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A review by yvkhan
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
1.0
Remaining invested in a mystery whilst not even knowing the suspects is... taxing, to say the least.
Tommy and Tuppence are a very nice couple, but their interactions get dry after a while, and Tommy’s interactions with his various contacts in particular were rather tiresome. Many interactions in this book also felt rather meaningless. Not even the concluding chapter saves the novel - truth to be told, nothing is really revealed, and nothing slips into place. There is no satisfaction in a mystery without epiphanies on the part of the detectives.
It is certainly true that Christie wasn’t exactly in her prime when she wrote this novel. However, that does not change the novel’s quality.
Tommy and Tuppence are a very nice couple, but their interactions get dry after a while, and Tommy’s interactions with his various contacts in particular were rather tiresome. Many interactions in this book also felt rather meaningless. Not even the concluding chapter saves the novel - truth to be told, nothing is really revealed, and nothing slips into place. There is no satisfaction in a mystery without epiphanies on the part of the detectives.
It is certainly true that Christie wasn’t exactly in her prime when she wrote this novel. However, that does not change the novel’s quality.