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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
I liked the Pund book better than the "real life" story that was happening around it, though both were interesting stories. I just didn't like the narration of Susan as much as I liked the writing style of the Pund sections. However, the mysteries were both very well thought out and very enjoyable to try and figure out.
Well written, clever, self-reflective & entertaining murder mysteries - a pair of them to be exact being both the book within a book & the mystery surrounding the death of the author of the book within a book. Dividing the book in between the two watered down the tension but boosted the drama. The final twist could could have been grounded in more character development to lay evidence. Maybe I've been watching too much Scandi Noir to be totally satisfied by the traditional British whodunnit. I wanted more interplay between the two sets of characters given the obvious parallels but overall was satisfied.
4.5 stars - I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the audiobook and was really invested in the two mysteries. A witty and somewhat cynical homage to Agatha Christie. And this time around, I actually managed to find out the culprit before the big reveal! (Well, one of the two but still...!)
The premise of this book was so interesting that I had to read it!
The audiobook was amazing! And it encouraged me to go pick up some classic whodunnits and finally read something in that genre.
Reading this book felt like a bit of a chore. Switching from the Atticus Pund book to Susan’s book was jarring. I didn’t enjoy the tone of Sudan’s book nor did I think the conclusion was very clever or surprising. The Atticus Pund portion was more interesting, but by the time we got to the conclusion of that book, I had lost interest.
Magpie Murders reminded me that I genuinely love murder mysteries when done well.
It evoked that charm of reading Agatha Christie for the first time with a nice twist throughout. Generally I don't like story-within-a-story type books. I feel like they tend to yank you out of the book but Horowitz did a fantastic job.
I am genuinely looking forward to reading the follow up.
One of my new recommendations going forward.
It evoked that charm of reading Agatha Christie for the first time with a nice twist throughout. Generally I don't like story-within-a-story type books. I feel like they tend to yank you out of the book but Horowitz did a fantastic job.
I am genuinely looking forward to reading the follow up.
One of my new recommendations going forward.
This was a very engaging murder mystery within a murder mystery. What? A book editor reads a manuscript that turns out to be incomplete. In the meantime, the author dies. While the editor is looking for the missing pages, she realizes the clues to the author's death lie in the murder mystery manuscript. The first half of the book deals with the fictional tale, and the second, the real one. Very fun, and I did not guess the culprit in either case, or the motives.