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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
Mmm was ok. Got boring in middle and end as no excitement to the story just going over and over investigation of the case. This was actually Co authored and Agatha Christie only wrote 1 chapter which was disappointing. Managed to read it though. Wouldn't recommend.
mysterious
slow-paced
lighthearted
mysterious
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:
Complicated
Não há mesmo dúvidas... Gosto muito de policiais da época de ouro (contemporâneos de Dame Agatha)!
Não foi o melhor policial que li mas está engraçado, principalmente ler as soluções de todos os autores.
Não foi o melhor policial que li mas está engraçado, principalmente ler as soluções de todos os autores.
4.75
i really liked this!! the idea of having several authors write a book is fascinating, but, with the book being a mystery as well, i was really excited to read it, and it definitely lived up to expectations. however, the time that i started it was horrible. i couldn't focus too well on what i was reading and there were a lot of details that i couldn't recall.
what i really wanted to know was if there'd be any difference in the writing style between each author and i found that there was very little difference. the ones that stood out to me the most, aside from berkeley and that was because he was the last one (an interesting choice honestly!), were christie, because of how many conversations she included, sayers, because of how detailed she was with everything and because of her cliffhanger at the end, and clemence dane, because i really admired how dramatic her writing was. i think that, if i read this at a better time, perhaps i would've observed more of a difference, but i think that it makes sense that they were all quite alike, considering how the genre was like back then. the authors still, somewhat, stuck to the mystery rules and no one had tried breaking them yet, and, i've noticed, back then all mystery authors used a similar writing style; descriptive only when needed, simple and to-the-point, and sometimes detailed (to excess, if it's sayers. i like her detail though).
the mystery itself was rather interesting, because of how many details and unrelated storylines related to it, and i really like how it was developed as i went on. however, i found the ending to be a bit unsatisfactory. even though i didn't pay much attention, i was able to figure out who the murderer was. i understand that it's difficult to wrap up such a complicated story with so many details as this one, but i believe that berkeley could've done a better job. perhaps i'm just saying that because the only work of his i've read (aside from an essay about a true crime case) was "the poisoned chocolates case", which was absolutely brilliant and so much fun. another thing i found slightly annoying was how he left a lot of details unaddressed. his solution made sense regarding the crime itself, but what about everything else that happened around the crime, involving the suspects?
overall, i really liked this. this was such an interesting concept, and i hope that i read more of the detection club's works that are like this one (round-robins i mean). i think that i'll probably re-read this at some point, even if i remember the solution, because i need to give it the time and focus that it needed. i would definitely recommend this book, its concept alone is incredibly intriguing.
i really liked this!! the idea of having several authors write a book is fascinating, but, with the book being a mystery as well, i was really excited to read it, and it definitely lived up to expectations. however, the time that i started it was horrible. i couldn't focus too well on what i was reading and there were a lot of details that i couldn't recall.
what i really wanted to know was if there'd be any difference in the writing style between each author and i found that there was very little difference. the ones that stood out to me the most, aside from berkeley and that was because he was the last one (an interesting choice honestly!), were christie, because of how many conversations she included, sayers, because of how detailed she was with everything and because of her cliffhanger at the end, and clemence dane, because i really admired how dramatic her writing was. i think that, if i read this at a better time, perhaps i would've observed more of a difference, but i think that it makes sense that they were all quite alike, considering how the genre was like back then. the authors still, somewhat, stuck to the mystery rules and no one had tried breaking them yet, and, i've noticed, back then all mystery authors used a similar writing style; descriptive only when needed, simple and to-the-point, and sometimes detailed (to excess, if it's sayers. i like her detail though).
the mystery itself was rather interesting, because of how many details and unrelated storylines related to it, and i really like how it was developed as i went on. however, i found the ending to be a bit unsatisfactory. even though i didn't pay much attention, i was able to figure out who the murderer was. i understand that it's difficult to wrap up such a complicated story with so many details as this one, but i believe that berkeley could've done a better job. perhaps i'm just saying that because the only work of his i've read (aside from an essay about a true crime case) was "the poisoned chocolates case", which was absolutely brilliant and so much fun. another thing i found slightly annoying was how he left a lot of details unaddressed. his solution made sense regarding the crime itself, but what about everything else that happened around the crime, involving the suspects?
overall, i really liked this. this was such an interesting concept, and i hope that i read more of the detection club's works that are like this one (round-robins i mean). i think that i'll probably re-read this at some point, even if i remember the solution, because i need to give it the time and focus that it needed. i would definitely recommend this book, its concept alone is incredibly intriguing.
adventurous
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
The concept of having masters/mistresses of mystery writing takes up this story chapter by chapter is so innovative and was so much fun to read! The solution was decent and it was also enjoyable to read the alternative solutions proposed.
I really liked each chapter being written by a different author.
