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A review by celerystarr8
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
3.0
The problems I had with this book were: 1. I found Tuppence to be extremely annoying, to the point where I had to put down the novel for several months; 2. I predicted all of the ending twists.
This was the second Agatha Christie novel I have read and it seems that many claim this to be their least favorite of her novels. I hope this is true being that she is so popular, third to the Bible and Shakespeare.
When reading classics I try to come from the perspective of the time it was published. Meaning, the predictability to me may not have been so predictable to readers from the time of the publishing. I could see how The Secret Adversary may have been a thrilling read at one time. Unfortunately in the modern day, the same tactics and story line Christie used are now over used which leads to that predictability.
This was the second Agatha Christie novel I have read and it seems that many claim this to be their least favorite of her novels. I hope this is true being that she is so popular, third to the Bible and Shakespeare.
When reading classics I try to come from the perspective of the time it was published. Meaning, the predictability to me may not have been so predictable to readers from the time of the publishing. I could see how The Secret Adversary may have been a thrilling read at one time. Unfortunately in the modern day, the same tactics and story line Christie used are now over used which leads to that predictability.