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I'm starting to think that writers of fiction are even more prescient than I realized. This isn't a great Christie novel. It's her attempt at dystopian fiction, and it's disjointed, melodramatic, and weird, but there are some really interesting observations and commentary. It's got a bit of overlap with themes from A Clockwork Orange and Brave New World, but she never leans into those in a compelling way. Still, it's an interesting departure.

"...once people learn to love destruction for its own sake, evil leadership gets its chance."

Christie goes in a weird direction with this later in the book, but there are some very current-sounding pieces, especially as spoken by Great-Aunt Matilda.

She also says, "one can't help coming to the conclusion that politicians have a feeling that they have a kind of divine right to tell lies in a good cause."

This one doesn‘t make much sense. Someone gets killed, but I didn‘t really know why. A lot about nazis & anarchists trying to take over the world. Fat-phobia for several pages. A lot of long convos. There‘s a good reason this hasn‘t been adapted to a show or movie. Maybe the physical copy would make more sense but don‘t think so based on GR reviews. Gave it 2 stars partly because of fat-phobia.

I don‘t need for an Agatha Christie book to have murder, Poirot, or Miss Marple to like it, but one of those things might have helped. The plot is boring and convoluted, there‘s too much preaching about politics, and there‘s a possibility that Hitler may have survived and had a son. We also lose track of the mc for quite some time, and he‘s brought back in a clumsy manner. Hugh Fraser‘s excellent narration makes it a so-so instead of a pan.

Not one of Mrs. Christie‘s better books. The plot was a real stretch, and hard to follow. Thank goodness I did the audio book while doing other stuff. I might not have finished it otherwise. This hits three prompts for #pisces #readyoursign:
2 - book published in my birth year
8 - Pisces spirit color on cover (sea green)
12- written by a Virgo author

One mustn't refuse the unusual, if it is offered to one.

@slightlyfoxed sent me this in last year‘s #stuffedstockingswap and I still love it. Very appropriate for the hibernating I‘ve been doing lately.

Day 9 and book 12 of the Christmas holiday break.
Up to 15h 45m for #24B42020 now.
Planning to head to the library later this afternoon for more “supplies”.

16 hours in and I just finished reading 9 hours. Over 700 pages read and some great books! Passenger to Frankfurt is not for everyone but I really enjoyed it. It is NOT a murder mystery. It is a spy novel with lots of politics. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#24in48 #24in48readathon

As much as I love Agatha Christie, I can't bring myself to like this book. There are things I like, mainly the characters, but the ending was so bad and there were so many loose-ends that I could not find joy in finishing this book. I'm glad I read it, but I'll be donating my copy to the thrift store.

Not a typical Christie. Less about detecting and more about international espionage. A consortium using violence and disruption to upset the status quo and ultimately gain power. A mid-level, but well-connected politico is drawn in by a mysterious woman who wants to use his passport. This is really just our way into the story. Intriguing, but ultimately too many balls in the air. This could have been more than one spy thriller.

“But one people learn to love destruction for its own sake, evil leadership gets its chance.” Passenger to Frankfurt by Agatha Christie. Sounds like our own political climate.

Not just “by Agatha Christie,” no, “An Extravaganza By Agatha Christie.”

Well ... I love Agatha Christie way to much but this book was not my cup of tea ? It was very boring and it took me ages to finish this one ?? Let‘s start a new book , and hopefully it‘s a good one ❤️ Ich mag die Autorin ja megaaaa gerne aber dieses Buch hat mir leider gar nicht gefallen. Es war sehr langweilig und es hat mir keinen Spaß gemacht zu lesen ? Auf zum nächsten Buch ?

Bought me this box today. It's for all the stuff, I need to send lovely envelopes to you Littens. 😉 It fits perfectly to my new mapbook I bought yesterday. 🤗 @ju.ca.no @rubyslippersreads

And of course, I needed this lovely Agatha Christie edition. 😍 #agathachristieclub @Bambolina_81

This is one of very few #AgathaChristie books I haven‘t actually read. I haven‘t really read much in general since we moved. I‘ve been too exhausted, to be honest.

Not my favourite Agatha Christie book. I prefer her books with Poirot or Miss Marple.
Now, to continue my lazy Sunday reading, I will have to decide which lovely new book to tackle from my TBR pile! Joy📚

#bookmail #bookhaul Book Outlet edition. I picked up something for my #halloweengoespostal match (not pictured) and picked up a few things for myself too.

To my secret Santa...I missed putting some of my recent purchases into LibraryThing. I'm adding them as quickly as I can. If you duplicate something, no worries! I will absolutely adore anything. 😊 #fallbookexchange

Lunch and Agatha Christie....a perfect combination! 😍

Having read this before, maybe it's that I already know what happens, but I found myself skimming just to get back to actual dialogue. There were the similar themes and subjects covered as in her other spy novels (which I enjoy), but in this one I found them to be dwelled on ... too much. The various world leaders/politicians discoursed at length about unrest, the status of the world, where money is coming and going, psychology etc. Tiring.

Agatha has gone completely banana pants with this one.

But I LIKED it!

Apparently, this was her 80th book, written when she was 80. And she pulled out ALL the stops. Crazy conspiracy theories? Drug and sex mad youth? A villainous Countess who could have been a prototype for Jabba the Hutt? Check, check, and check.

This is definitely the oddest Christie I've ever read, and deserves its subtitle, An Extravaganza.

"'You stick where you are, Prime Minister,' said Admiral Blunt. 'Don't you start arseing around with the Russkies again.'"

Dame Agatha gets SASSY! ???

"And queening over it, sitting in the chair or the throne or whatever you like to call it, at the head of the table, was not a queen or an empress but an old woman noticeable mainly for her avoirdupois weight and her extraordinary and intense ugliness."

Don't hold back, Agatha.

Bookish Word of the Day.

Hello. My name is Libby and I am a Bibliobibuli.

Yay or nay?

I couldn't cope with it. It would look like My Precious would be about to fall.

What do you think?

(From the Reader's Nook Facebook page.)

"They're not cream, that's the trouble - only destructive. The creative young write poems, write books, probably compose music, paint pictures just as they have always done. They'll be all right - But once people learn to love destruction for its own sake, evil leadership gets its chance."

Aunt Matilda is a wise woman.

Ooh!

An Extravaganza!

Just what I need.

#bookhaul from my favorite local used book store! It's a little unorganized like me but I found these treasures. Dame Agatha is my Blame It On @Lizpixie ! #blameitonlitsy

Almost finished this one, just too tired. Happy New Year everyone! May this be an awesome reading year for all of you!

This is a spy novel with interesting story (not her best one with confusing plot🤔) and main character travels by plane.

#photoadaynov16 #planestrainsautomobiles

Tonight's book haul. A bunch of mysteries withdrawn from the library where I work. 🔎📚

The only Agatha Christie book that I've read so far that I'm having trouble getting through 😒