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Summary: Worth Reading
Review: Endless Night is sort of an interesting Agatha Christie phenomenon. It's not one of her more original mysteries--the major plot devices are borrowed from "Death on the Nile" and "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"--both of which are superior mysteries. However, I maintain that it's well worth reading, if only for the extremely well-done ending. I simply got the chills upon reading it and found it rather tragic, even if one has little sympathy for the murderer. The ending displays the interest by the author in the psychology of her characters also seen in mysteries like "Sad Cypress" and "The Hollow."
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Summary: Not one of Christie's best books.
Review: I can't say it's not a good book, it's a pretty nice book, gets your attention - this author knows what she's doing, that's for sure. But she isn't very honest with the readers in this piece. When you write a mistery book, you have to give some and hide some, but there's some stuff you just can't hide, otherwise the books looses its sense. Good book, but kinda disappointing.
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Summary: This is one of Mrs Christie's worst books
Review: I do not really understand how could all of the reviewers recommend this book. I did not think it was that good it was rather slow and sorry to say boring. If you have read many books by Agatha Christie and want to read this book go ahead but you might not like because it is not so thrilling. If you really want to read some good stuff by Mrs Christie go for "The Secret adversery" a tommy and Tuppence mystery it is not really bad and you might like it. If you want to read good mysteries I would recommend Georges Simenon's Maigret's Novels they are really good and M. Simenon is big time better than Mrs Christie (sorry to say that but try and see)
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Summary: Not my cup of tea
Review: I found this book to be way to 'dark' and depressing. I did not like any of the characters and I thought that many of them were simply bad and depressing. The plot drags, drags, drags until the last couple of chapters where Chrisite really gives you a wallop. I am an avid Christie fan and I hted this book. It left a bad felling/taste with me that I am not anxious to repeat. I am not going to give away the shocking plot, but the tone of the book compares to The Hollow (which I found good but very unsettling). Try another one.
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Summary: Very good. Building suspense to the VERY END. Beginning slow
Review: I have only read two or three Christie mysteries. This one was very good. Yes, the beginning was rather slow; it meandered here and there to what seemed meaningless tangents. However, by the end of the book, it all comes together. The second half of the book is a real page turner. By the time you get that far, you won't want to put it down.
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Summary: Not your typical Christie
Review: I have read 30+ Agatha Christie novels and most of them share the same structure:
1) Murder occurs
2) Introduction of main characters, one of whom is the murderer
3) (This one takes up the bulk of the book) conversations with characters that reveal different clues.
4) Glorious finale where everything is explained and the villain is caught, usually with a clever twist that I cannot foresee most of the times.
And it is always very rational, everything has a reason and everybody has a self-serving motive, nothing is left to chance. This book, however, plays by different rules. The story starts with a love affair that goes on and on, and more than halfway through the book I had to double-check if the author is actually Christie because no one had been killed yet. In itself, it was actually quite good, the characters were interesting, and they even went through some psychological development, which is not very typical for AC books. Sadly, however, the end was somewhat disappointing.
(*Mild spoilers ahead!*)
First, maybe I'm just picky but the plot device has already been used in an earlier book. I'm not saying which one but if you have read it, 'Endless Night' might be spoiled for you. Second, the main villains were identifiable long before the end (especially if you have some earlier experience with Christie's plots). I kept hoping for a surprising turn that would give me someone else to suspect but this never happened.
Also, the ending wasn't exactly coherent and rational (one might argue that it had great psychology; that's a matter of taste). If you have read Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' to the very end then you know what I mean. It also voided some of the earlier character development that had been the most interesting part of the book for me. All in all, if you look for a nice analytical exercise for one's mind that her books usually offer, it's a letdown (hence my 3 stars).
If you are OK with a psychological thriller, this book might be for you. However, there are many other writers that know the psychological crime genre better, so I still can't recommend this book whole-heartedly, unless you're specifically interested in everything that Dame Agatha offers.
Rating:
Summary: Not your typical Christie
Review: I have read 30+ Agatha Christie novels and most of them share the same structure:
1) Murder occurs
2) Introduction of main characters, one of whom is the murderer
3) (This one takes up the bulk of the book) conversations with characters that reveal different clues.
4) Glorious finale where everything is explained and the villain is caught, usually with a clever twist that I cannot foresee most of the times.
And it is always very rational, everything has a reason and everybody has a self-serving motive, nothing is left to chance. This book, however, plays by different rules. The story starts with a love affair that goes on and on, and more than halfway through the book I had to double-check if the author is actually Christie because no one had been killed yet. In itself, it was actually quite good, the characters were interesting, and they even went through some psychological development, which is not very typical for AC books. Sadly, however, the end was somewhat disappointing.
(*Mild spoilers ahead!*)
First, maybe I'm just picky but the plot device has already been used in an earlier book. I'm not saying which one but if you have read it, 'Endless Night' might be spoiled for you. Second, the main villains were identifiable long before the end (especially if you have some earlier experience with Christie's plots). I kept hoping for a surprising turn that would give me someone else to suspect but this never happened.
Also, the ending wasn't exactly coherent and rational (one might argue that it had great psychology; that's a matter of taste). If you have read Leo Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' to the very end then you know what I mean. It also voided some of the earlier character development that had been the most interesting part of the book for me. All in all, if you look for a nice analytical exercise for one's mind that her books usually offer, it's a letdown (hence my 3 stars).
If you are OK with a psychological thriller, this book might be for you. However, there are many other writers that know the psychological crime genre better, so I still can't recommend this book whole-heartedly, unless you're specifically interested in everything that Dame Agatha offers.
Rating: 
Summary: One of the best
Review: I have read every Agatha Christie novel, and rank this book as one of the elite 3 or 4 (Along with Ackroyd, Orient Express, 10 Little Indians). The ending of her novels usually make or break them for me, and the ending to this book was unexpected and superior. This is one of the few books that gave me that "spine-chilling" sensation that I wish I experienced during the reading of all mystery novels. Excellent!
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Summary: Vintage Agatha
Review: I just finished an Agatha Christie and it feels so nice everytime I pick up and finish one of her books. It's an awesome feeling that knows no bounds. Reading "Endless Night" was a rollercoaster experience. The title is taken from William Blake's poem and is as eerie as the story. The action takes place on Gipsy's Acre - a land cursed by the gypsies, where deaths and paranormal activities is an every-day routine. Enters a young man Michael Rogers who dreams of building a house there - poor to the core in search of his dream being fulfilled. Then he encounters on Ellie - a young heiress and falls in love - towards his destiny and dream of livinh happily ever after. But
will their happy life be long lived at the cursed land? Will they see the dawn of light or be lost forever in Endless night? Read it and love it the way I did!
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Summary: Do not read these reviews!
Review: I must be very careful with what I say for fear of ruining this book or possibly other Agatha Christie's for you. The reviews that are here have the potential to spoil more than one great mystery of hers. I suggest not reading any of the reviews on this page. Look simply at the average star rating for this book and go off of that. To give you what you're looking for without comparing this book with others, I found Endless Night to be a fantastic mystery. It is the only Christie that I have read more than once. It's wonderfully creepy, although not a traditional "murder mystery." A few very well placed surprises catch you off your guard and make this one of the most original books she's written. I highly recommend it. I also recommend that you move on to another web page. You've got to be careful when reading reviews of mysteries. Someone's bound to say too much, which is the case here. I strongly, STRONGLY urge you to read no further in these critiques.
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