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goodnight_moon 's review for:
The A.B.C. Murders
by Agatha Christie
At the end of every Agatha Christie I'm hoping for a very specific experience: a reveal I initially assume can't possibly be true, which upon rereading will feel like the only logical conclusion to the events. If we have to skew away from one of those conditions, I'd rather the crime be too solvable than the reveal unbelievable (in part because I would love to actually get one right for once).
I didn't find the answer here unsatisfying, but I'm not convinced it would seem the only available answer if I reread. I think that is partially because we're unconfined - there are a few too many characters and motives and opportunities that are naturally limited by the locked room, the train, the boat, and a short timeline. Those tight confines drive the pre-reveal madness and post-reveal obviousness in a way I thought this lacked.
It was still a fun story. Poirot is an awesome character, and the audio narrator elevates his entertainment, which is worth all the clues I missed during lapses. I love that the one thing I was certain to be true (that a legitimate madman had killed at least one victim) wasn't, and defensibly so.
I didn't find the answer here unsatisfying, but I'm not convinced it would seem the only available answer if I reread. I think that is partially because we're unconfined - there are a few too many characters and motives and opportunities that are naturally limited by the locked room, the train, the boat, and a short timeline. Those tight confines drive the pre-reveal madness and post-reveal obviousness in a way I thought this lacked.
It was still a fun story. Poirot is an awesome character, and the audio narrator elevates his entertainment, which is worth all the clues I missed during lapses. I love that the one thing I was certain to be true (that a legitimate madman had killed at least one victim) wasn't, and defensibly so.