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D??i?lerinde gelecek vaat eden sayg?n bir diplomat?n kar?s? olan Clarissa s¨¹rekli d¨¹? kurmakta, varsay?mlar ¨¹retmektedir. Yine bir g¨¹n, ¡°A?a??ya indi?imde k¨¹t¨¹phanede bir ceset bulursam ne yapar?m?¡± diye d¨¹?¨¹n¨¹r. Ve sonunda ne yapaca??n? g?rme ?ans?n? yakalar, bir ceset bulur¡ hem de evinin salonunda. Onu ortadan kald?rma ?abas? i?inde, evindeki konuklardan kendisine destek vermelerini ve su? orta?? olmalar?n? ister. Ancak tam da cesedi yok edip, katili ara?t?rma ?abalar?na giri?tikleri s?rada bir polis m¨¹fetti?i ??kagelir ve bu gizem dolu olaylar?n ba?lang?c? olur.
¡°Kendimi giderek artan bir sab?rs?zl?kla sayfalar? ?evirirken buldum¡¡±
David Robson, Sunday Telegraph
¡°Kendimi giderek artan bir sab?rs?zl?kla sayfalar? ?evirirken buldum¡¡±
David Robson, Sunday Telegraph
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First published September 4, 2000
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Agatha Christie
5,185?books71.2k?followersAgatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (n¨¦e Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
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Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (n¨¦e Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.
This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.
Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
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October 18, 2015
This book is a lie. Call me old fashioned , but usually, you would be correct in assuming that when an author's name is splayed out over the front cover, that said author wrote this book, right?
Well obviously not.
I picked up this book with the naive assumption that Agatha Christie, Hailed Queen of the Crime Genre Past, Present and Future, engineered this novel.
After about one chapter, I knew this wasn't the case.
Let's create a small analogy to convey my surprise in realising that this novel was an adaption:
Agatha Christie's masterpieces are chocolate lava cake. Explosive. Rich. Intense.
This adaption was the flourless sultana version- the kind of 'healthy' substitute you'd eat on a diet.
On its own, not a horrifically offending mystery.
But please.
One does not simply 'adapt' Agatha Christie.
End of story.
Well obviously not.
I picked up this book with the naive assumption that Agatha Christie, Hailed Queen of the Crime Genre Past, Present and Future, engineered this novel.
After about one chapter, I knew this wasn't the case.
Let's create a small analogy to convey my surprise in realising that this novel was an adaption:
Agatha Christie's masterpieces are chocolate lava cake. Explosive. Rich. Intense.
This adaption was the flourless sultana version- the kind of 'healthy' substitute you'd eat on a diet.
On its own, not a horrifically offending mystery.
But please.
One does not simply 'adapt' Agatha Christie.
End of story.
June 10, 2022
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November 6, 2024
Ok, so this is a novelization of one of Christie's plays.
Sometimes those work out, sometimes they don't. Personally, I thought this translated pretty well into a decent read. Or in my case, a decent listen.
Everything takes place in the home of the diplomat Henry Brown & his wife, Clarissa.
The setup is that Henry was divorced several years ago, and his young daughter lives with him and his new wife. Clarissa is incredibly protective of her stepdaughter, who has suffered quite a bit at the hands of her mother's addiction and her mother's boyfriend.
Ok.
After Henry leaves to meet an important and unnamed head of government, all hell breaks loose in the house.
Along with the houseguests they already have, an unwanted visitor pays Clarissa a visit and threatens her and the safety of her stepdaughter.
And then promptly ends up dead.
Whodunnit?
As far as these novelizations go, I'd say this is my favorite. Not just the plot, but the characters themselves. I really loved Clarissa.
That gal had smarts and spunk!
And for once, Christie wrote a part for a good mother.
Recommended.
Sometimes those work out, sometimes they don't. Personally, I thought this translated pretty well into a decent read. Or in my case, a decent listen.
Everything takes place in the home of the diplomat Henry Brown & his wife, Clarissa.
