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Ordeal by Innocence
by Agatha Christie
I read this because I want to watch the series with Bill Nighy. Between the massacre of The ABC Murders and the....uh, whatever the Limehouse Golem was, I don't know why I'm doing this. Other than the fact that Agatha Christie is a comfort read.
This one wasn't my fave, not going to lie. Far more in the heads of the characters than a lot of her books where there are interviews with lots of dialogue. Neither Phillip Durrant nor Arthur Calgary are as engaging as Poirot, Marple, or Tommy & Tuppence. Even so, very interesting to see how the book came together, and it will be interesting to see how a movie version would be constructed because see above about ALL THE THOUGHTS.
Warning: If you thought you'd get through this one without Christie making an ethnic slur, oh you are so wrong. Le sigh.
Another warning: OMG if you are adopted, you may not want to write this book. I don't know how Christie personally felt about adoption, but the characters in this book are simply horrible on the subject.
Yet another warning: The characters have a fun prejudice against "foreigners," too.
Fun times. All of our faves are problematic. Every last one of them.
This one wasn't my fave, not going to lie. Far more in the heads of the characters than a lot of her books where there are interviews with lots of dialogue. Neither Phillip Durrant nor Arthur Calgary are as engaging as Poirot, Marple, or Tommy & Tuppence. Even so, very interesting to see how the book came together, and it will be interesting to see how a movie version would be constructed because see above about ALL THE THOUGHTS.
Warning: If you thought you'd get through this one without Christie making an ethnic slur, oh you are so wrong. Le sigh.
Another warning: OMG if you are adopted, you may not want to write this book. I don't know how Christie personally felt about adoption, but the characters in this book are simply horrible on the subject.
Yet another warning: The characters have a fun prejudice against "foreigners," too.
Fun times. All of our faves are problematic. Every last one of them.