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The Hollow
by Agatha Christie
What can one say when they loathe all of the characters but a few?
Seriously everyone was pretty horrid in this book. We have Christie once again starting off this novel describing the people who are invited down to The Hollow (a weekend retreat of the Angkatell family) who invite John and Gerda Christow, and their relatives that include Henrietta Savernake, Midge Hardcastle, David Angkatell, and Edward Angkatell.
I had the most sympathy towards the characters of Gerda and Edward. Both love people who are 100 percent not worth their time and effort. We do have Poirot once again called upon in this book about at the 30 percent mark. Though we transition back and forth through other characters as Poirot investigates.
The flow was all over the place. I think it was because we went from being in John Christow's head, Gerda's head, Henritetta, etc. It was too much after a while.
I think the overall ending definitely worked for the book. However, I was pretty well and truly disgusted with anyone sitting around mourning the murder victim in this one. I think that was the main problem I had. The view that readers get of the victim does not have any sympathy lie with them at all. And to read how other people lament this person's death did not hold water for me at all. At least let me as a reader see what is so intoxicating about this person. Instead we skipped over any of that. So for me, I was not hard pressed to care about who killed this person or why.
Seriously everyone was pretty horrid in this book. We have Christie once again starting off this novel describing the people who are invited down to The Hollow (a weekend retreat of the Angkatell family) who invite John and Gerda Christow, and their relatives that include Henrietta Savernake, Midge Hardcastle, David Angkatell, and Edward Angkatell.
I had the most sympathy towards the characters of Gerda and Edward. Both love people who are 100 percent not worth their time and effort. We do have Poirot once again called upon in this book about at the 30 percent mark. Though we transition back and forth through other characters as Poirot investigates.
The flow was all over the place. I think it was because we went from being in John Christow's head, Gerda's head, Henritetta, etc. It was too much after a while.
I think the overall ending definitely worked for the book. However, I was pretty well and truly disgusted with anyone sitting around mourning the murder victim in this one. I think that was the main problem I had. The view that readers get of the victim does not have any sympathy lie with them at all. And to read how other people lament this person's death did not hold water for me at all. At least let me as a reader see what is so intoxicating about this person. Instead we skipped over any of that. So for me, I was not hard pressed to care about who killed this person or why.