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A review by ruth24
Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
5.0
I don't care what's next on your TBR list...scratch it out and put Magpie Murders in its place! I read this book like a fiend, with a sense of urgency that came from two directions: the fact that I only had 5 days to read it (ahh library loans) and the mystery that drew me in until I was nose-to-the-page and devouring every word.
So, I know I only just complained about stories-within-stories when I reviewed The Keeper of Lost Things, but Magpie Murders is exactly that, and yet I loved it! It was absolutely infuriating, but in an intentional way that grabbed me.
What makes this book so good is that it's so many different things. It's partly a satire of the 'whodunnits' so typical of sleepy, English villages, but it's also a love letter to the genre that pays homage to the greats, like Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle etc.
I had to stop while reading during this weekend's ice storm with a great big mug of tea to take down this quote which was just perfect:
“You must know that feeling when it's raining outside and the heating's on and you lose yourself, utterly, in a book. You read and you read and you feel the pages slipping through your fingers until suddenly there are fewer in your right hand than there are in your left and you want to slow down but you still hurtle on towards a conclusion you can hardly bear to discover.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders
Probably the best book I've read so far this year.
So, I know I only just complained about stories-within-stories when I reviewed The Keeper of Lost Things, but Magpie Murders is exactly that, and yet I loved it! It was absolutely infuriating, but in an intentional way that grabbed me.
What makes this book so good is that it's so many different things. It's partly a satire of the 'whodunnits' so typical of sleepy, English villages, but it's also a love letter to the genre that pays homage to the greats, like Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle etc.
I had to stop while reading during this weekend's ice storm with a great big mug of tea to take down this quote which was just perfect:
“You must know that feeling when it's raining outside and the heating's on and you lose yourself, utterly, in a book. You read and you read and you feel the pages slipping through your fingers until suddenly there are fewer in your right hand than there are in your left and you want to slow down but you still hurtle on towards a conclusion you can hardly bear to discover.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Magpie Murders
Probably the best book I've read so far this year.