ketchupcrisp 's review for:

The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

3.25

mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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My wife and I are currently reading through all of Christie's books. Every time I arrive at a Miss Marple book I am excited, ready to fall in love with the character, but thus far I feel pretty disappointed. Unfortunately this book was not an exception. In many ways the 'detective' of the story felt somewhat incidental to the investigation, and this also meant we spent a lot of time in the heads of random secondary characters that I had little interest in hearing from. 

The mystery itself was generally fine, and there were some elements I really liked

such as the fact that the seeming 'playboy' character is secretly married.

However, between this book and the last one from her I read (Evil Under the Sun), it does seem clear that Christie was in her misogynist era at this point. Clearly some feelings to work through regarding beautiful women! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism