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A review by eesh25
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
5.0
4.5 Stars
Of the first four books in the series, this is undoubtedly my favourite. And I can't help but wonder if it's because Hastings isn't the one narrating for once. The new narrator is Dr. Sheppard, someone who doesn't know Poirot but who's friends with the victim.
Sheppard is a better narrator because he's smarter than Hastings, but more importantly, he's less sure of his every guess. He thinks and makes deductions, but he also tries to be unbiased in his narration of the events. So the focus remains on the mystery itself instead of whatever idea Hastings decides to fixate on. Anyway, enough of the Hastings-bashing. He's not that bad.
Poirot is his usual self. Very observative, but also very secretive. Annoyingly so. The rest of the characters are all interesting as well, not that I trusted any of them. And their various secrets coming to light were fun to read about.
But as always in a Christie novel, it all comes down to the reveal. Who killed Roger Ackroyd? In my experience, the reveal is always great, but the degree might vary. In this book, I loved the reveal. It was almost on par with Murder on the Orient Express. It seemed so obvious, but I so didn't see it coming. And it's what made me love the book so much. And why I highly recommend checking it out.
Of the first four books in the series, this is undoubtedly my favourite. And I can't help but wonder if it's because Hastings isn't the one narrating for once. The new narrator is Dr. Sheppard, someone who doesn't know Poirot but who's friends with the victim.
Sheppard is a better narrator because he's smarter than Hastings, but more importantly, he's less sure of his every guess. He thinks and makes deductions, but he also tries to be unbiased in his narration of the events. So the focus remains on the mystery itself instead of whatever idea Hastings decides to fixate on. Anyway, enough of the Hastings-bashing. He's not that bad.
Poirot is his usual self. Very observative, but also very secretive. Annoyingly so. The rest of the characters are all interesting as well, not that I trusted any of them. And their various secrets coming to light were fun to read about.
But as always in a Christie novel, it all comes down to the reveal. Who killed Roger Ackroyd? In my experience, the reveal is always great, but the degree might vary. In this book, I loved the reveal. It was almost on par with Murder on the Orient Express. It seemed so obvious, but I so didn't see it coming. And it's what made me love the book so much. And why I highly recommend checking it out.