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jjb21 's review for:
Autumn Chills
by Agatha Christie
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This rating is a bit unfair… but it turns out it’s not very fun to rattle through a load of tiny Agatha Christie stories without enough time to add the layers, red herrings and three-dimensional characters that make a Christie novel so intriguing and enjoyable.
So this book itself is an odd, formulaic assortment of mysteries that are immediately revealed. Also, apart from one or two vaguely supernatural ones, I have no idea what brings them together into an ‘autumnal’ themed collection.
Anyway, some of the short stories inside are very promising (e.g. Murder for the Prosecution, The Triangle at Rhodes). I just wish they’d been expanded into proper novels.
P.S. ‘The Case of the Rich Woman’ was well worth a quick read though, and it was completely unlike the others. A bit of a Black Mirror vibe.
So this book itself is an odd, formulaic assortment of mysteries that are immediately revealed. Also, apart from one or two vaguely supernatural ones, I have no idea what brings them together into an ‘autumnal’ themed collection.
Anyway, some of the short stories inside are very promising (e.g. Murder for the Prosecution, The Triangle at Rhodes). I just wish they’d been expanded into proper novels.
P.S. ‘The Case of the Rich Woman’ was well worth a quick read though, and it was completely unlike the others. A bit of a Black Mirror vibe.