The setup is that Henry was divorced several years ago, and his young daughter lives with him and his new wife. Clarissa is incredibly protective of her stepdaughter, who has suffered quite a bit at the hands of her mother's addiction and her mother's boyfriend.
Ok.
After Henry leaves to meet an important and unnamed head of government, all hell breaks loose in the house.
Along with the houseguests they already have, an unwanted visitor pays Clarissa a visit and threatens her and the safety of her stepdaughter.
And then promptly ends up dead.
Whodunnit?
As far as these novelizations go, I'd say this is my favorite. Not just the plot, but the characters themselves. I really loved Clarissa.
That gal had smarts and spunk!
And for once, Christie wrote a part for a good mother.
Recommended.
December 27, 2021
Libro entretenido que es una novelizaci¨®n de Charles Osborne de una obra de teatro de A. Christie.
El libro se situa en una mansi¨®n o casa de campo donde una mujer joven, Clarissa, con una gran imaginaci¨®n para crear historias para su uso y disfrute, (poniendo muchas veces en un compromiso a sus amistades) descubre un cadaver en su casa, concretamente en la biblioteca (gui?o a otra obra de A. Christie) justo antes de una visita importante y empieza el l¨ªo.
Se van conformando una serie de mentiras (una red de telara?as) para ocultar la verdad a la polic¨ªa la cual, debido a un chivatazo se presentan en la casa por sorpresa.
7/10
El libro se situa en una mansi¨®n o casa de campo donde una mujer joven, Clarissa, con una gran imaginaci¨®n para crear historias para su uso y disfrute, (poniendo muchas veces en un compromiso a sus amistades) descubre un cadaver en su casa, concretamente en la biblioteca (gui?o a otra obra de A. Christie) justo antes de una visita importante y empieza el l¨ªo.
Se van conformando una serie de mentiras (una red de telara?as) para ocultar la verdad a la polic¨ªa la cual, debido a un chivatazo se presentan en la casa por sorpresa.
7/10
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February 23, 2019
Bicu lenj pa cu samo copy/paste opis za drugu knjizicu :P Lenj sam.
"Pozorisna predtava Agate Kristi pretocena u roman od strane Carlsa Ozborna.
Vidim da ima puno zalbi da se knige na cita kao da je pislala Agata, da nije dovoljno dobra itd. E sada moguce da je do prevoda ali meni licno nista nije bolo oci i da mi je neo rekao da je to sama spisateljica napisalapoverovao bi mu.
Sem toga ovo je manje vise klasicna Agata prica i meni je bila zabavna za citanje i prepoucio bi dalje. U detalje necu ulaziti da ne kvarimo misteriju.
Cheers"
"Pozorisna predtava Agate Kristi pretocena u roman od strane Carlsa Ozborna.
Vidim da ima puno zalbi da se knige na cita kao da je pislala Agata, da nije dovoljno dobra itd. E sada moguce da je do prevoda ali meni licno nista nije bolo oci i da mi je neo rekao da je to sama spisateljica napisalapoverovao bi mu.
Sem toga ovo je manje vise klasicna Agata prica i meni je bila zabavna za citanje i prepoucio bi dalje. U detalje necu ulaziti da ne kvarimo misteriju.
Cheers"
June 24, 2018
Very tight and clever mystery - I am becoming a huge Agatha Christie fan - she is a word surgeon who always operates on the corpus delicti with efficient and swift skill.
May 9, 2019
Another of Christie¡¯s stage plays novelised by Osborne.
Clarissa always wonders what she would do if she came across a dead in the library, it seems her wish has come true as she finds one in the drawing room!
I liked that Osborne sticks rigidly to the original play, so didn¡¯t mind that the opening quarter of the book was more of a scene setter.
Once the plot really kicks in, it¡¯s easy to be swept along.
I think this has been my favourite of the three play novels.
Clarissa always wonders what she would do if she came across a dead in the library, it seems her wish has come true as she finds one in the drawing room!
I liked that Osborne sticks rigidly to the original play, so didn¡¯t mind that the opening quarter of the book was more of a scene setter.
