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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Love the Miss Marple mysteries! This is my 2nd fave right behind A Pocket Full of Rye. Full review can be found here:
https://goldintheclouds-faith.blogspot.com/2024/07/2024-book-review-31-mirror-crackd.html
https://goldintheclouds-faith.blogspot.com/2024/07/2024-book-review-31-mirror-crackd.html
mysterious
tense
fast-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
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Raga, che dire.
è Agathona, impossibile dare un voto basso.
Tutto costruito magistralmente come al solito, anche se forse questa volta la risoluzione, con un pizzico di malizia e attenzione in più, era alla portata del lettore medio (io, io sono il lettore medio).
L'aver intuito la conclusione - o plot twist, se vogliamo chiamarlo così - non ha però inficiato sulla qualità della lettura: il romanzo era comunque intriso del sapere della buona Christie, con indizi e false piste ben disseminati, personaggi introdotti come diversivo ed elementi chiave difficili da individuare. E quello specchio? Di che specchio si parla, se nella scena madre - anzi, in tutto il libro! - non appare alcuna superficie riflettente? Il mistero continua anche nel titolo, ben scelto nella versione italiana, tanto quando in quella originale.
Non me ne vorranno gli amanti del buon Poirot (io, del resto, sono una di voi!), ma questa volta la dolce Jane Marple ha proprio colpito nel segno.
Consigliato!
è Agathona, impossibile dare un voto basso.
Tutto costruito magistralmente come al solito, anche se forse questa volta la risoluzione, con un pizzico di malizia e attenzione in più, era alla portata del lettore medio (io, io sono il lettore medio).
L'aver intuito la conclusione - o plot twist, se vogliamo chiamarlo così - non ha però inficiato sulla qualità della lettura: il romanzo era comunque intriso del sapere della buona Christie, con indizi e false piste ben disseminati, personaggi introdotti come diversivo ed elementi chiave difficili da individuare. E quello specchio? Di che specchio si parla, se nella scena madre - anzi, in tutto il libro! - non appare alcuna superficie riflettente? Il mistero continua anche nel titolo, ben scelto nella versione italiana, tanto quando in quella originale.
Non me ne vorranno gli amanti del buon Poirot (io, del resto, sono una di voi!), ma questa volta la dolce Jane Marple ha proprio colpito nel segno.
Consigliato!
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
i did like this very much (oh, the characters in this!! cherry especially, and marina, and mr. rodd (their relationship!!? bloody hell!) and the fussing pussy and miss marple, too) but somehow i am not sure about quite some things, still, which usually doesn't happen to me with christie's novels. did heather's murderer kill giovanni and ella, too? why would they, they don't seem ruthless? why did ella call the wrong person? also, heather's husband also being marina's first husband just seemed very unlikely and very unnecessary. but the mystery was so well thought out and perfectly constructed, and the solution was so natural and had incredible emotional impact.
This 1962 novel, published in the U.S. as simply The Mirror Crack'd, offers a fun little murder mystery that's kept me guessing throughout. No one seems to have had any motive that could account for the neighborhood woman's death at the house party of a glamorous movie star resented by many -- so was the wrong cup poisoned, or is something even stranger afoot? Luckily Miss Marple is on hand to push the police in the right direction and conduct her own discreet inquiries, all the while dodging the ageist attentions of her fussy nurse. The solution to the puzzle doesn't quite play as fairly as I'd like, relying as it does on the heroine's background medical knowledge that isn't actually introduced to us as a proper clue in the plot. (Or perhaps the key piece of information was less obscure in the original time and place of publication?) Yet regardless, the characters are engaging and the setting captures a nice snapshot of how author Agatha Christie's iconic quiet English villages were changing as the twentieth century barreled along. I appreciate the slight ambiguity of the ending, as well.
[Content warning for suicide and racism including slurs.]
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[Content warning for suicide and racism including slurs.]
Like this review?
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