Monday, May 17, 2010

Agatha Christie


I read my very first Agatha Christie book this weekend while in Vegas. I was all settled in at the pool at the Monte Carlo and ready for a juicy read. I'd read all the hype on Agatha Christie, seen her referred to as one of the best mystery writers, and read that her formula was perfect in creating a mystery.

Boy was I disappointed. The book was horrible. It was so easy to put down that I would never call it a page turner. It was just a dry statement of facts. I felt no emotion for any of the characters. The victim was dead when the book started. Yes there was an interesting twist at the end of the book when the mystery is solved and the killer revealed, but I didn't buy it. It seems like the murderers went out of their way to make it unnecessarily complicated. I just didn't like it at all. It was all surface and no depth. There was no description, no feeling of time or place for me. I was so disappointed.

Of course when I went out shopping Friday afternoon to pick up my reading material for the weekend, I got 3 Agatha Christie books not knowing how crappy they would be. This story was a short one. I will hold my breath and try another one the next time I'm looking for a quick easy read. Maybe 'And Then There Were  None' will be better, but as it stands I am not impressed.

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