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A review by melissa_who_reads
The Hollow by Agatha Christie
4.0
A story about characters (whoever said that her stories were all plot and no character work was wrong). Her character study of Henrietta, the sculptor, is really quite well done - with some very keen observations on being an artist and how that removes you from "real" life - always observing, always thinking with one part of your mind how to turn something into art.
There is some "set in it's time" offensiveness thrown out; one wincing moment is definitely in character for the person who says it, but then there are the others that are just pure British Empire.
The ending does feel satisfying: that it could only have happened this way, that everyone has behaved according to character, and only one person could have done it in the end.
There is some "set in it's time" offensiveness thrown out; one wincing moment is definitely in character for the person who says it, but then there are the others that are just pure British Empire.
The ending does feel satisfying: that it could only have happened this way, that everyone has behaved according to character, and only one person could have done it in the end.