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A review by aprilleigh
The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
5.0
Not the usual Christie fare as several of them are more paranormal than the stuff she's best known for, but some of the stories are exceptionally good.
A few of them seemed to end very abruptly, in particular "Jane in Search of a Job." It felt like half a story. I didn't care much for "The Call of Wings" either, because it was a little too far removed from what I enjoy most about Agatha Christie.
However, many of the others are real gems. "The Listerdale Mystery" was a little sappy, but very satisfying. "The Girl in the Train" was a lot of fun and made for a good adventure. "A Fruitful Sunday" was delicious. "The Rajah's Emerald" was one of my favorites and I cheered the protagonist on the last page. "Swan Song" was, like some of her mysteries, easy to see coming once the pieces had been assembled, but no less appealing for it. "The Strange Case of Sir Andrew Carmichael" was slightly frustrating — it was fairly obvious where it was going pretty early on and I wanted to yell at the narrator for being blind to it for so long, but it ended in a most satisfactory way.
One of Christie's better collections, which is really saying quite a lot. If you prefer to stick to her mysteries you may not care much for this collection, but they're still excellent.
A few of them seemed to end very abruptly, in particular "Jane in Search of a Job." It felt like half a story. I didn't care much for "The Call of Wings" either, because it was a little too far removed from what I enjoy most about Agatha Christie.
However, many of the others are real gems. "The Listerdale Mystery" was a little sappy, but very satisfying. "The Girl in the Train" was a lot of fun and made for a good adventure. "A Fruitful Sunday" was delicious. "The Rajah's Emerald" was one of my favorites and I cheered the protagonist on the last page. "Swan Song" was, like some of her mysteries, easy to see coming once the pieces had been assembled, but no less appealing for it. "The Strange Case of Sir Andrew Carmichael" was slightly frustrating — it was fairly obvious where it was going pretty early on and I wanted to yell at the narrator for being blind to it for so long, but it ended in a most satisfactory way.
One of Christie's better collections, which is really saying quite a lot. If you prefer to stick to her mysteries you may not care much for this collection, but they're still excellent.