Once the plot really kicks in, it¡¯s easy to be swept along.
I think this has been my favourite of the three play novels.
October 11, 2021
Novelizaci¨®n de una obra teatral de Agatha Christie. Divertida y ligera.
No est¨¢ nada mal, aunque me gustan m¨¢s las novelas de la autora.
3,5?
No est¨¢ nada mal, aunque me gustan m¨¢s las novelas de la autora.
3,5?
November 17, 2020
3,5/5
Esta es la novelizaci¨®n de la obra de teatro m¨¢s famosa de Agatha Christie por Charles Osborne. Es una novela muy divertida gracias a su protagonista Clarissa, una mujer casada con mucha imaginaci¨®n.
En esta novela todo ocurre en un d¨ªa en que Clarissa tiene invitados en su casa de campo, resulta que se encuentra un cad¨¢ver en el sal¨®n y decide pedir ayuda a sus invitados para deshacerse de el, ya que su marido est¨¢ por llegar con una importante pol¨ªtico......Hugo, Jeremy y Sir Roland(su tutor) trataran de ayudar a Clarissa en sus maquinaciones pero la situaci¨®n se les va a complicar un poco....
Esta es la novelizaci¨®n de la obra de teatro m¨¢s famosa de Agatha Christie por Charles Osborne. Es una novela muy divertida gracias a su protagonista Clarissa, una mujer casada con mucha imaginaci¨®n.
En esta novela todo ocurre en un d¨ªa en que Clarissa tiene invitados en su casa de campo, resulta que se encuentra un cad¨¢ver en el sal¨®n y decide pedir ayuda a sus invitados para deshacerse de el, ya que su marido est¨¢ por llegar con una importante pol¨ªtico......Hugo, Jeremy y Sir Roland(su tutor) trataran de ayudar a Clarissa en sus maquinaciones pero la situaci¨®n se les va a complicar un poco....
July 18, 2022
La telara?a es una novelizaci¨®n de una obra teatral de ?gatha Christie. La novelizaci¨®n va a cargo de Charles Osborne, que es la ¨²nica persona en el mundo con permiso para publicar en nombre de la autora.
Si busc¨¢is en google os saldr¨¢ como Charles Osborne un se?or que estuvo 68 a?os con hipo. Pues ese no es, es otro?
Es una lectura super¨¢gil, yo lo devor¨¦ en d¨ªas. Se trata de un libro muy corto y tambi¨¦n muy entretenido.
Nos encontramos todo el rato en em mismo escenario y los personajes son pocos, pero eso no nos libra de que la trama vaya enroscandose y dando vueltas.
Mantiene la intriga durante toda la lectura, hasta que se resuelve el misterio sorprendiendo a cualquiera.
Tiene escenas incluso divertidas. Vaya, que lo tiene todo. Por eso nuestra querida ?gatha es la reina del misterio.
Si busc¨¢is en google os saldr¨¢ como Charles Osborne un se?or que estuvo 68 a?os con hipo. Pues ese no es, es otro?
Es una lectura super¨¢gil, yo lo devor¨¦ en d¨ªas. Se trata de un libro muy corto y tambi¨¦n muy entretenido.
Nos encontramos todo el rato en em mismo escenario y los personajes son pocos, pero eso no nos libra de que la trama vaya enroscandose y dando vueltas.
Mantiene la intriga durante toda la lectura, hasta que se resuelve el misterio sorprendiendo a cualquiera.
Tiene escenas incluso divertidas. Vaya, que lo tiene todo. Por eso nuestra querida ?gatha es la reina del misterio.
September 30, 2023
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October 14, 2018
Ortada bir cinayet ve ceset vard?r. Ancak i? o kadar da basit de?il. ??in i?inde birden fazla s?r ve gizem vard?r. Agatha Christie benim i?in ustal???n? bir daha g?stermi?tir.
