For this week, it’s another one of the murder mysteries by my all-time favorite author, Agatha Christie.
If you think that you’ve had enough of my Agatha Christie reads π, let me tell you that I’m just 10 books in and still have 5 more to goπ², to complete the murder mystery bingo challenge of this year. I’ve selected the following book to read this week,
The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie.
This is one of the stand-alone stories, featuring neither Poirot nor Marple, although my favorite Mrs. Oliver makes an appearance. It was recently made into a series on Prime Video which spiked my interest to read this book.π
It involves a dying woman’s confession with a list of names given to a priest, who is then found murdered on his way home. As the list is found by the police and the investigation begins, a pattern is seen among the names. They are all either dead or about to be. It looks very intriguing !
About the book I read last week, The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky for the banned books week.
Wow, why didn’t I read this book sooner? There’s this quote in the book which really fits –
βIt’s strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that’s kind of how it felt.β
by Stephen Chbosky.
I’m so glad I didn’t miss out on this experience.
So, the narrative style is in the form of letters. The main character, Charlie tells the story about his teenage years and life at high school by writing letters to a “Dear Friend.” I particularly enjoy this narrative style, but the writing was amateurish at first and it felt like the writer was a kid rather than a teenager. But then as the story progresses, it actually turns into quite insightful. I didn’t realize that the word ‘wallflower’ is actually a noun meaning shy or reserved person, until I read this book. But I don’t think it’s particularly apt for Charlie.
The story deals with a lot, really A LOT of issues, like mental health problems, drugs, sexual violence and trauma. While reading, I felt like I had become a confidante, that Charlie was confiding everything in me so I could help him. It was personal and emotional and I loved every bit of it.
Plus, it’s a short one, just around 200 pages !
What are you reading currently ?
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