When I had decided to pick this book up for reading, I accidentally read somewhere about who the killer was. All my suspense was ruined but still, I enjoyed reading Agatha Christie's best crime fiction novel. Thank you for making this video.
Fortunately you don’t need to read the Kindle from beginning to end. Indeed she was a queen, Agatha Christie. That’s why we can reread her several times.
So Dame Agatha led you up the garden path!😹 I love her and had read everything she had written by my early 20’s. It’s fun to reread them and see how she places the clues. She said she had so much fun writing the doctor’s sister that she turned her into Miss Marple. Her second husband was an archaeologist and she worked on digs with him. She tells about her experiences in a book called Come, Tell Me How You Live. Deb
Wonderful! Christie is my Favorite mystery writer of all time! Poirot is the most interesting character! Roger Ackroyd was my first introduction to Christie. Enjoy reading more of her wonderful works. Miss Marple is also a delightful series.
I was on the edge of my seat for most of the video, after you said at 2:54 that you're gonna be revealing who the murder is, ready to (hopefully) switch off the video before I would hear that! 😁 I was pretty sure that you were kidding - but you never know! Seriously, though, thanks for not spoiling this, or any of the other books you talk about. That's one of the reasons I enjoy your videos so much.
Assumption can be our greatest enemy. Never trust a thing that is accepted as true but without any proof. Characters in the story made a lot of assumptions that were absolutely meaningless and useless to the inquest. And we, as the readers of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, also assume something that is incorrect while reading this particular novel. Agatha Christie had taught us an important lesson of Assumption. Fascinating...
Well, I just finished reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd this evening, and you were right. “I was like, WHAT??” Wow. Me, too. Thanks for the great recommendation.
That eBay edition is lovely! Poor so and so, he gets blamed for so much. I like how you said the answer was hidden in place sight, that’s exactly why I love this one so much! It’s so well crafted.
Another very unusual and surprising ending Agatha Christie novel is Murder on the Orient Express, another Poirot Tale. I was 16 when the movie came out. My parents went to see it and told me, "You will never guess who the killer was." I thought about the TV commercial for the movie which had run over and over for months and, based on their question, put 2 and 2 together and told them who the murderer was. They looked at each other and I am sure they were thinking, what the heck is wrong with this kid? On occasion, I get things right. Thanks for the review. I have been planning to read Ackroyd the next time I run into it. And yes, I already knew the ending. I can name about a dozen great vintage thrillers with the same sort of ending (plus one recent bestseller), but I will not be a spoiler tonight.
Fascinating. I haven't read this, though I remember reading a couple of her books when I was much younger (I didn't really enjoy them very much, but there was a short story of sorts about a seance that was weird and not exactly what she's usually known for)... But ..makes you wonder why it had to be an introduction in this edition of yorus and not...an afterword! I often do skip that sort of material at least to start with, because much is given away, and sometimes if the author himself writes the introduction, it predisposes me to think a certain way about that person, which isn't always helpful. I find myself reading them more now though, especially as we like to put a fair amount of background material into the Chrononauts podcast.
I am the same way with a book. I have to read every page of it. That introduction is brutal for people like us 😅 from the few Christie novels I have read, this one is was one of the better ones, I thought. But being far from an Agatha Christie expert I'm not the best to comment. I may have to give this one a reread as well.
Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie is awesome! It is part of her Miss Marple series. I read her books as a palate cleanser between books! I am glad you liked your book. I am reading one Agatha Christie book a month. I am also reading Nero Wolf books by Rex Stout. Have you read any of his books?
That made me laugh for you to say you couldn’t skip the intro. It’s such a Monk kind of quirk (I don’t mean that in a bad way, but it’s just humorous).
I'm the same way, I must read every thing acknowledgements, introduction, and whatever. Though I have never read an Agatha Christie book. LoL great acting there. You should read all your books that way. Great video. 👍 Can't wait till Mythos Monday. When you read Monday. Read like you were acting earlier. 😁
And Then There Were None is a good standalone too. No series detective. It's a classic setup that's been copied a thousand times since. Holds up, too. She's astringent, sardonic, and good. For the forced trade reading, you can perhaps promote your mystery-reading friend one of Robert E. Howard's fine works.
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When I had decided to pick this book up for reading, I accidentally read somewhere about who the killer was. All my suspense was ruined but still, I enjoyed reading Agatha Christie's best crime fiction novel. Thank you for making this video.
You are so very welcome! I appreciate you watching!
Fortunately you don’t need to read the Kindle from beginning to end.
Indeed she was a queen, Agatha Christie. That’s why we can reread her several times.
I was all set to call her overrated! She sure showed me!
So Dame Agatha led you up the garden path!😹 I love her and had read everything she had written by my early 20’s. It’s fun to reread them and see how she places the clues. She said she had so much fun writing the doctor’s sister that she turned her into Miss Marple. Her second husband was an archaeologist and she worked on digs with him. She tells about her experiences in a book called Come, Tell Me How You Live. Deb
I’m glad I still have so many books from her to read! I was really impressed with this one
Its quite clever and I didn’t guess who the murderer was! Bravo, Christie!
