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A review by hannahstohelit
Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie
4.5
REREAD
I read this after watching the Agatha Christie's Marple version, which I watched because I'd heard that Rachael Stirling is in it as Griselda and I love Rachael Stirling and thought she'd be perfect in the role. And she was, but turns out that the character (and that of Len, who I think would have been miscast if they'd bothered to actually invest in the character much) didn't get a huge amount to do, which annoyed me because I loved Len and Griselda so much in the book, so I naturally had to read it, and conveniently a new copy I'd ordered showed up last night.
ANYWAY. Great book, definitely better than the Marple episode (unsurprisingly- not my adaptation of choice overall), fun characters if possibly a few too many of them, neatly put together, maybe a bit too fiddly and not airtight and with a ridiculous number of characters but still always a total delight. Len is a brilliant narrator and while honestly I think Griselda gets less time than I'd have liked her to have in the book too, she still gets enough to make me love her for it. All around a great time.
I read this after watching the Agatha Christie's Marple version, which I watched because I'd heard that Rachael Stirling is in it as Griselda and I love Rachael Stirling and thought she'd be perfect in the role. And she was, but turns out that the character (and that of Len, who I think would have been miscast if they'd bothered to actually invest in the character much) didn't get a huge amount to do, which annoyed me because I loved Len and Griselda so much in the book, so I naturally had to read it, and conveniently a new copy I'd ordered showed up last night.
ANYWAY. Great book, definitely better than the Marple episode (unsurprisingly- not my adaptation of choice overall), fun characters if possibly a few too many of them, neatly put together, maybe a bit too fiddly and not airtight and with a ridiculous number of characters but still always a total delight. Len is a brilliant narrator and while honestly I think Griselda gets less time than I'd have liked her to have in the book too, she still gets enough to make me love her for it. All around a great time.