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A review by frakalot
The Golden Ball and Other Stories by Agatha Christie
4.0
Well. This was my first dip into Christie's writing. A particularly odd place to start which was not intentional. I would split this collection into two categories.
The first half of the stories were fantastic little curiosities and I really thought each was told marvelously. The characters come to life in each very short tale. Christie has a knack in this collection for catching you unaware and revealing the one connecting detail in a single line at the end of each tale.
The second half of the collection had more of a supernatural theme and I struggled to enjoy these. The stories were superbly written and the characters as perfectly crafted as in the first half but it's just a theme of little interest for me personally.
I did get through it all and even though it was an unexpected start to my journey through Christie's literature I am very keen to get into some more.
The audiobook had two narrators. I thought they were both fantastic.
The first half of the stories were fantastic little curiosities and I really thought each was told marvelously. The characters come to life in each very short tale. Christie has a knack in this collection for catching you unaware and revealing the one connecting detail in a single line at the end of each tale.
The second half of the collection had more of a supernatural theme and I struggled to enjoy these. The stories were superbly written and the characters as perfectly crafted as in the first half but it's just a theme of little interest for me personally.
I did get through it all and even though it was an unexpected start to my journey through Christie's literature I am very keen to get into some more.
The audiobook had two narrators. I thought they were both fantastic.