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frizzylizzybeth's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
funny_bunny_reads's review
adventurous
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
gswain's review
4.0
Many years ago, I’d read the book that this novella was turned into so the plot was somewhat familiar. Luckily I had no memory of the ending. A good short story, but my guess is that the full length book is better. I’ll have to read it again.
arlamont13's review
adventurous
mysterious
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? No
3.0
viridis's review against another edition
challenging
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I actually really liked this book. As is said in the introduction this is not a full length novel nor a short story. It's a novella and I think it suits the story just fine. You get enough time to understand and get to know the characters and the ending is satisfactory. It's quite sad Christie was bullied by publishers for making a book of this difficult length because it works nicely.
halcyon_rising's review against another edition
4.0
Written by Agatha Christie in 1954 to help raise money for her local church at Churston Ferrers, The Greenhouse Folly novella was ultimately never published in its original form. Instead, it became the basis for one of her favourite novels, Dead Man’s Folly, and a Miss Marple story was written for the church.
I have to admit, I did not know this was the shorter version of another one of her books, but since we have this book at our library, read it was. I do, however, regret having read this novella length story, as I would have preferred to read the longer one.
I’m going to confess something. At this point, I have not had enough training yet in solving these kind of mystery books, so the solution to this one? I mean, things are set up in a way, it’s there, but the reaching you have to do to get there, it wasn’t really an aha! moment when it all came together, more of an ‘okay’, that’s where you’re going with this. I mean, Hercule Poirot always seems to have this clue about what’s going on, while nothing on the page even points toward it. You can maybe solve it in part, but he’ll always pull out things he suspected without letting us know, just to have some unique spins at the end. So this one, while I do like it, was not the most satisfying solution of a mystery book.
I would recommend Dead Man’s Folly over this one, hoping that enough storyline was added to make that solution work better.
I have to admit, I did not know this was the shorter version of another one of her books, but since we have this book at our library, read it was. I do, however, regret having read this novella length story, as I would have preferred to read the longer one.
I’m going to confess something. At this point, I have not had enough training yet in solving these kind of mystery books, so the solution to this one? I mean, things are set up in a way, it’s there, but the reaching you have to do to get there, it wasn’t really an aha! moment when it all came together, more of an ‘okay’, that’s where you’re going with this. I mean, Hercule Poirot always seems to have this clue about what’s going on, while nothing on the page even points toward it. You can maybe solve it in part, but he’ll always pull out things he suspected without letting us know, just to have some unique spins at the end. So this one, while I do like it, was not the most satisfying solution of a mystery book.
I would recommend Dead Man’s Folly over this one, hoping that enough storyline was added to make that solution work better.
esmuldi's review
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
michael_k's review against another edition
Είχα πολύ καιρό να διαβάσω βιβλίο της Άγκαθα Κρίστι και αισθάνθηκα πολύ όμορφα συναντώντας ξανά τον Πουαρώ και την αφήγηση της βασίλισσας του αστυνομικού. Δεν χρειάζεται να πω τίποτα, θεωρώ ότι για όλους τους φίλους του αστυνομικού τα βιβλία της Κρίστι είναι υποχρεωτικό ανάγνωσμα.
It's been a long time since I last read one of her books and this new greek translation of the story was the perfect chance. As usual the queen of crime doesn't disappoint the reader!
It's been a long time since I last read one of her books and this new greek translation of the story was the perfect chance. As usual the queen of crime doesn't disappoint the reader!
kaaatherin3's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75