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franfernandezarce 's review for:
Partners in Crime
by Agatha Christie
similarly to parker pryne investigates, calling this a short-story collection would be a misnomer. interconnected cases would be a more accurate description. however, unlike the parker pryne book, this collection was more enjoyable. probably because the two main characters, tommy and tuppence, felt so refreshing defying expectations.
you see, your typical late-20s, early 30s husband-wife relationship would be the husband doing the muscle work and the wife worrying. i'm being charitable with my dates here, we all know this dynamic persists even until today. but, in this book, i was almost shocked to see how equal agatha christie portrayed the main relationship. one case would be solved by tommy, another by tuppence, but mostly by their shared efforts. and no nagging on sight from one party to the other, just a mutual fascination with detective mysteries and a healthy marriage. in 1929! groundbreaking.
moreover, there is something special about two main detectives in a novel obssessed with fictional detectives. every fictional detective has its own gimmick and wanting to copy out these traits is tommy' and tuppence's own. not that it worked out in the end, but still, it made the stories somehow charming. also, the fact that they know about hercule poirot not as a character in their world but a fictional one implies the notion of an agatha christie literary universe within another literary universe-- mind blowing!
you see, your typical late-20s, early 30s husband-wife relationship would be the husband doing the muscle work and the wife worrying. i'm being charitable with my dates here, we all know this dynamic persists even until today. but, in this book, i was almost shocked to see how equal agatha christie portrayed the main relationship. one case would be solved by tommy, another by tuppence, but mostly by their shared efforts. and no nagging on sight from one party to the other, just a mutual fascination with detective mysteries and a healthy marriage. in 1929! groundbreaking.
moreover, there is something special about two main detectives in a novel obssessed with fictional detectives. every fictional detective has its own gimmick and wanting to copy out these traits is tommy' and tuppence's own. not that it worked out in the end, but still, it made the stories somehow charming. also, the fact that they know about hercule poirot not as a character in their world but a fictional one implies the notion of an agatha christie literary universe within another literary universe-- mind blowing!