A review by extremelysoundyoungpotato
The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side by Agatha Christie

3.0

Despite being one of the best Marples I have thus read, I just have to admit that I simply do not like Marple as much as Poirot, thus the subjective three stars. Plot was excellent, characterization cozy and believable, pacing on pointe for a Marple (which means just a tad slow for me). In the end, the whodunit reveal was satisfying. Reads like a later Marple, showing that our characters have aged and making explicit details of earlier Marples - only read if you have already tackled at least the first two in the series: 'Murder at the Vicarage' and 'The Body in the Library'. Also, more "adult" thematic elements are heavily relied upon, mainly surrounding adultery, multiple marriages, divorce, sex appeal, and child loss.