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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
medium-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:
Complicated
One of Christie's earliest novels, and the first to feature Tommy and Tuppence, is more of a spy/secret society mystery than a cozy murder, and doesn't work quite so well as her Poirots or Marples. Nonetheless, a fun romp through a 1920's post-war London adventure, and Tommy and Tuppence are an endearing pair.
Pertama kali baca kisah petualangan muda Tom & Tuppence. Awal agak mbulet dan ga ngeh sama sekali dengan jalan cerita nya. Semacam mau di bawa kemana cerita nya ini. Dan pengambilan cerita dari banyak sudut pandang bikin sedikit tambah ngga ngeh. Selain itu, cerita nya cukup oke dan hampir2 salah nebak pelaku diakhir seperti biasa slalu terkecoh dengan pelaku oma Agatha😅😅.
One Agatha Christie every month February book pick.
One Agatha Christie every month February book pick.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
For such a short book this seemed to go on forever. There were some interesting parts, Tommy and Tuppence were funny, but otherwise it was all just kind of silly. *shrug*
This is a fun romp of a mystery. Definitely not Agatha's best but still fun. This would be a good book to introduce younger readers to Christie.
Full review: http://iwishilivedinalibrary.blogspot.com/2014/01/agatha-christie-challenge-review-tommy.html
Full review: http://iwishilivedinalibrary.blogspot.com/2014/01/agatha-christie-challenge-review-tommy.html
My first tommy and tuppence novel and I really enjoyed it!
I liked how there was mystery upon mystery upon mystery and how some twists were super obvious and for like the half novel if you've got any brains you're suspicious of these two characters until you get to the end and realise tommy had been too. that was fun, how the story keeps you on your toes, others make it almost impossible to find out but this one wants you to think, to be suspicious of them without making it clear how's the actual guilty party.
it was very quick read, a little over 200 pages so it doesn't take very long to read.
I got home today,feeling anxious and I was thinking if I should catch up on some tv shows when I saw the novel on my nightstand and decided a few hours lost in a christie novel sounded much better.
I don't know why exactly but when I think of her novels,despite the murder,the mysteries,the violence, there's still something reassuring about them.
perhaps it is that in the end the bad guys are captured and disaster averted. or maybe it's the idea that in her stories the world carries on, the cops shown are good, our heroes are lucky and usually find help, there's definitely idealism there, in most of her novels they show good people, who try to help and do the right thing even when it's not convenient or safe or any of those things.
maybe that's why theyve endured so much. they provide hope in the end.
I liked how there was mystery upon mystery upon mystery and how some twists were super obvious and for like the half novel if you've got any brains you're suspicious of these two characters until you get to the end and realise tommy had been too. that was fun, how the story keeps you on your toes, others make it almost impossible to find out but this one wants you to think, to be suspicious of them without making it clear how's the actual guilty party.
it was very quick read, a little over 200 pages so it doesn't take very long to read.
I got home today,feeling anxious and I was thinking if I should catch up on some tv shows when I saw the novel on my nightstand and decided a few hours lost in a christie novel sounded much better.
I don't know why exactly but when I think of her novels,despite the murder,the mysteries,the violence, there's still something reassuring about them.
perhaps it is that in the end the bad guys are captured and disaster averted. or maybe it's the idea that in her stories the world carries on, the cops shown are good, our heroes are lucky and usually find help, there's definitely idealism there, in most of her novels they show good people, who try to help and do the right thing even when it's not convenient or safe or any of those things.
maybe that's why theyve endured so much. they provide hope in the end.
I had a hankering to listen to an audiobook so that I could work on some knitting and crocheting, but the only thing suitable the library had immediately available (that I could think of off the top of my head in 10 minutes without leaving the couch) was this one. The story was all right and even fun at times but a little too far-fetched (reminded me of a Tintin story), and the voices (especially of Tommy and Tuppence, who were made to sound like dopey teenagers most of the time) started off promisingly but grated on me after a while. And, as unavoidable in British novels of this time (and probably most times), the xenophobia was rampant. Not planning to read or listen to any more of this series.