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There is a Tide (Hercule Poirot, #29)
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Choose Your Own Adventure!
Your name is Lynn Marchmont, and you have come home from the war. Home to your predictable village of Warmsley Vale, your predictable fiancé, your predictable little life all laid out in front of you. Once upon a time, you loved it all.
You secretly long for the war: the excitement, the medical emergencies, the thrills and the danger. Instead you must contend with your tiresome upper crust family, their sudden loss of fortune, the scheming, that strange feeling of ill-will floating around you. But do not fear, young miss! You shall see your share of excitement again - danger and passion, a thrilling life of adventure on the horizon. And a man with his head savagely pulped is surely its own sort of medical emergency.
But are such things really what you crave? Do people ever truly change? Which path shall you take?
If your way leads homeward, then choose this path to a long and quiet life, well-lived... a life full of quiet, easy murder!
If your way leads to places unknown, then choose this path to mystery and menace - enough to unhinge your mind!
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Your name is Lynn Marchmont, and you have come home from the war. Home to your predictable village of Warmsley Vale, your predictable fiancé, your predictable little life all laid out in front of you. Once upon a time, you loved it all.
You secretly long for the war: the excitement, the medical emergencies, the thrills and the danger. Instead you must contend with your tiresome upper crust family, their sudden loss of fortune, the scheming, that strange feeling of ill-will floating around you. But do not fear, young miss! You shall see your share of excitement again - danger and passion, a thrilling life of adventure on the horizon. And a man with his head savagely pulped is surely its own sort of medical emergency.
But are such things really what you crave? Do people ever truly change? Which path shall you take?
If your way leads homeward, then choose this path to a long and quiet life, well-lived... a life full of quiet, easy murder!
If your way leads to places unknown, then choose this path to mystery and menace - enough to unhinge your mind!
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Jan 13, 2014 03:07AM
Lovely review -- and of an Agatha Christie novel I've so far missed. Thanks!
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It reminds me of Goosebumps' Choose Your own Adventure series!
thanks Ivonne! except for the epilogue, this is a really good one.Idan, I used to love the Choose Your Own Adventure series. hours and hours spent within those pages.
I ordered this recently and am waiting for it to arrive!
I am really interested in hearing you weigh in on the bizarre epilogue.
I will remember to pay attention to it!
That was an amazing twist! But omg, what the eff was up with (view spoiler) Even given the sexist Olde Days that is just insane.
exactly! beyond bizarre
Miriam wrote: "That was an amazing twist! But omg, what the eff was up with [spoilers removed] Even given the sexist Olde Days that is just insane."She's just an extreme case of good girl who's looking for a bad boy. Too bad she can't see 10 years into the future and see how sorry she'll be.
I'm just hoping he calmed down and didn't find another reason to strangle her! ugh. so strange that she only found the 'good boy' more attractive than the bad one after the former tried to choke her out. double ugh! she was one of Christie's more appealing protagonists to me, except for that.
mark wrote: "I'm just hoping he calmed down and didn't find another reason to strangle her! ugh. so strange that she only found the 'good boy' more attractive than the bad one after the former tried to choke he..."I agree. Women looking for too much excitement in marriage tend to get what they wanted -- to their immense regret. My first husband was "fun" -- and completely irresponsible. I looked for an adult the second time around, and I was lucky enough to find a sweet, gentle soul. Can't ask for better than that. You can keep "danger." Give me funny and kind any day of the week.
good for you, Ivonne! danger is fun but it also can be such a headache & bore in the long run.
Life at home shouldn't be exhausting. That's what work is for. ;-)
Her attraction to David Hunter already signaled some poor judgement (I get the appeal of the bad boy who is fun, but the one who is just rude to you?). But the final thing to me was insane. Attempted murder is not fun for the victim!
I get the appeal of the bad boy who is fun, but the one who is just rude to you?)for some reason I feel like I've seen this sort of character described in a large number of romance novels - described as the sexy hero! the sexy and incredibly rude-to-the-heroine bad boy. can I get an UGH over that? UGH! bad boys - ok I have my issues, but in the end, it's understandable. people love their bad boy fantasy figures. but I think they should be the silent & tormented type, or the carefree & fun type, but not the obnoxiously in your face rude type like David. that is not hot.
mark wrote: "...but not the obnoxiously in your face rude type like David. that is not hot."I know. What's the appeal of having Tucker Max for a boyfriend? That's David Hunter. And Rowly Cloade is the obsessive stalker boyfriend on an Edward Cullen scale.
UGH TUCKER MAX! he is the worst, the absolute worst.
mark wrote: "for some reason I feel like I've seen this sort of character described in a large number of romance novels - described as the sexy hero! the sexy and incredibly rude-to-the-heroine bad boy. can I get an UGH over that? UGH! bad boys - ok I have my issues, but in the end, it's understandable. people love their bad boy fantasy figures. but I think they should be the silent & tormented type, or the carefree & fun type, but not the obnoxiously in your face rude type like David. that is not hot. "Yes! I see that SO often in romance novels -- the "Alpha" hero who is rude, sexually harassing, or even physically violent with the heroine (or hero, occasionally, but one of the reasons I'm shifting to reading more m/m is that this seems rare unless you're getting explicit niche stuff). Not only is that behavior not sexy, not healthy, not a good model for relationships -- it's not even really Bad Boy, its just assholish. Those jerks are going to slap you around and tell you to shut up and bring them another beer, not take you on exciting adventures.
The epilogue is the worst.
yep, it comes very close to ruining the entire experience.
Great review - just one clarification: Lynn's predictable fiancé is Rowley, not David.
thanks Dolly for the correction! I think I will just remove the name entirely, it's unnecessary. cheers
I wondered why I'd never heard of this. I got so excited that there was a Christie I hadn't read. Turns out it's published with a diff title and I read that. Le sigh.
I was surprised at that double title too! I actually have both books, which are actually the same book. I love both titles, so biblical and foreboding.
I failed bible studies so i didn't know either came from the bible 😈
oh both are from Shakespeare actually, they just feel biblical!
I guess I failed Shakespeare studies too 😉 I heard there was a flood in the bible 😂
I too hated the ending. This is the only Agatha Christie I’ve ever read where I really wanted the murderer to be someone else - I found it all quite bizarre.
I usually enjoy unnerving and appreciate disturbing, but this was a bit much. an ugh ending.
