The Gist
In a small town in England, a woman commits suicide. This woman, named Mrs. Ferrars, was rumored to have poisoned her husband in the past year. Her new suitor, Roger Ackroyd, is quite distressed over her passing and invites Dr. Sheppard (the narrator) to dinner to discuss her death, and her life. After Dr. Sheppard leaves, and returns home, he receives a call informing him that Roger Ackroyd has been murdered. Now he embarks on a hunt to find the killer. Was it Ackroyd”s nephew? Perhaps his sister-in-law, or his sister-in-law’s daughter? The butler? And how does the mysterious neighbor fit into all this?
What We Think
What We Think
Reviewed by Living Destiny
Number of Pages: 288
That was an over dramatic gist. I know. But i felt it necessary since I’m GOING OLD SCHOOL! Seriously though, Agatha Christie is the mother of mystery. There is no room for argument here. Not only did she invent it, she is the best author to ever write it. Ever. I’ve only read one of her books and I know this. Don’t even try to disagree I’ll shoot you down so fast it won’t even be funny.
This book was pretty amazing. One of the librarians at my school suggested I read it and since I’m a sucker for a good mystery I decided to read it. I was so sucked in I read the whole thing (241 pages) in one day. It’s that good. The characters are all mysterious and interesting, and the plot is pretty different from modern mystery plots, so it was intriguing. Some of the language used is a little difficult to understand, but then the book was published in 1926, so that’s excusable. I loved how all the little stories of all the characters somehow meshed into the bigger picture. I also liked how the main detective was so clever and insightful. He pretty much knew everything there was to know about the mystery before the book was halfway finished (but he wasn’t narrating, he was helping, so the book continued.) In fact he says, quite frequently, ‘it is useless to conceal things from Hercule Poirot.’ The best part of the whole book was the major plot twist. It is just more proof that Agatha Christie is the goddess of mystery. In modern mystery books, I literally never fall for the plot twist. I can always figure out what will happen. At the end of this book, I was shocked. Christie’s story grabbed me, entranced me, then chewed me up and spit me out, and I had no idea what was coming. It was awesome!!! This book was incredible and I am going to look for more Agatha Christie books at the library (as soon as I can find my card.)
Real Teen Rating~ A+: Why are you still reading this, go buy this book now!
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