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The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
3.0

I'm not really a mystery fan, and I haven't read any Christie before, but she takes up so much shelf space at the local library that I thought I had to give her a go.

It was actually quite enjoyable. I didn't suspect the end, which was nice - even if I did get a bit muddled in the little details. (I'm more of a theme and language girl myself.) I suspect that's what most mysteries boil down to, little details, so I'll have to pay more attention in future. What I liked most was actually the character of Poirot - I got far more of a sense of him as a person than I did of the actual narrator, and considering that the book was told in the first person I'm not quite sure if that's a success for the author or not.

Still. I think I'll try another of hers in future.