogers wants money but he is too lazy & too impatient to work for it. So he is fortunate that wealthy, innocent Ellie comes into his life. She loves the piece of land Mike loves & the architect he admires builds a stunning mansion on it. They could have been so happy...

Spoiler

You will never get the impact of the first reading again, but this was a stunning piece of work. There are very few lines that shows the aging Christie was no longer comfortable writing about the modern world, such as;

...All I knew about was sex. That was all anybody of my generation seemed to know about.

& Christie (& the times) appears prejudiced against gypsies - whether genuinely or the beliefs of the times were a convenient plot device. I'd love to know if later editions are censored.

Well plotted &, on first read, a wonderful twist.

Still enjoyable reading a work of a writer on top of her game.

I saw the Hayley Mills movie version at the time of it's release & remember being disappointed, but that is more because of my own picture in my head. I know the opening credits are on You Tube - I'm going to see if there is anything else. I do have to say on my edition they have used a stunningly unattractive picture of both Mills & Hywel Bennett. [bc:Endless Night|27218295|Endless Night|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1445056848s/27218295.jpg|1331617]