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kirstym25's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death
Minor: Colonisation
thebakerbookworm's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I'm not very familiar with Agatha Christie's original Miss Marple books (I've read more of her Poirot ones) so I can't speak to how these short stories compare to the originals. But, just taking them as twelve short mysteries on their own, they were pretty underwhelming to me. I would only just be getting invested in a mystery when it would be over, the culprit revealed, and we'd be moving on to the next one. Each story had a new narrator, and of course some were better than others (don't even get me started on that very lackluster non-mystery story from some random person's POV; I don't remember who wrote it but let's just say I was annoyed at the end).
I thought this would be a fun book to start October with, but now I'm wishing I'd just picked up an actual Agatha Christie book. *sigh*
Thanks to Libro.fm, Harper Audio, and the authors for my ALC.
I thought this would be a fun book to start October with, but now I'm wishing I'd just picked up an actual Agatha Christie book. *sigh*
Thanks to Libro.fm, Harper Audio, and the authors for my ALC.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Death, and Murder
purplepenning's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug abuse, Classism, Racism, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Blood, Sexism, Murder, Death, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Colonisation
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