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pedanther 's review for:
The Mysterious Affair at Styles
by Agatha Christie
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The mystery is moderately interesting, but my enjoyment was decreased by being stuck with Hastings as narrator, with his incorrigible knack of barking up every wrong tree and jumping to every wrong conclusion, which is made more annoying in his first outing by being coupled with a completely unjustified smug confidence in his own non-existent detective ability. (And then, after a while, I started being annoyed at the author on poor Hastings' behalf, because it began to feel like he was being repeatedly set up to be laughed at rather than laughed with.)
Oh, and then there's all the casual racism and sexism.
Oh, and then there's all the casual racism and sexism.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation
Minor: Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, War, Classism