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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
Agatha Christie must be one of the most reliable authors ever - you know that you will consistently get an entertaining whodunnit. In this case it’s been a year since the social butterfly and immensely rich Rosemary committed suicide. Except her husband George doesn’t think so and is starting to ask questions. Around the table the night when Rosemary died were six people, all of them with their varying motives. George seeks to reenact the evening with disastrous results.
Début long, pour présenter tous les personnages. Pas le meilleur Christie mais du bon niveau quand même.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I originally heard this as a radio show and it was supposed to be a Hercule Piorot story. I like this version better.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 -
This book lost me a bit in the second half, but that was partly me I think. Incredibly constructed and written though - she lives up to her name! Satisfying ending and entertaining! Oh, and also the issue with the offensive and outdated language is tough to look past as well.
This book lost me a bit in the second half, but that was partly me I think. Incredibly constructed and written though - she lives up to her name! Satisfying ending and entertaining! Oh, and also the issue with the offensive and outdated language is tough to look past as well.
Elegant and interesting. A very delightful Christie mystery.
I like the way this story reminds me of du Maurier's Rebecca - the beautiful woman with the mysterious death, the search for forgotten truth, the way that we accept the fact that we won't know everything about the events around us. I suppose most people like a bit of mystery to their lives.
3.75
Reading the summary of this story, I got it confused with the Poirot short story Yellow Iris, which has a wife dying of cyanide poisoning at dinner and then the group meeting again on an anniversary of the event. But, despite the similarities, they’re different stories and this was the first time I read Sparking Cyanide.
It was good but definitely a little different setup than a typical Christie. There was a long character build with backstories and very little revealing of clues. Then an exciting reveal, in which Race didn’t even get there first!
I definitely liked it but I thought I’d like it more. It’s often cited as a secret favorite among Christie fans. I loved the solution and I suspected it, but only by half.
Reading the summary of this story, I got it confused with the Poirot short story Yellow Iris, which has a wife dying of cyanide poisoning at dinner and then the group meeting again on an anniversary of the event. But, despite the similarities, they’re different stories and this was the first time I read Sparking Cyanide.
It was good but definitely a little different setup than a typical Christie. There was a long character build with backstories and very little revealing of clues. Then an exciting reveal, in which Race didn’t even get there first!
I definitely liked it but I thought I’d like it more. It’s often cited as a secret favorite among Christie fans. I loved the solution and I suspected it, but only by half.
Agatha Christie's Sparkling Cyanide features a murderer among six dinner guests gathered around a dining table set for seven, one year after a young and glamorous woman was fatally poisoned in that very room.
It's easy to become accustomed to Christie's steady reliability and mistake it for constant, even though her mediocre fare is perfectly palatable. But when she hits a home run, such as she has done here, I am sharply reminded of just how fantastic she is on the stories that rise above the average. From the beginning of this story, I was slowly and methodically lured in for the hook. Christie's story had me constantly guessing and reassessing to try and figure out the whodunit and how.
Whether this is great for all readers or whether it's a different Christie book that is a favorite, it's that draw, pull, and hook that keeps her as a mainstay in the mystery culture, high above all others.
Audiobook, as narrated by [a:Hugh Fraser|52942|Hugh Fraser|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1489763877p2/52942.jpg]: Fraser did a great job with this narration — he has become a dependably great voice of Christie for me and I know I can't go wrong with his performances.
It's easy to become accustomed to Christie's steady reliability and mistake it for constant, even though her mediocre fare is perfectly palatable. But when she hits a home run, such as she has done here, I am sharply reminded of just how fantastic she is on the stories that rise above the average. From the beginning of this story, I was slowly and methodically lured in for the hook. Christie's story had me constantly guessing and reassessing to try and figure out the whodunit and how.
Whether this is great for all readers or whether it's a different Christie book that is a favorite, it's that draw, pull, and hook that keeps her as a mainstay in the mystery culture, high above all others.
Audiobook, as narrated by [a:Hugh Fraser|52942|Hugh Fraser|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1489763877p2/52942.jpg]: Fraser did a great job with this narration — he has become a dependably great voice of Christie for me and I know I can't go wrong with his performances.