October 21, 2020
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May 31, 2009
This book started out as an Agatha Christie play, and decades later was adapted to book form by Charles Osbourne. First things first, to get it off my chest, this book reads much like a play. Set in one main scene, in a single timeframe (a night), and heavily (and I mean heavily!) dialogue driven it feels like you are reading the play script.
Once you get past that fact, you get a very short and very average Agatha Christie mystery. The story, once you get passed the first 50 pages reads relatively quickly and ties you in, and you get glued into reading it. However the pay-off at the end is kinda a let down. It's very watered down Christie.
The Characters apart from the lead are very bland, and you never really care one piece about them. The lead (which reading the liner notes that go with the book, the play was written for, at her request so she could show her funny side), Clarissa is mildly entertaining and can be very humorous , but still feels very one-sided. I'm sure this is perfectly acceptable in the play but I expected in a novel adaption for more to be added to the characters (and the plot for that sake).
If your a hardcore Agatha Christie fan (like me), you will read this book and enjoy it. It will take you an afternoon or less to get through, and its just one more Christie to devour. Just don't think it's going to live anywhere up to any of her novels.
Once you get past that fact, you get a very short and very average Agatha Christie mystery. The story, once you get passed the first 50 pages reads relatively quickly and ties you in, and you get glued into reading it. However the pay-off at the end is kinda a let down. It's very watered down Christie.
The Characters apart from the lead are very bland, and you never really care one piece about them. The lead (which reading the liner notes that go with the book, the play was written for, at her request so she could show her funny side), Clarissa is mildly entertaining and can be very humorous , but still feels very one-sided. I'm sure this is perfectly acceptable in the play but I expected in a novel adaption for more to be added to the characters (and the plot for that sake).
If your a hardcore Agatha Christie fan (like me), you will read this book and enjoy it. It will take you an afternoon or less to get through, and its just one more Christie to devour. Just don't think it's going to live anywhere up to any of her novels.
August 5, 2019
Originally written as a play, it has been novelized by Charles Osborne. This is an interesting murder mystery centered on delightful character of Clarissa. Being a philatelist, I loved the plot since it centers around a philatelic rarity. Quite fast paced, the plot is made interesting by the various scenarios played by Clarissa. Great read
December 12, 2019
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September 28, 2016
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practise to deceive! (Sir Walter Scott)
The irony of Spider¡¯s Web, of course, is that our plucky heroine, the pretty, clever Clarissa Hailsham-Brown, only gets into trouble when she tries to tell the truth. An inveterate prankster, Clarissa is used to spinning tales and being believed. What makes things difficult is when Clarissa actually does stumble onto a dead body in the drawing-room. Then the ingenious Clarissa springs into action.
To say any more would be to spoil this short novel, which first appeared as a play in 1954, but was turned into a novel by Charles Osborne and published in 2000. Let¡¯s just say that there are plenty of twists and turns and that I was caught completely by surprise by the ending. Even without either Hercules Poirot or Jane Marple, Spider¡¯s Web has to rank amongst the most charming of Agatha Christie¡¯s works.
If you have the chance to enjoy Hugh Fraser reading this work on Audible, don¡¯t pass it up. And special thanks to Claire Wilson, who brought this book to my attention.
November 19, 2024
2024 - I think I might have listened to a different version this time as I really didn't find the story clunky at all.
I absolutely picked up more on the comedy on this listen, too.
Clarissa is a bored Whitehall wife, and she longs for drama and excitement, but I think this is a case of being careful what you wish for...
2022 - A fun mystery that you could tell was not a Christie novel but a play.
It cluncked along, at rather an odd pace, filled with odd characters but with a great mystery threaded through it.
I'd love to see it on stage, but I was left disappointed by the book.
3 stars.
I absolutely picked up more on the comedy on this listen, too.
Clarissa is a bored Whitehall wife, and she longs for drama and excitement, but I think this is a case of being careful what you wish for...
2022 - A fun mystery that you could tell was not a Christie novel but a play.
It cluncked along, at rather an odd pace, filled with odd characters but with a great mystery threaded through it.
