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ericbuscemi 's review for:
The Murder at the Vicarage
by Agatha Christie
This book is one-part Clue, one-part Doubt, and one-part Murder She Wrote (Angela Lansbury happens to be one of the actresses that played Miss Marple), stirred together into a first-rate mystery. It's not as good as Sherlock Holmes, but it's pretty close.
A few quick thoughts:
- I find it very interesting that Agatha Christie was able to acknowledge all the prejudices of the time against women -- with the male characters calling the female characters silly, foolish, troublesome gossips -- and subvert nearly all of them in the process.
- I don't really understand calling it a "Miss Marple Mystery", as it is narrated by the vicar and Miss Marple is a tertiary -- albeit interesting -- character. It would be like renaming the Harry Potter series after Neville Longbottom, just because he kills the snake at the end.
- My only negative comment is the way the dialogue is written, as I often had no idea who was speaking, and had to reread a few of the conversations to make sure I was following it correctly.
A few quick thoughts:
- I find it very interesting that Agatha Christie was able to acknowledge all the prejudices of the time against women -- with the male characters calling the female characters silly, foolish, troublesome gossips -- and subvert nearly all of them in the process
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like having a woman as the killer after the inspector saying a woman wouldn't handle a gun, having a woman figure out the mystery and set trap that catches the killer, etc.- I don't really understand calling it a "Miss Marple Mystery", as it is narrated by the vicar and Miss Marple is a tertiary -- albeit interesting -- character. It would be like renaming the Harry Potter series after Neville Longbottom, just because he kills the snake at the end.
- My only negative comment is the way the dialogue is written, as I often had no idea who was speaking, and had to reread a few of the conversations to make sure I was following it correctly.