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Possibly my favorite Marple!
mysterious

My first Christie; will always have that special place in my heart and bookshelf.

A solid three. I guessed at the person but had a different guess as to the why.
SpoilerMy guess was intentional poisoning of someone by Marina to build up some sort of suspense and hype around her that someone was trying to take her out, to increase her fame in a very, uh, problematic way. That would be super dark, but I think a twist on the plot from Moonflower Murders got into my brain. Though that is not quite the plot in that book, it reminded me that people are sometimes unhinged when it comes to getting (or getting close to) fame.. The end result here was more satisfying though, I think.


As I go to review this a few weeks later, I have all but forgotten the plot!
A decent, if forgettable, Christie.

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Pre-review
Really wish they had the nice cover edition on Goodreads that I have on Libby, but instead of trying to sort that out with the Goodreads librarians, I'll just post it here (ooh ahh):
HarperAudio Cover

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ATY 2022: #32 - A book where the main character is a female detective/private eye/police officer
Popsugar 2022: #7 - A book with onomatopoeia in its title

Der einzige Makel des Buches ist, wie das Kinderkriegen, Adoption und Kindererziehung thematisiert wurden. Auch wenn das Buch schon älter ist, finde ich es trotzdem mehr als grenzwertig, wenn ein Kind mit einer geistigen Behinderung als die große Tragödie im Leben der Mutter dargestellt wird.
mysterious medium-paced

She did it again. I'm sure I've read this before...

Este libro ha tenido el mérito de sacarme del mayor bloqueo lector que he tenido nunca. Esto del coronavirus ha trastornado mi vida lectora (y la normal también, claro).
Ahora bien, es un libro muy flojo de la Christie. Me entretuvo porque quería saber quién lo había hecho, pero los personajes, en general, me daban igual. Lo elegí porque está situado en el pueblecito de Miss Marple y pensé que tendría más personajes típicamente ingleses y diálogos ingeniosos. No es así. Tiene cierta importancia en la evolución del personaje de Miss Marple, en eso está bien haberlo leído.
Descubrí quién era el asesin@, pero fue casi al final de todo. Y creo que algunos elementos no quedaron del todo explicados.
En fin, entretenida sin más.

Story 3 stars
Narration 3.5 stars
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes