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Sparkling Cyanide

Agatha Christie

3.8 AVERAGE

challenging funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious fast-paced
dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging mysterious sad medium-paced
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense slow-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

For two seconds there at the end I thought I had finally figured out the murderer in one of Christie's novels and then my hopes were crushed by the reveal.
I really liked the second half, it kept me interested, and the plot-twists towards the end kept me on the edge of my seat, but the first half dragged for me 😩😩 I wasn't getting hooked and felt very meh. Also, I know it's something that comes with the age of the book itself, but it got old real quick how everyone kept insisting that Rosemary was stupid and vapid, and then some of the tertiary female characters also getting called stupid.

Expand filter menu Content Warnings
mysterious medium-paced
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
mysterious fast-paced