My Rating: 2 Stars It was the first book I read from Marion Zimmer Bradley and the say "never judge a book by it's cover" is absolutely correct. I took a leap of faith on this book, based on the cover and description and it was a complete disappointment. For me it was basically sex, sex, witchcraft, sex, and sex. I was expecting a more complex and page-turning story and it was the complete opposite. Have to read something else from Bradley to wash away this bad experience.
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My Rating: 5 Stars This was the first I read from Agatha Christie when I was in high school. I re-read it again years later and my opinion is the same: I absolutely love this book. It's not the usual style that Christie usually uses, but she managed to mix secret societies, espionage, romance and murder can come up with the perfect cocktail for a memorable story. The heroine of the book is not the usual woman of the time, proving, again and again, her courage, intelligence and will to break all rules to do the right thing. Plus, with her witty character, I found it impossible not to like her. What I identified in this plot is a description of the English society and stereotypical characters that bring humour and colour to this amazing adventure. My Rating: 4 Stars Another brilliant story by the Queen of Crime. As always, the beginning is mysterious, putting together the spoiled upper-class, the honest young lady who inherits a great fortune and intends to use it to travel and see the world and a murder. Katherine Grey, the middle-aged beauty, becomes the amateur investigator occasionally aiding Poirot in his pursuit of the truth. She's a charismatic character that brings a female touch to the world of Poirot, proving to be a woman of good sense and at the same time naive of the entitlements that come with great wealth. Not one of her strongest and most complex works, but still a classic of the crime genre. I recommend it. |
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