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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was fine. Definitely not as great as all the other Marple books.
Christie was clearly more interested in the organized crime part of the story than the murder mystery. Which, again, is fine. But not as good. And ultimately the murder has nothing to do with the other things... so, huh?
Marple isn't in this one a lot, which normally doesn't bother me much, but here it seemed like when Miss Marple was there she didn't have a clue or she didn't seem all that interested in what was going on. In the previous books she always seems so supernaturally aware of everything: every deception, who the killer is and why. Not in this one, which was a bit odd, cause I kept expecting her to make some remark, but that never happened.
Christie was clearly more interested in the organized crime part of the story than the murder mystery. Which, again, is fine. But not as good. And ultimately the murder has nothing to do with the other things... so, huh?
Marple isn't in this one a lot, which normally doesn't bother me much, but here it seemed like when Miss Marple was there she didn't have a clue or she didn't seem all that interested in what was going on. In the previous books she always seems so supernaturally aware of everything: every deception, who the killer is and why. Not in this one, which was a bit odd, cause I kept expecting her to make some remark, but that never happened.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
mysterious
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:
No
"Ya verá como encontramos al desmemoriado. ¿ Alguna vez le han contado aquella anécdota de Chesterton, ya sabe G. K. Chesterton, el escritor? Le envió un telegrama a su esposa cuando se marchó en una gira de conferencias." Estoy en la estación de Crewe. ¿Dónde tenía que estar?
Se echó a reír. Mrs. McCrae mostró una sonrisa de compromiso. No le pareció una anécdota muy graciosa porque era precisamente lo que el padre Pennyfather podía haber hecho"
At Bertram's Hotel, 1965
Agatha Christie
Se echó a reír. Mrs. McCrae mostró una sonrisa de compromiso. No le pareció una anécdota muy graciosa porque era precisamente lo que el padre Pennyfather podía haber hecho"
At Bertram's Hotel, 1965
Agatha Christie
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Set in a posh London hotel, this book was interesting and engaging. Unusually for Agatha Christie, there is only one murder which doesn't happen until near the end. Although Miss Marple isn't a major character in this one she is still a force to be reckoned with! The descriptions of the hotel were great and there's an excellent cast of characters. I particularly liked Father!
Stephanie Cole narrates perfectly
Stephanie Cole narrates perfectly
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder
Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, Abandonment
Very little action until the last quarter of the book. Miss Marple was a minor character in this. It was just okay.