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Agatha Christie: Murder In The Making: More Stories And Secrets From Her Notebooks (2011)

by John Curran(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0062065424 (ISBN13: 9780062065421)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

review 1: This book was neither completely boring nor endlessly fascinating - it was a neat look into the ways in which Agatha Christie came up with the ideas for her novels (and for someone like me, who's read every book she's written, that was super interesting) but I did wish there was a bit more tying together of all the things the author found in her notebooks rather than just a disjointed "and then here's something else I found" type of presentation. There was a lot of information on how certain novels came about, but less of the overarching look at Mme. Christie I was hoping for.
review 2: I bought this book after I enjoyed John Curran's first book on Agatha Christie and I am neither disappointed nor completely satisfied. I expected it to be just like the first bo... moreok with a little more insight into Agatha Christie herself and her writing style. By the time I finished this book, I was riding on a tidal wave of boredom and the ending of the book was abrupt. I would have liked some final thoughts from the author himself or more from David Suchet. Instead the author decided to end the book with books that Agatha Christie decided to read. I would have enjoyed that in the middle of the book with some commentary on whether or not reading those books could have affected the books she wrote. Another problem that I had, which I also encountered in the first book, was connecting his commentary with the books. There are so many Agatha Christie books and their plots tend to overlap that it becomes hard to distinguish the books' plots. I found myself rushing to find the book the author was talking about before continuing on in the chapter. On the other hand, as a fan of Agatha Christie, I enjoyed the chapter on the creation of Hercule Poirot and the bonus Marple story. I would recommend this book only to fans of Agatha Christie because otherwise, it would be a very boring book. less

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