I'd love to see it on stage, but I was left disappointed by the book.
3 stars.
June 9, 2018
K?sa s¨¹rede okunan, ak?c? bir hikayeydi. Zaten anlad???m kadar?yla asl?nda oyun olarak oynan?yor. Katili tahmin etmek zor de?il ama ben okurken kurguya dal?p d¨¹?¨¹nmedim bile. Ger?ekten elinize ald???n?z gibi bitirebilece?iniz bir kitap diyebilirim.
July 5, 2015
It keeps you guessing to the end!
April 6, 2024
Entertaining relationship listening
This kindle e-book novel is from my Kindle Unlimited account
DNF
This is a play by Agatha Christie. This was not for me.
I would recommend that you give it a try. 2024
This kindle e-book novel is from my Kindle Unlimited account
DNF
This is a play by Agatha Christie. This was not for me.
I would recommend that you give it a try. 2024
August 28, 2020
I thought this was a really fun mystery from Christie/Osbourne, very lighthearted. The main character - Clarissa Hailsham-Brown - was written really well. The story was good, and a satisfying ending.
March 1, 2022
For a while, I have been thinking about how to tell you all of my feelings on this book. At first, I didn't think the book was worthy of a review because there's not much to be said about it, but today I woke up and realized that the book that made me angry the whole way through (aside from the very beginning) deserves at least a mini-review. Here's a list of all the reasons I didn't like this:
1. The main character, Clarissa, whom we are supposed to like, is very annoying. She has almost no personality aside from liking to tell lies all the time and then being shocked when people don't believe her when she tells the truth. What did she expect? I know it's supposed to be a part of her character arc, but at the end of the book, she remained rather immature and frivolous, so obviously I never enjoyed reading about this person.
2. Her two male friends serve only as comic relief characters and "male friend" cliches.
3. Her third male friend, Jeremy, is such an obvious villain that it's unbelievable, even if this weren't an Agatha Christie novel. Also, his motive is senseless. He killed the rich guy and then threatened to kill both Clarissa and the nine-year-old child she takes care of for money, although he's already rich. I understand the lust for more money, but I don't think it's worth three murders.
4. Speaking of the rich guy, Oliver, he's every jerk father figure cliche inside of one character, conveniently like that so that the plot could move along easily and that there would be more suspects because he's simply that despicable.
5. I wish that Miranda, Oliver's wife, had shown up at some point in the story. She's only talked about when the plot demands it, so we never get to see her perspective or anything of her personality outside of those stories, and for not only Oliver's wife but also the mother of Philippa (the child), she's a strangely unimportant character.
6. Philippa isn't a convincing child character. The arc of the spider's web is the best she (and Clarissa) get, but aside from that, she's merely annoying comic relief. She keeps on saying that she's hungry and complaining about school and stuff, and I would have expected a bigger spark of life from a nine-year-old.
7. Every attempt at humour falls flat. I've already talked about the comic relief characters, and we could also say that Clarissa is one of them with her "quirky" untrue stories, but there's also a recurring theme about Jones being a cliche surname, and that's all for humour, which makes it seem like there was no effort put into it.
8. The book contains no prose whatsoever. Only the speech tags from the play remain, but with "X said" from time to time instead of "X:" I could never imagine anything. I never got a sense of setting. I couldn't tell you what a single room in the house looks like. It's obvious that Charles Osborne took advantage of the fact that Christie was senile at the time (hence all the books from that era having bad reception and this being written terribly for sure, so now I know that all of it must have been deserved) to make some money, but when you adapt a play into the written form, you do what was done with the plays of writers like Shakespeare, Wilde, etc. and simply transcribe the dialogue, stage directions, introductions and all that stuff. It's that easy!
9. I've read solely one Christie novel aside from Spider's Web, The Murder on Orient Express, but I know that she could do so much better than this, and that is also seen in the police investigations and the final gathered evidence. In the latter, the investigations are done carefully and every little clue matters, but in the former, the investigations don't really matter and there is barely any evidence. The final unravelling is simply Jeremy explaining how he came to have his stupid motive and how he managed to hit Oliver with the baseball bat while making it look like it was Philippa without being noticed. How underwhelming.
