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Summary: A Good Mystery
Review: This book is my first Agatha Christie novel, and I must say that it lives fully up to its expectations. Christie weaves a beatiful tale of a murder that can keep anyone guessing. In fact the book had a lasting effect on me, as I kept replaying the events of the murder and the actions of other characters in my head even after I finished the book. It was that mezmerizing!I truly loved the way in which suspicion was cast on almost every character in the book. I began to look rather cautiously at the characters for fear of mentally befriending the wrong person. Christie's magic was so good that I was even beginning to think that everyone ganged up together to murder the poor Mr. Ackroyd. I especially was attracted to the cute little Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, who seems to possess a certain wizardry and deep intuition when it comes to mysteries and unearthing the truth. The ending is indeed a surprise - as I understand is Christie's trademark. I only wish I read the book twice (both times up until the point of the revealing of the murderer) so as to make a good guess as to who the murderer really was. Oh well, perhaps I'll save that for the next Agatha Christie special.
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Summary: Famous (Infamous?) Agatha Christie Classic
Review: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of Agatha Christie's most talked about mysteries with a shocking ending (matched in a sort of frustrating cleverness only by Murder on the Orient Express). I first read this book as a teenager and remember distinctly being angry at the denoument but, on a sober second reading, have grown to appreciate its cleverness. Some readers may feel tricked but that is the glorious point of the book. It wakes up the readers of mystery novels from looking at things in the same way and to remember to keep open to all possibilities. What is especially nice is the way in which the novel still holds up on a second reading. Recommended for the fan of English country house mysteries.
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Summary: .....the story just wasn't entertaining
Review: Being a fan of past mystery book I have read, especially "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie I had no trouble picking up "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" The plot became a monotonous listing of facts and clues through dialog. It would've been almost impossible to predict the mystery through nearly the entire story with the given information. The end finally picked up and kept me interested, but the rest of the story just wasn't entertaining.
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Summary: This is why Agatha Christie is the 'Queen of Crime'
Review: Hercule Poirot has lost interest in the dective business since the departure of Hastings to South America. He has retired to a small village to grow vegetable marrows and live a quiet life. He discovers that vegetable marrows do not grow in an orderly manner and that crime does not limit itself to the city. The village is buzzing with gossip about the suicide of a local well to do widow and then is sent reeling by the murder of Roger Ackroyd, the wealthiest man in town. Poirot is drawn into these problems by Ackroyd's niece, Flora and finds himself not only dealing with murder but also with blackmail, petty theft and romance. In Hastings absence the story is told by the local doctor who is also a next door neighbor of Hercule Poirot. When this novel came out in 1926 it was immensely popular and somewhat controversial in that it broke one of the 'rules' for a good dectective novel (and you will have to read the book to find out which one). THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD ranks with AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (AKA TEN LITTLE INDIANS) and MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS as Christie at her most orginal. This story is also significant in that one of the characters, Caroline, the doctor's sister, has been credited by Christie as being the forerunner of Miss Marple. The soon to be familiar Christie theme of small towns as hot beds of intrigues both large and small is seen here for the first time. This book has aged very gracefully, the first time reader of today will probably be just as surprised as the readers of the 1920's were. As always with a Christie the clues are all there fairly laid out for the reader to follow.
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Summary: A landmark in murder mystery
Review: Only the brilliant mind of Agatha Christie could have thought of this ingenious murder mystery. The facts are all there but who would have guessed. Being British myself this book describes the setting as well as the language of the characters and surroundings to a tee. An emotional ending which leaves one thinking about life in Kings Abbot after....Must read to fill in my missing words.Its appeal still holds even after reading it so many times since its publication in 1926. After reading the book perhaps you will agree with me that to create this into a movie (which I would hope one day to be possible) would be a great challenge.
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Summary: .....the story just wasn't entertaining
Review: Being a fan of past mystery book I have read, especially "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie I had no trouble picking up "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" The plot became a monotonous listing of facts and clues through dialog. It would've been almost impossible to predict the mystery through nearly the entire story with the given information. The end finally picked up and kept me interested, but the rest of the story just wasn't entertaining.
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Summary: Ingenious!
Review: Having been gripped for two days by THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, I can say that it is a superbly written novel. It certainly is ingenious the way Agatha Christie conceals the identity of the murderer from the reader until the final chapters. The last chapter of all is chilling. As a narrative and as a mind-puzzle, THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD is a great detective story...possibly one of the greatest ever written.
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Summary: Agatha Christie Has Done It Again
Review: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of Christie's better mysterys, I strongly recommend it to Christie's fans and also to those who are being introduced to her books. The end leaves you surprised and shocked. Hercule Poirot is at his smartest, if not very modest, leaving no clue untouched or unlooked upon. Once you pick this book up, its not going to get put down until the end. Christie is most definitely a genius, stunning readers once again.
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Summary: Wonderfully woven novel with shocking twist
Review: "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" is nothing less than excellent. It is fast-paced and never boring. The clues areways intriguing and the mystery is done well. A very likable, though always suspicious, cast of characters rounds out this amazing book. The final plot twist is shocking, but welcome. "Murder" is one of the best mystery novels I have read. Clearly 5 stars.
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Summary: read the book BEFORE you read the reviews
Review: Even I would have had trouble solving this mystery had I not skimmed these reviews first. Just read the book, my dear Watson.
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