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Taken at the Flood by Agatha Christie

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

The beginning wasn't very interesting, the premise is same old inheritance type of stuff. It started to pick up a bit when I reached around 30% of the book. The mystery got pretty interesting from there but the resolutions ended up being pretty far-fetched as usual. As with any other Agatha Christie's books, I didn't try to guess any of the resolutions (well because usually they ended up that far-fetched) but I had some thoughts about it and one of them turned out to be right.

I quite like the romance in this one, even though, once again, like other Agatha Christie's books, there's always some absurd insta-love which I hate but here there's a little bit of coming of age aspect in it and I can understand the attraction between the two characters involved. I actually relate quite a lot to the romance lol that's probably why I like it. But I vehemently disagree with the romance ending! It was fucked up.

Overall I quite enjoyed the book, the writing is neat and I finished it in 2 days, which was pretty quick.

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