Now that I have finally cleansed myself of all these negative feelings, do I have any positive ones?
No. None. Even the length doesn't feel too right, but that's enough complaining for today. Thank you and goodbye.
1. The main character, Clarissa, whom we are supposed to like, is very annoying. She has almost no personality aside from liking to tell lies all the time and then being shocked when people don't believe her when she tells the truth. What did she expect? I know it's supposed to be a part of her character arc, but at the end of the book, she remained rather immature and frivolous, so obviously I never enjoyed reading about this person.
2. Her two male friends serve only as comic relief characters and "male friend" cliches.
3. Her third male friend, Jeremy, is such an obvious villain that it's unbelievable, even if this weren't an Agatha Christie novel. Also, his motive is senseless. He killed the rich guy and then threatened to kill both Clarissa and the nine-year-old child she takes care of for money, although he's already rich. I understand the lust for more money, but I don't think it's worth three murders.
4. Speaking of the rich guy, Oliver, he's every jerk father figure cliche inside of one character, conveniently like that so that the plot could move along easily and that there would be more suspects because he's simply that despicable.
5. I wish that Miranda, Oliver's wife, had shown up at some point in the story. She's only talked about when the plot demands it, so we never get to see her perspective or anything of her personality outside of those stories, and for not only Oliver's wife but also the mother of Philippa (the child), she's a strangely unimportant character.
6. Philippa isn't a convincing child character. The arc of the spider's web is the best she (and Clarissa) get, but aside from that, she's merely annoying comic relief. She keeps on saying that she's hungry and complaining about school and stuff, and I would have expected a bigger spark of life from a nine-year-old.
7. Every attempt at humour falls flat. I've already talked about the comic relief characters, and we could also say that Clarissa is one of them with her "quirky" untrue stories, but there's also a recurring theme about Jones being a cliche surname, and that's all for humour, which makes it seem like there was no effort put into it.
8. The book contains no prose whatsoever. Only the speech tags from the play remain, but with "X said" from time to time instead of "X:" I could never imagine anything. I never got a sense of setting. I couldn't tell you what a single room in the house looks like. It's obvious that Charles Osborne took advantage of the fact that Christie was senile at the time (hence all the books from that era having bad reception and this being written terribly for sure, so now I know that all of it must have been deserved) to make some money, but when you adapt a play into the written form, you do what was done with the plays of writers like Shakespeare, Wilde, etc. and simply transcribe the dialogue, stage directions, introductions and all that stuff. It's that easy!
9. I've read solely one Christie novel aside from Spider's Web, The Murder on Orient Express, but I know that she could do so much better than this, and that is also seen in the police investigations and the final gathered evidence. In the latter, the investigations are done carefully and every little clue matters, but in the former, the investigations don't really matter and there is barely any evidence. The final unravelling is simply Jeremy explaining how he came to have his stupid motive and how he managed to hit Oliver with the baseball bat while making it look like it was Philippa without being noticed. How underwhelming.
Now that I have finally cleansed myself of all these negative feelings, do I have any positive ones?
No. None. Even the length doesn't feel too right, but that's enough complaining for today. Thank you and goodbye.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 29, 2023
OH MY GOD
March 10, 2022
Benim gibi polisiye delisi birinin ilk kez Agatha Christie okuyor olmas? ?ok garip ger?ekten. Asl?nda ilk kez mi ondan da emin de?ilim, y?llar ?nce On K¨¹?¨¹k Zenci¡¯nin ?izgi roman?n? okumu? olabilirim ama tek kelime bile hat?rlayam?yorum. O y¨¹zden bu kitaba ilk diyebiliriz. Nereden bilmiyorum ama Agatha Chrsite¡¯nin tarz?na bir kulak dolgunlu?um varm??, kitap da tam bekledi?im gibi ??kt?. Bir cinayet i?leniyor, polisler sorguya geliyor, olay? ??zd¨¹klerini d¨¹?¨¹n¨¹yorlar ama kitap bitmek ¨¹zereyken bir plot twist oluyor ve katil ba?kas? ??k?yor.
