Agathachristie

Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Agatha Christie

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WHAAAAAAATTTTT ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

book was 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Poirot is the goat as always 💯

but THAT PLOT TWIST 🤯 i‘m shook…

if you have read it please let me know if you felt the same way because. WTF

BookmarkTavern This is one of my favorite Christie books, and one of my favorite mysteries. Period. We all react like that. 😁 2d

BookmarkTavern If you haven‘t read them yet, I also recommend Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None. 2d

TheReadingReceptionist Agatha Christie did her BIGGEST ONE when she came up with Hercule Poirot 1d

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MallenNC

The Big Four (Poirot) | Agatha Christie

so-so

I‘m reading along with #ChristiesCapers and this is our book for August and my #BookSpin for the month. If not for those two things, I don‘t think I‘d finish this. Maybe it‘s bc it came right after Roger Ackroyd but this was not fun. It was repetitive and often over the top. I just thought it would never end. Good thing Agatha Christie had quite a few more books to make up for this one!

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Librarybelle Yes indeed! I think this is my least favorite out of all of the ones I‘ve read by her. 2d

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! It also always feels like this one should come before Roger Ackroyd anyway - he literally ends this one saying he should retire to the country and grow vegetable marrows! 2d

MallenNC @TheAromaofBooks I had the same thought. The vegetable marrows thing was so specific 2d

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TheReadingReceptionist

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Agatha Christie

….it is not easy to hide things from Hercule Poirot. He has a knack of finding out”

Hercule Poirot

CLOCK IT 🤏🏾🤏🏾

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Robotswithpersonality

A Caribbean Mystery | Agatha Christie

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This one grew on me. I should know by now that if things seem particularly pat, and predictable at the start it's because the author is setting you up for further twists and reveals. But I'm grateful that my continuing credulousness allows me to enjoy murder mysteries written more than 60 years ago. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? On that note, despite getting into the later publication years of this series, there are still a bunch of horribly dated opinions ventured, not the least of which is the characterization, or lack thereof, of the few West Indies/St Honoré people featured in the story. 4d

Robotswithpersonality 3/? I should add, though this edges into spoiler territory, while a mental health crisis does not end up being the motive or a part of the identity of the killer, it is talked about at length and used as a misdirect. Heads up for those who do not want to read about it used this way. Similarly, someone having a glass eye and having a resultant 'cross-eyed' gaze is key to the plot, so again, if you'd rather not read about that, best to skip it. 4d

Robotswithpersonality 4/? This book, more than others in the series, feels like it's appealing specifically to a demographic reflective of the protagonist, an underestimated British little old lady, who laments a lack of certain traditional values and practices in the then 'modern' 1960s, doesn't appreciate much the tropics have to offer in comparison to her mother country, recognizes the frequency of physical ailments that age brings, and is quite aware of and 4d

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Robotswithpersonality 5/? willing to use, to her advantage, the reality that many perceive elderly people as harmless, tiresome, possibly less capable of organized thought, and even liable to drop dead at any moment.
Palgrave and Rafiel are great fodder for further discussion on perceptions and tropes about the elderly. Those liable to carry on talking about the good old days to anyone who appears to be even half listening, 4d

Robotswithpersonality 6/? in robust health despite a lifetime of bad habits, those who require mobility aids, who have diminished physical strength but who are cognitively sharp and cantankerous about it.
Rafiel's character is a commentary on privilege, but only for the blink of an eye.
If I was elderly in the mid-20th century, I'd probably relate to this book more. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 4d

Robotswithpersonality 7/? Nevertheless, I am glad this is one where Marple plays a more active role, I get that it suits her character to take a back seat and get the debrief, then shock everyone with her keen observations, but it is more fun when she pokes about and is there for the capture and unmasking of the villain. 😏 4d

Robotswithpersonality 8/? I do wish Christie didn't feel the need to emphasize how the womenfolk 'got around' the various men in the book - what they deemed necessary to soothe them, to not puncture their perception of how things should be while getting what they wanted done/communicated, as opposed to a more frank assertion of their opinions/intentions not resulting in undue opposition, (though the later conversations with Rafiel are evidence that this is possible) 4d

Robotswithpersonality 9/9 but I recognize this as a product of the time it was written, what Christie likely had to deal with on a daily basis throughout her life. 😑

⚠️Racism, ableism, sexism, mental health crisis, discussion of suicide 4d

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Robotswithpersonality

A Caribbean Mystery | Agatha Christie

Conversations with Miss Marple are often hazardous to a suspect...😏

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Librarybelle

The Big Four | Agatha Christie

We‘re a little less than 1.5 weeks away from our next #ChristiesCapers discussion!

This will be the third time reading this one for me, and I fully admit it‘s not a favorite of mine. I‘ve seen posts already that others may agree; the discussion will be interesting!

See you August 31st! #AgathaChristieClubR3

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LiteraryinPA This is one of the few Agathas that I‘ve only read once. But everything is better when you discuss it with Littens! 6d

Librarybelle It definitely is, @LiteraryinPA ! 6d

MallenNC This is my first time reading it and I doubt I‘ll ever read it again. But I am looking forward to the discussion 5d

Librarybelle @MallenNC This seems to be the group‘s consensus. Should be an interesting discussion! 4d

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TheReadingReceptionist

Murder of Roger Ackroyd | Agatha Christie

not loving Dr Shepherd… like i just don‘t care about his POV 😭 i want POIROT ‼️

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janeycanuck

The Queens of Crime: A Novel | Marie Benedict

so-so

Not my favourite Marie Benedict. There were some liberties that were a little too far for my taste. I also had a hard time following the story sometimes, I don‘t know if I was distracted or what but I won‘t remember this for long.

#audiopuzzling

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jenniferw88

Poirot's Early Cases | Agatha Christie

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#52bookclub25 #overamillioncopiessold

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BarbaraJean

The Big Four | Agatha Christie

“Pardon, my friend, but it is possible that you read ‘The Future of the Argentine,‘ ‘Mirror of Society,‘ ‘Cattle Breeding,‘ ‘The Clue of Crimson,‘ and ‘Sport in the Rockies‘ at one and the same time?"

I laughed, and admitted that ‘The Clue of Crimson‘ was at present engaging my sole attention. Poirot shook his head sadly.

"But replace then the others on the bookshelf!"

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Poirot would be aghast at the stacks of books on my nightstand. ?

Ruthiella Many things about my habits would drive Poirot crazy! 😜 1w

willaful @Ruthiella thank goodness we don't have to live with him! 1w

BarbaraJean @Ruthiella @willaful Hahaha, right?! I think Poirot would take issue with more than just all the books on my nightstand. 😆 1w

willaful @BarbaraJean My mother would give him a heart attack. She was stayng with me a few days and almost gave *me* a heart attack! 😂 1w

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