Reviews - Ordeal by Innocence

899 reviews for:

Ordeal by Innocence

Agatha Christie

3.68 AVERAGE

stern_klee's review against another edition

3.5

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

eguer's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

goldibis's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

lydsta13's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious tense medium-paced

frost_booksnbeatles's review against another edition

1.0

1.5/5 ?
This would definitely have to be my least favorite Agatha Christie thus far. I have loved (or at least enjoyed) every single other one of her works which I have read, but there were some jarring and incredibly off-putting ideologies in this one that seriously detracted from any positive opinions that I would have had concerning the plot. Nevertheless, I finished it.

beccas__books9's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

prashant2003's review against another edition

4.75

challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

4.7🌟 Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
📗2 years ago Jacko Argyle was convicted as murderer of his mother Rachel despite of telling everyone he was innocent and had a perfect alibi who never turned up, and was sentenced to lifetime of prison, where he died 6 months later.
Now 2 years later Dr. Calgary turns at Argyle Family's doorstep proving that Jacko was in fact innocent and he was Jacko's perfect alibi. Now their whole life has turned upside down and the innocent has to suffer as the fingers start to be pointed.
Someone inside the house and the family has done it. Who could it be? Whoever it was, was with them in the same house.
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Well well well this was quite a ride, an outstanding mystery which will keep you guessing till the very end, I myself was dumbfounded when I found out whodunnit mannn!!!
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It was an amazing mix of mystery and drama, overall pace was somewhere between medium to fast, though it's almost a short read of 280 pages and I couldn't stop myself from turning pages. No doubt why this was one of the Christie's own favourite novel too.
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If you're looking for some easy read to get your mind off the mess in your life, this could be something you'd wanna read. It doesn't have too much details and doesn't lets you get bored at all.
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It's definitely a recommendation if you're looking to start Agatha Christie but are bored of detective fiction. This one is gonna keep you guessing till the end.
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