wonderforehead 's review for:

4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie

4.0

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! The premise itself is so interesting (seeing a murder take place in a passing train? “The Girl on the Train” who?). Jokes aside, this one definitely had more interesting characters as well. Lucy is the kind of character one would like or aspire to be and every single member of the Crackenthorpe family were memorable. With that said, the perpetrator was not who I expected at all. I wish there were more clues alluding to the actual killer because it almost felt like it came out of nowhere (I don’t want to say more so as to not spoil things). I think because it focused more on the characters, the clues were not as prominent this time. But this is more of a nitpick. Great book and I highly recommend it to whodunnit lovers!