Just finished it this morning, I thought it was a good read, but dragged a bit I thought about half way through, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was surprised that Chrisite references the war and at the end of the novel Marple's views on capital punishment, which I think were referenced in 'The Thirteen Problems.'
I finished with Endless Night a few days ago, I like the way Ma'am Christie blended romance with mystery, and death....Her books, at the last few pages always have that sharp tangy twist in the plot, and this one really had the best of those, it took me by a sharp blow .... Loved It.... Perhaps The best of Christie....
Reading 'The Labours of Hercules' and have just bought the complete short stories cd's so listening to Hugh Fraser while I read along! Enjoying it so far!
Reading 'The Labours of Hercules' and have just bought the complete short stories cd's so listening to Hugh Fraser while I read along! Enjoying it so far!
I have just finished the Labours of Hercules, and having watched the Suchet adaptation before, I was curious to read the stories for themselves and whilst I can see that they made an effort to cram as many stories into a stand alone film, I can't help feeling disappointed for Christie fans that the stories weren't a series by itself . I really enjoyed reading the stories, especially read by Fraser as he reads them beautifully who voiced each character accurately
I have just finished the Labours of Hercules, and having watched the Suchet adaptation before, I was curious to read the stories for themselves and whilst I can see that they made an effort to cram as many stories into a stand alone film, I can't help feeling disappointed for Christie fans that the stories weren't a series by itself
It's definitely a shame that this masterpiece of a short story collection wasn't adapted in a series of episodes, a mini-series special. It would have been better to film this in the 90's when the series was at its peak and when the shorter stories were emphasized. They could have filmed each of the stories in Labours while at the same time filming stories from the other collections. It would've cost more money and the production team would be quite busy but it would have been more worth it in the long run. Honestly, they shouldn't have made the effort to cram everything in one film because it was still bad. That's like taking Miss Marple's The Tuesday Night Club Murders collection and cramming all those stories in one single film. It won't work because that's not how the concept was conceived. Works like The Labours of Hercules and The Tuesday Night Club remain part of their respective Poirot and Miss Marple series, but the collections themselves are its own self-contain story arc -- they are a kind of special event.
Currently reading Sparkling Cyanide. After I finish I hope to watch the two adaptations based on the book. All I know about them is that both films are updated to the respective time periods in which they were originally shot and not in the period Christie set the story. How unfortunate because then it would mean the book is in need of a proper adaptation but I'll watch them first then give my assessment.
Read both Cards on the Table and The ABC Murders in the last month, and have just started The Mystery of the Blue Train a few days ago. I'm a little worried given most of the response to the book I've seen is less positive than Christie's other novels, but so far I'm enjoying it despite the perhaps slow build up.
Just finished The Mystery of the Blue Train and felt like all Christie books (that I've read so far) it was well written and enjoyable, but I can see where some would fault it.
Going to now try and read Elephants Can Remember, which I know also gets quite a lot of criticism... and unfortunately I remember seeing part of the TV episode some years back before I got into Christie novels, and I think I can slightly recall who the killer may have been. Either way I'm interested to see how Christie's writing may have adapted in her later years, particularly as the closest to this in date I have read so far is Five Little Pigs, which I think was written some thirty years before in the early 40's.
I am new to Agatha and I am new to this site. I had 76 of the Bantam books made available to me and took The Body in the Library for a test drive and I was hooked. I have since bought four more of the series off ebay. I am currently reading the The Secret Adversary and just finished The Mysterious Affair at Styles. I hope to bounce all around this site and gather bits of wisdom from all that discovered this tremendous author before myself.
I'm about to read Crooked House, to prepare for the upcoming film in December. I may read it twice but either way I'm going to take copious notes and when the movie comes out I will make my comparisons to the book.
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That was the 1st Miss Marple Book I read.
I started reading Dumb Witness This morning, still on Chapter 1.
And I find it quite enjoying
Going to now try and read Elephants Can Remember, which I know also gets quite a lot of criticism... and unfortunately I remember seeing part of the TV episode some years back before I got into Christie novels, and I think I can slightly recall who the killer may have been. Either way I'm interested to see how Christie's writing may have adapted in her later years, particularly as the closest to this in date I have read so far is Five Little Pigs, which I think was written some thirty years before in the early 40's.
What is the next Christie book on your to be read list?