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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
emotional
mysterious
medium-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
I really had a hard time getting into this book. It was so depressing to think about Agatha's husband being so awful she had to disappear. He was a cad, and I basically skimmed this one.
I have read several fictional accounts about the disappearance of Agatha Christie. This novel is the best of the best!! I was totally drawn in from the first paragraph.
adventurous
medium-paced
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very interesting perspective on the life of Agatha Christie, what lead up to her disappearance and the how and why!
Lots of repetitions though and I hope this got cut out in the final version!
Lots of repetitions though and I hope this got cut out in the final version!
Good start then fades into cliche
The initial chapters felt like a fun escape into Edwardian England: an imagined tale of what Agatha Christie might have done when she disappeared.
There are two time periods in alternating chapters that eventually meld into one, present-day story. Readers see Agatha and her dashing husband-to-be Archie at the beginning of their courtship and after her disappearance, when they are married w a child.
After the opening chapters, the characters are black or white. Agatha gets to make a grand speech explaining the whole situation and declaring her selfhood. Oi.
The initial chapters felt like a fun escape into Edwardian England: an imagined tale of what Agatha Christie might have done when she disappeared.
There are two time periods in alternating chapters that eventually meld into one, present-day story. Readers see Agatha and her dashing husband-to-be Archie at the beginning of their courtship and after her disappearance, when they are married w a child.
After the opening chapters, the characters are black or white. Agatha gets to make a grand speech explaining the whole situation and declaring her selfhood. Oi.
Agatha Christie was the first adult author I decided I really liked, so it was a no-brainer that I would read this fictionalized account of the 11 days she went missing without a trace or an excuse when she returned.
Marie Benedict writes a mystery worthy of Ms. Christie. If you're not surprised when you get to the end, you're a sleuth to rival Hercule Poirot. The compact text (less than 300 pages) packs a real punch with historical facts intertwined with Benedict's creativity filling in the holes. I never once had to tell myself to suspend my doubt. I found the twists and turns wholly believable and ended up giving Agatha and Marie a fist pump for putting together a great story.
Marie Benedict writes a mystery worthy of Ms. Christie. If you're not surprised when you get to the end, you're a sleuth to rival Hercule Poirot. The compact text (less than 300 pages) packs a real punch with historical facts intertwined with Benedict's creativity filling in the holes. I never once had to tell myself to suspend my doubt. I found the twists and turns wholly believable and ended up giving Agatha and Marie a fist pump for putting together a great story.
This is a very interesting historical fiction read. I will not shelve it as a mystery.
How Agatha could have been so charmed by Archie is the real mystery here. I found him to be completely unlikeable and wondered how she, a writer, could have been such a poor judge of character. I refuse to believe that he could possibly have changed so much in such a short time.
Previous to this read I was not aware that Agatha Christie had vanished for eleven days leaving the police to investigate and the public to partake in searching for her body. While I found this explanation for this period of her absence entirely believable, I would have to say that it was also a bit odd. But who am I to judge?
Agatha Miller was twenty-two-years-old when she met Archie Christie, a Royal Artillery officer with the Royal Flying Corps at a dance in 1912. Though she was promised to marry another, he won his way into her heart and they were wed in 1914. Through the war Agatha worked first as a nurse, then as a dispenser of medications with the British Red Cross. It was this experience that gave her inside knowledge of medicines and poisons that she would later utilize in her mysteries. Agatha gave birth to her only child, a daughter, in 1914. Archie feared that this new addition to their family would claim Agatha’s heart usurping affection that should be directed towards him. For this reason, he insisted that a nursemaid be hired to care for their daughter. The couple traveled frequently and for long intervals which caused Agatha to be frequently absent from their child. Agatha began writing her first detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot in 1916. Archie was not entirely supportive of her writing. After Agatha lost her mother, to whom she was very close in 1926, she was stunned by the lack of affection from Archie during her grieving period. Their marriage began to unravel shortly afterwards. Agatha disappeared for eleven days at the end of the year. Upon being found her doctors diagnosed her with memory loss.
How Agatha could have been so charmed by Archie is the real mystery here. I found him to be completely unlikeable and wondered how she, a writer, could have been such a poor judge of character. I refuse to believe that he could possibly have changed so much in such a short time.
Previous to this read I was not aware that Agatha Christie had vanished for eleven days leaving the police to investigate and the public to partake in searching for her body. While I found this explanation for this period of her absence entirely believable, I would have to say that it was also a bit odd. But who am I to judge?
Agatha Miller was twenty-two-years-old when she met Archie Christie, a Royal Artillery officer with the Royal Flying Corps at a dance in 1912. Though she was promised to marry another, he won his way into her heart and they were wed in 1914. Through the war Agatha worked first as a nurse, then as a dispenser of medications with the British Red Cross. It was this experience that gave her inside knowledge of medicines and poisons that she would later utilize in her mysteries. Agatha gave birth to her only child, a daughter, in 1914. Archie feared that this new addition to their family would claim Agatha’s heart usurping affection that should be directed towards him. For this reason, he insisted that a nursemaid be hired to care for their daughter. The couple traveled frequently and for long intervals which caused Agatha to be frequently absent from their child. Agatha began writing her first detective novel featuring Hercule Poirot in 1916. Archie was not entirely supportive of her writing. After Agatha lost her mother, to whom she was very close in 1926, she was stunned by the lack of affection from Archie during her grieving period. Their marriage began to unravel shortly afterwards. Agatha disappeared for eleven days at the end of the year. Upon being found her doctors diagnosed her with memory loss.
More a 3.5 because a few things annoyed me. Still, if you’re a fan of mysteries, and of the grande dame herself, it’s a fun read.