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Sparkling Cyanide

Agatha Christie

3.8 AVERAGE

lilycobaya's review against another edition

3.5

lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

loslibrosdelosdragones's review against another edition

4.0

Este año, Agatha se convirtió en uno de mis autores seguros.
Me devoré el libro en dos días, en un momento en que estaba sufriendo un bloqueo lector bastante grande. Lo que me gusta de los policiales es no poder conocer el asesino, o la respuesta, hasta el final. Y con esta autora me pasa cada vez.
Tenía miles de teorías a medida que leía, y en un momento di con la correcta, pero había tantas cosas sucediendo que nunca llegué a la certeza de decir "sí, es esta", sino que dudaba de todo y de todos. Hubo un momento en que hasta llegué a dudar del narrador, o de las cosas que se daban como sentadas y descartadas.
El libro me mantuvo enganchada hasta el final e interesada, y creo que esa es una de las cosas más importantes en los libros. Al menos para mí. La historia fue intrigante y divertida.
Lo único que no me gustó eran algunas cosas que se decían de las mujeres principalmente, pero de algunos hombres también. Cosas muy típicas de la época, que recién ahora podemos ver, comprender y que solo ahora nos hacen ruido.
Por lo demás, lo amé.

littletaiko's review against another edition

3.0

Rosemary was beautiful and happy so it was surprising when she appeared to commit suicide at her birthday party by drinking a glass of champagne laced with cyanide. One year later, her husband is starting to wonder if she was murdered instead and starts asking questions. This was a decent Christie novel, but I just never could buy into the idea that everyone just accepted the suicide verdict. The ending was nicely done though.

sentientvoid's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

laura_c_'s review against another edition

3.0

Race isn't as big or fun a character as Poirot, and unfortunately I wasn't a big fan of the spy subplots which aren’t a cosy Christie crime staple but do feature in a number of her post-WWII books. I also had an idea of the swapped glasses-Victor Drake elements without putting the full thing together by the end so I wouldn't call it one of the cleverest mysteries either, solid as it was. I did enjoy the perspectives on Rosemary at the start, this was the strongest part of the book before the murder of George.

twitchy's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

readwithrache's review against another edition

5.0

I really enjoyed this read, what an underrated Christie mystery! The different POVs of each character, their added thoughts and possible motives made this really interesting. Things appeared straight forward at one point but then became confusing and unclear the more questions were asked. Each character was so intriguing I had no clue who to suspect! Lastly, the ending was so suspenseful and mind-blowing. Also, don't judge a book by its cover but... This cover is stunning!