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Ordeal by Innocence by Agatha Christie
2.0

I hate to say this but I'm feeling quite disappointed with this book.

The premise really got me excited and intrigued but it might be the only thing I like about it. A mother/wife was murdered and one of her adopted sons, Jacko Argyle who eventually died while serving his sentence. Two years too late came Arthur Calgary and he provided and alibi for Jacko which proves that Jacko definitely didn't commit the murder. So, who did it?

In true Agatha Christie fashion, there are several suspect which I love. I like having a bunch of people to let my suspicion jumps around as I read.

What bothers me was that there wasn't a strong investigator voice. There were things and the characters' annoying point of views (for example, adopted children don't belong to their adoptive families) kept repeating in the book.

Anyways, the ending/reveal just got be really annoyed and was quite anti-climatic :/ I'm sad to say that I had to give this a 2 stars. I'm looking forward to watch the TV adaptation and see if it's better that way lol.