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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Tommy & Tuppence #2 Short Stories
Listening Library version from audio cassette not listed on Goodreads. Narrator Anne Flosnick
What fun! These stories are each very good. What a writer Agatha Christie was. I haven't read enough of her yet to know whether these are her most humorous stories, but they got a lot of laughs from me.
4½ stars!
Listening Library version from audio cassette not listed on Goodreads. Narrator Anne Flosnick
What fun! These stories are each very good. What a writer Agatha Christie was. I haven't read enough of her yet to know whether these are her most humorous stories, but they got a lot of laughs from me.
4½ stars!
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
There's much mystique around Agatha Christie. I think people tend to overrate her. That said I enjoy reading and rereading even a bad Christie and this was definitely not one of the best. It was enjoyable in a trashy way. It was full of all Christie's usual cliches and psychological tropes. So if you read it for the familiarity of the Agatha Christie world then it hits the spot (just).
So what didn't I like? How cutesy-pie the dialogue was over half the time. This is beyond cosy it is drowning in syrup and very self-indulgent. We tend to forgive Agatha Christie this for some reason (I was faintly irritated by Tuppence and Tommy's billing and cooing instead of being nauseated to the point of throwing the book across the room as I feel I would have been with most authors. I don't know why.
It's been said that Christie was better at full length puzzles than short stories and i have to agree. Many of these are ridiculously brief and superficial and there is just not the time to care what happens, we are left with nothing except Tuppence and Tommy playing mind games and being cute. The main story is ignored for most of the book and then happens in the last chapter. It is supposed to be a climax. There is an extremely silly ending but I suppose talking about that would be a spoiler (and maybe in 1929 they were that clueless about health and medicine).
If you are an Agatha Christie devotee then I have no hope of stopping you reading this book so I won't try. If you are new to the author then I recommend starting with something less awful (maybe start at the beginning with [b:The Mysterious Affair at Styles|16343|The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386922393s/16343.jpg|3366260]). By the time this book is written, the author seems to have worked out that any random words she throws at a piece of paper will become an instant best-seller and really I suppose I can't blame her for churning them out with so little thought and apparently just for her own fun. There are traces of the flapper in Tuppence though, at least that. I like flappers!
So what didn't I like? How cutesy-pie the dialogue was over half the time. This is beyond cosy it is drowning in syrup and very self-indulgent. We tend to forgive Agatha Christie this for some reason (I was faintly irritated by Tuppence and Tommy's billing and cooing instead of being nauseated to the point of throwing the book across the room as I feel I would have been with most authors. I don't know why.
It's been said that Christie was better at full length puzzles than short stories and i have to agree. Many of these are ridiculously brief and superficial and there is just not the time to care what happens, we are left with nothing except Tuppence and Tommy playing mind games and being cute. The main story is ignored for most of the book and then happens in the last chapter. It is supposed to be a climax. There is an extremely silly ending but I suppose talking about that would be a spoiler (and maybe in 1929 they were that clueless about health and medicine).
If you are an Agatha Christie devotee then I have no hope of stopping you reading this book so I won't try. If you are new to the author then I recommend starting with something less awful (maybe start at the beginning with [b:The Mysterious Affair at Styles|16343|The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)|Agatha Christie|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386922393s/16343.jpg|3366260]). By the time this book is written, the author seems to have worked out that any random words she throws at a piece of paper will become an instant best-seller and really I suppose I can't blame her for churning them out with so little thought and apparently just for her own fun. There are traces of the flapper in Tuppence though, at least that. I like flappers!
I really really like Tommy and Tuppence. They just crack me up. I didn't like these little short stories as much as the full-length novel with these characters, but I had a great time reading this nonetheless. I loved how Tommy would pick a new detective to impersonate every case or so. The bit with him and violin was priceless. xD
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
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:
No
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
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:
No
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Each mystery is distinct from its predecessor...I don't know how Agatha Christie managed to think of so many plots!