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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
No puedo creer que finalmente supe quién era culpable antes de que lo dijeran :´)
Tiglath Pileser también es detective.
Tiglath Pileser también es detective.
5/5⭐
“—Es una anciana muy inofensiva.
«Si usted supiera —pensó el inspector—, es más peligrosa que una serpiente de cascabel». Pero no tenía la menor intención de hacer confidencias innecesarias.”
“—Es una anciana muy inofensiva.
«Si usted supiera —pensó el inspector—, es más peligrosa que una serpiente de cascabel». Pero no tenía la menor intención de hacer confidencias innecesarias.”
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had huge expectations from the book as I am a huge fan of Agatha Christie, however, this one disappointed me a lot and I will recommend it for the new readers.
relaxing
medium-paced
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:
No
Buddy read with Biba from Books With Biba!
My review:
My review:
- ummm let’s just say that I’ve never had to make a character list before reading A Murder Is Announced
- there were way too many characters to keep track of—I did get some of them down by the end, but there were still times where I was like “who’s that??”
- the idea of a murder being announced was cool, but I just didn’t like how the rest of it played out
- this was definitely NOT Agatha’s best work, so please don’t start with this one… sorry Biba 😅
- okay so bedsides there being too many characters, the whole story behind the murder was convoluted (I think that’s the word we’re using to describe A Murder Is Announced lol)
- I pride myself on guessing a good 90% of Agatha’s much more famous book, Death on the Nile, but I didn’t see any of the plot twists coming except for one
- and then there was a character that seemed to have come out of nowhere. Seriously I don’t remember Agatha mentioning them until the last quarter of the book
- and maybe this is because I live in quite literally a different century but I didn’t see the need for some of the strange dialogue between some characters. There was this whole bit at the end that I was like “huh??? Why is this necessary?”
- I know that this is a Miss Marple book, but I feel like she wasn’t in it all that much. And then she miraculously solved the case after a little bit?
Moral of the story: this was definitely not my favourite Agatha Christie book. It was generally convoluted, confusing, and the twists came out of nowhere. Sadly this is going to be a 3 star read for me… truly I wish it was higher 😞
Content Warnings
Moderate: Xenophobia, Murder
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes