Reviews with content warning for Murder - The Moving Finger

En un pueblo pequeño de Inglaterra empiezan a recibir cartas anónimas y a la par ocurren unas muertes sospechosas, la cuestión es descubrir si estos eventos tienen relación entre sí.

Me parece re triste decir que un libro de Agatha no me haya gustado porque hasta ahora todos los que había leído mínimo me habían entretenido, pero acá ni a los personajes aguanté. Jerry me pareció insoportable y Joanna me dio igual.

Se supone que es un libro donde Ms. Marple es la investigadora, pero aparece en las últimas 40 páginas ?? y ni siquiera tiene un gran protagonismo. Me pareció muy poco realista la forma en la que se desenvolvió todo.

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fyre_flies's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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social_eyes's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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? No

3.25

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what_heather_loves's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

"'What is this place?' asked Joanna. 'It looks the most innocent sleepy harmless little bit of England you can imagine-' 'Where to quite Mr Pye, nothing every happens,' I cut in. 'He chose the wrong minute to say that. Something has happened.' 'But who writes these things Jerry?' I shrugged my shoulders. 'My dear girl who should I know? Some local nitwit with a screw loose, I suppose.'"

Brother and sister, Jerry and Joanna Burton find like in their new village of Lynstock, Devon, surprisingly eventful as a result of poison pen letters. Told from former airman, invalid Jerry's perspective, a man often inclined to take an instant like or dislike to new people he meets. Miss Marple only arrives in the last quarter of the book, as the guest of a villager who has invited her to solve the case, because, I suspect, otherwise, she would have identified 'whodunit' early on. As the Burton siblings get to know the villagers, they find themselves on the receiving end of one of the nasty letters.
Filled to the brim with Christie's take astute observations about village life and human behaviour. Acerbic and witty in places, poking fun at some of the characters, reminded me somewhat of Jane Austen. As clever as Christie's novels always are with red herrings and a big twist that only Marple, of course, spots!

"'That's my expert,' said Mrs Dame Calthrop. 'Jane Marple. Look at her well. I tell you, that woman knows more about the different kinds of human wickedneas than anyone I've ever known.' 'I do think you should put it quite like that, dear,' murmured Miss Marple. 'But you do.' 'One sees a good deal of human nature living in a village all the year round,' said Miss Marple placidly."

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lesseraliterary's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

this one didn’t capture my attention as much as the previous two… also some shit aged poorly

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jdcorley's review against another edition

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challenging medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Christie withholds Miss Marple from us for a solid three-quarters of the book and instead lets us marinate in the English village life that Marple draws her insights from. The challenge, to the experienced Christie maniac, is in trying to draw those insights ourselves, before Marple shows up to finish her knitting. A dream sequence and a harmless note combine to give a strong impression of what's really going on, and when it's revealed, of course it makes perfect sense. What's most marvelous about The Moving Finger is that one of the crimes can only be solved by identifying the motive, and the other can only be solved by identifying a very specific physical observation - and either will lead you to the culprit! Christie plays absolutely fair and this makes it one of her best works, though perhaps we could have used a little more Marple in our Marple.

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ridesthesun's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

Ok this one Got Me I thought I had it figured out and spent half the book stressed and SHOCKER I was wrong 😂 a+, just wish miss marple was in it more than just a few scenes 😔

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