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seversonhan 's review for:
The Unexpected Guest
by Charles Osborne, Agatha Christie
I was excited to read this book after I heard Agatha Christie praised as the queen of mystery. But, knowing it was adapted for a play, the let down of the story made sense. I felt that the characters were terribly flat through the whole story, but I feel like this is something that would have more successfully come through had I seen it in the format of the play.
Through the story, each chapter led you to believe that at one point, each character was guilty. But unfortunately, with the characters feeling so flat, it made it really difficult to decide who you did or didn't believe. My original prediction of who did it was heavily confirmed close to the end, but then that was stripped away last minute.
I will say that there was a great plot twist at the end that made me want to give this book a 4, but I wasn't sure 3 good pages of writing warranted a bump up. As a novel, I think it would have gotten me there with a bit of an epilogue, but understand why that didn't happen with it being a play.
Through the story, each chapter led you to believe that at one point, each character was guilty. But unfortunately, with the characters feeling so flat, it made it really difficult to decide who you did or didn't believe. My original prediction of who did it was heavily confirmed close to the end, but then that was stripped away last minute.
I will say that there was a great plot twist at the end that made me want to give this book a 4, but I wasn't sure 3 good pages of writing warranted a bump up. As a novel, I think it would have gotten me there with a bit of an epilogue, but understand why that didn't happen with it being a play.