Book: The Murder on the Links

 

Can you say convoluted chaos? The second in the Hercule Poirot series follows the Belgian detective as he travels to France with Captain Hastings. I've read this book, skimmed it, and then looked up the plot summary online and I'm still struggling to tell you what happened. What did happen? Way too many murder mystery tropes! Black mail? Check. False Identities? Check. Twins? Check. Kidnapping? Check. A son getting disinherited? Check. Now if you would like a plot summary, I will not do that this time since to summarize what happens would take 6 paragraphs. So, I encourage you to look it up on Wikipedia or just read this 228-page book.

 

My thoughts:

I am a big fan of murder mysteries and a fan of Agatha Christie however I'm not crazy about this particular work of hers. It felt like she tried to put too much in a small book to the point where one couldn't keep the facts straight unless you drew a chart of some kind. There was the main plot then two subplots and I feel like that's too much for 200 pages. The first time I read it I was reeling but the second time I was less confused, and it made a little bit more sense. In my opinion you shouldn't have to read a book twice just to find out who the murderer is. Still the writing style was nice, and the tempo was steady until the end where everything happened at once. One thing to keep in mind is that this book is a product of its time (Christie loves to say ejaculated instead of exclaimed or blurted out).

I rate this book 3 out of 5 stars (or cats🐈🐈🐈).


Kat K out-


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