Arka kapaktaki iddiaya g?re bu kitap yazar?n ilk kez T¨¹rk?eye ?evrilen bir eseriymi?. Yani ?ok uzun de?il zaten, ak?c? ve keyifliydi.
Arka kapaktaki iddiaya g?re bu kitap yazar?n ilk kez T¨¹rk?eye ?evrilen bir eseriymi?. Yani ?ok uzun de?il zaten, ak?c? ve keyifliydi.
February 5, 2016
If you have never read an Agatha Christie story before, DO NOT READ THIS!!! This is NOT an Agatha Christie mystery novel. This reads as an amateurish fan-fic adaptation of a play - very heavy on trite, superficial dialogue, no character development, and stupid cinematic chaotic moments of idiotic actions and reactions. Clarissa is obviously a construct designed solely to play to the audience, falling prey to all the predictable pitfalls of being one of the 'weaker, vapid sex'. She continually whines that no one believes her when she does nothing but lie and for no apparent reason. The convoluted lie upon lie that unfolds is just too contrived and ridiculous to be used as a literary plot device as opposed to a more acceptable simplistic theatrical intrigue, which can be entertaining if acted well and you are feeling amenable. Only the basic plot outline and the layered lie itself sounded at all like Agatha Christie. The actual writing sounded like a high schooler's attempt to write their own murder mystery. The guilty party was fairly obvious from the beginning as you watched their initial actions in Scene One. Everyone else acted like they were recreating the Keystone Cops. Very disappointing. And with all that, I am downgrading its rating to the 1 star it deserves.
June 30, 2015
OMG. I had so much fun reading this. This is a novel adapted by one of Christie¡¯s plays. It¡¯s short and quick read. I read this during my one hour and 15 minutes flight from London to Amsterdam. I simply cannot put it down. Definitely a page-turner. (Being a Christie¡¯s fan myself, I probably be biased about this.)
I love the plot, it¡¯s simple and not complicated. The whole event took place at Clarissa¡¯s house (heck, only one part of the house). Unpredictable, as usual. (I kept thinking that the gardener is the suspect)
I love the main character, Clarissa Hailsham. She¡¯s charming, loveable and funny. I love her wittiness.
Overall, definitely worth read and I love it! (Not as good as , but I love it!)
I love the plot, it¡¯s simple and not complicated. The whole event took place at Clarissa¡¯s house (heck, only one part of the house). Unpredictable, as usual. (I kept thinking that the gardener is the suspect)
I love the main character, Clarissa Hailsham. She¡¯s charming, loveable and funny. I love her wittiness.
Overall, definitely worth read and I love it! (Not as good as , but I love it!)
April 19, 2023
Livre trouv¨¦ dans une boite ¨¤ Abel Tasman. Premi¨¨re lecture en anglais. ?a faisait longtemps que j'avais pas lu de polar.
January 20, 2019
?etvrta knjiga pro?itana 2019. godine je "Paukova mre?a" ("Spider's web" by Agatha Christie) najprije pisana kao pozori?ni komad kojeg je ?arls Ozborn pretvorio u roman. Agata je jedinstvena i neponovljiva, nije bez razloga svjetski poznata sa najve?im brojem prevedenih i ?tampanih primjeraka svojih knjiga, odmah nakon Biblije i ?ekspira. Jednostavno pisana, pitka, interesantna, pri?a, ne mo?ete ostaviti knjigu dok je cijelu ne pro?itate... Ovdje je glavna junjakinja sklona ?alama, izmi?ljanju i simpati?nim smicalicama, a onda joj je u nekoliko sati izde?ava toliko stvari da joj ni policija ni mu? ne?e povjerovati da je to istina, a ne tek jedna od njenih izmi?ljotina.
September 13, 2024
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