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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
Ha estat àgil, interessant. Un misteri amb una resolució que té prou sentit. Sí que he trobat un excès de misogínia en alguns dels diàlegs, cosa que m'ha sobtat ja que no ho havia notat abans en llibres de l'Agatha Christie.
mysterious
medium-paced
Es el primero libro que he leído de Agatha Christie, puede que no sea el que más recomendado pero lo he disfrutado =)
While we’re teased with Poirot on page one, we don’t get him truly until after page 100. And while that CAN work, this felt more like a padded short story. The pacing was fine, but the repetition of how evil this “victim” was a bit long in the tooth. Characteristic Christie, the elements that would make this stuck in its time are said by the characters, not in the prose, so she skirts by without reducing the quality of the novel. I don’t hate this—but I can’t give it the same 4-Star rank I gave Christies like “The Sittaford Mystery,” “Lord Edgware Dies” and “Three Act Tragedy.” So, I’ll go 3.5 and not round up.
mysterious
fast-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
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
I wasn't that big of a fan of this one although I won't deny it was an enjoyable read. Mostly, I just have a quarrel with the ending. It seemed like a cop-out, honestly. There was a twist as to who murdered the victim, but it was somebody who was just totally out of the blue and for whom no clues were laid in the duration of the novel. The reason I love these books is because of the deliciousness of the ending and how everything falls together once all the facts and psychology are put together to prove that this person that you may or may not have suspected did it. This book just brought in an entirely new motive and character right at the end to solve everything and I didn't really like that. However, the journey to get there, was really absorbing and the characters themselves are very interesting. I have to say, the motives presented in this book (and the whole first half of the book, frankly) interested me more than other Agatha Christie books I've read just because it was so unexpected and almost hinted at dark magic (but of course, these books are grounded strictly in reality with no magic realism so it pointed more so towards the darker side of human nature).
The Final Verdict:
While the premise interested me greatly, the ending deeply disappointed me.
3 stars
The Final Verdict:
While the premise interested me greatly, the ending deeply disappointed me.
3 stars