Wonderful! Christie is my Favorite mystery writer of all time! Poirot is the most interesting character! Roger Ackroyd was my first introduction to Christie. Enjoy reading more of her wonderful works. Miss Marple is also a delightful series.
I think I’ll go through the Poirot books first. I rather like him.
I was on the edge of my seat for most of the video, after you said at 2:54 that you're gonna be revealing who the murder is, ready to (hopefully) switch off the video before I would hear that! 😁
I was pretty sure that you were kidding - but you never know!
Seriously, though, thanks for not spoiling this, or any of the other books you talk about. That's one of the reasons I enjoy your videos so much.
Assumption can be our greatest enemy. Never trust a thing that is accepted as true but without any proof. Characters in the story made a lot of assumptions that were absolutely meaningless and useless to the inquest. And we, as the readers of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, also assume something that is incorrect while reading this particular novel. Agatha Christie had taught us an important lesson of Assumption. Fascinating...
Well, I just finished reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd this evening, and you were right. “I was like, WHAT??” Wow. Me, too. Thanks for the great recommendation.
You are so welcome, my friend! Glad you enjoyed it!
That eBay edition is lovely! Poor so and so, he gets blamed for so much. I like how you said the answer was hidden in place sight, that’s exactly why I love this one so much! It’s so well crafted.
It really was a great book! I wish I had read that introduction first! It was so much better knowing who did it.
Another very unusual and surprising ending Agatha Christie novel is Murder on the Orient Express, another Poirot Tale. I was 16 when the movie came out. My parents went to see it and told me, "You will never guess who the killer was." I thought about the TV commercial for the movie which had run over and over for months and, based on their question, put 2 and 2 together and told them who the murderer was. They looked at each other and I am sure they were thinking, what the heck is wrong with this kid? On occasion, I get things right. Thanks for the review. I have been planning to read Ackroyd the next time I run into it. And yes, I already knew the ending. I can name about a dozen great vintage thrillers with the same sort of ending (plus one recent bestseller), but I will not be a spoiler tonight.
I did the same sort of double-take and double-read when I read Lovecraft's "The Outsider."
Fascinating. I haven't read this, though I remember reading a couple of her books when I was much younger (I didn't really enjoy them very much, but there was a short story of sorts about a seance that was weird and not exactly what she's usually known for)...
But ..makes you wonder why it had to be an introduction in this edition of yorus and not...an afterword!
I often do skip that sort of material at least to start with, because much is given away, and sometimes if the author himself writes the introduction, it predisposes me to think a certain way about that person, which isn't always helpful.
I find myself reading them more now though, especially as we like to put a fair amount of background material into the Chrononauts podcast.
An afterword would have been a lot better!
Have you read any of the Nero Wolfe books, by Rex Stout?
I haven’t but I know I need to. I have been hearing good things about those books forever.
I am the same way with a book. I have to read every page of it. That introduction is brutal for people like us 😅 from the few Christie novels I have read, this one is was one of the better ones, I thought. But being far from an Agatha Christie expert I'm not the best to comment. I may have to give this one a reread as well.
I really wish I had just read the introduction first! That book was so much better knowing who did it.
Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie is awesome! It is part of her Miss Marple series. I read her books as a palate cleanser between books! I am glad you liked your book. I am reading one Agatha Christie book a month. I am also reading Nero Wolf books by Rex Stout. Have you read any of his books?
I read a few Nero Wolf books years ago: I should run through that series! Thanks for watching!
That made me laugh for you to say you couldn’t skip the intro. It’s such a Monk kind of quirk (I don’t mean that in a bad way, but it’s just humorous).
LOL, you had me laughing. Love Agatha Christie.
I'm sorry I passed the book OCD affliction to you! I'm the same way..page one through to the ending. Every time, every book. Please accept my apology.
Ha! That’s okay!
This sounds fun. I’ll need to try a good mystery some day.
I really liked this one. I was really shocked! No wonder people love her books. I owe Gina for getting me to pick this one up.
A great mystery
It certainly took me by surprise.
I'm the same way, I must read every thing acknowledgements, introduction, and whatever. Though I have never read an Agatha Christie book.
LoL great acting there. You should read all your books that way.
Great video. 👍
Can't wait till Mythos Monday. When you read Monday. Read like you were acting earlier. 😁
I will be sure to ham it up on Monday!
Roger Ackroyd is my absolute favorite Christie.
It’s pretty impressive!
Have you read the Tom Ripley series by Patricia Highsmith? I feel like you would enjoy them.
I have a copy of the first book. I should read that!
You’ve got to read And Then There Were None!
And Then There Were None is a good standalone too. No series detective. It's a classic setup that's been copied a thousand times since. Holds up, too. She's astringent, sardonic, and good. For the forced trade reading, you can perhaps promote your mystery-reading friend one of Robert E. Howard's fine works.
The Shadow won !! How could it ??????? 😥😥😥😥😥
Because he’s The Shadow! Never seen...only heard! As haunting to superstitious minds as a ghost! As inevitable as a guilty conscience!
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 hmmmm hmmmm
You ought to read And Then There Were None
I should! And I will eventually.
How boring.........