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3.25 AVERAGE
3.25 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
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
A mixture of bleak and supernatural stories with a bit of horror and absurd peppered throughout. Some stories are better understood and appreciated after a second reading.
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
fast-paced
Una serie de relatos cortos que me gustaron los primeros que aparecen Poirot y Miss Marple, mas el resto son pasables.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
What a wonderful experience it is to be in Agatha Christie’s world! In this collection of 12 short tales, delight in the dark seances, haunted places and the unexplained happenings that can only be weaved by the artful pen of the Queen of Crime that did not only cover strange cases of death but also unearthly phenomena that occurred in seemingly mundane life.
Out of the stories, the one I most enjoyed was The Witness for the Prosecution, which was also turned into a stage play that I was fortunate enough to watch in my last trip to London. As with many of Christie’s works, the adapted forms stayed true to the original written plot and I was pleased to return to the same world and enjoyed the written format. The rest of the stories were good enough but did not stand out so much, which was why I gave the book an average 3.5 star rating.
If you’re in the mood for short stories about strange incidents that need not necessarily end with death, this book might do it for you!
mysterious
slow-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Read 2024: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Hound of Death: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Red Signal: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Fourth Man: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
-The Gypsy: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Lamp: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-Wireless: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Witness for the Prosecution: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Mystery of the Blue Jar: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Call of Wings: ⭐️⭐️.5
-The Last Seace: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-S.O.S.: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Hound of Death: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Red Signal: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Fourth Man: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
-The Gypsy: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Lamp: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-Wireless: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Witness for the Prosecution: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Mystery of the Blue Jar: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Strange Case of Sir Arthur Carmichael: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-The Call of Wings: ⭐️⭐️.5
-The Last Seace: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-S.O.S.: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loved the psychic phenomena, great twists in done of the short stories.
A charmingly creepy departure for author Agatha Christie, who trades in her usual detective fiction for a dozen tales of the supernatural (or supernatural-adjacent). Normally when she's written of things like possessions and premonitions, their reality is ultimately undermined Scooby-Doo-style by some more mundane explanation. Here instead, those psychic phenomena are largely either confirmed outright or left lingering in tense ambiguity. The whole volume is fairly short, so no story overstays its welcome, and the audiobook narrated by Christopher Lee is a particular delight. It's a great read for fans of the writer or interested newcomers who don't care as much for the mystery genre.
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