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marquessa17 's review for:
Sad Cypress
by Agatha Christie
I am participating in #ReadChristine2023 and for the month of January Sad Cypress was the pick featuring jealousy. Overall, I really enjoyed this book even though I felt that the reveal was not the strongest. At the beginning of the book we are in a courtroom where we meet Elinor Carlisle who has been charged with the murder of her wealthy older aunt. We then flash to several months earlier when she and her fiancé Rodney receives an anonymous note, saying that someone is worming their way into the aunts heart. Rodney and Eleanor decide to go visit the aunt and to see what is really going on. The two of them while not being related by blood are cousins by marriage and have always planned on getting married and sharing the estate that they will get when the aunt dies.
We then follow along as the course events unfold. I really liked Elinor as a character I thought that she was very strong and I really sympathized with what she was going through. Hercule Poirot does not come into the book until at least halfway through but that did not bother me. I had read so many Miss Marple books last year I was accustomed to that. I do think that Miss Marple could have been utilized in this book versus pro, but it didn’t take away from enjoyment of the book. Overall, it was a very satisfying read. I just didn’t love the why behind the murder.
We then follow along as the course events unfold. I really liked Elinor as a character I thought that she was very strong and I really sympathized with what she was going through. Hercule Poirot does not come into the book until at least halfway through but that did not bother me. I had read so many Miss Marple books last year I was accustomed to that. I do think that Miss Marple could have been utilized in this book versus pro, but it didn’t take away from enjoyment of the book. Overall, it was a very satisfying read. I just didn’t love the why behind the murder.