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The problem is the book (IMHO). It seems to jump around a bit and some things are not explained all that well. One thing that did annoy me is that Anne knows the name of the man in the brown suit. Her referring to him as the man in the brown suit was annoying. I would have preferred if she used his name instead of describing him by his suit. |
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Gmw, I am going to have to think on the sexism comment. In general, most of the time these things don’t bother me in older books. But, I did get little annoyed at the constant comments about how women like to gossip and talk a lot!
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I have read a few of the Amelia Peabody books but don’t remember much about Amelia’s roots and history. I tried researching to see if Amelia was an inspiration from Christie and it seems that she was inspired more from real life people. It’s interesting how we each have different ideas of what this book reminds us of. For me, the tone of voice of Anne the Adventuress reminded me of an even more modern book, Olives Joules and Her Overactive Imagination by Helen Fielding (of Bridget Jones fame). I adored this book and wish that she had continued this series.
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Sir Eustace is sexist. he wants a woman for her looks to coddle him. He doesn't care much for Miss Pettigrew because she's not a pretty young girl who will faun all over him. |
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A rather odd Christie book that was adapted for TV recently is The Pale Horse. I've never read it, but I did see the TV adaption. IT was an odd but enjoyable story. Nothing like the detective type stores Christie is most known for.
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I have read all of Poirot and most of Miss Marple and I am somewhat shocked that this book came from the same pen. The front half of the novel was much more enjoyable - when Anne was sleuthing and not under the thumb of a rich conspirator and being obsessed with and hoodwinked by men in turn.
The characters were flat, predictable, and dull. I am glad that I read the free Gutenberg version of the book. |
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If I were fairly new to audiobooks, or if the book has a complex structure, lots of notes, etc., I might feel differently. But I expect a straightforward novel that I'm reading basically for pleasure to work as an audiobook, and if it doesn't, the e-book won't work for me either. |
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I get your point, Catlady. But I don't completely agree with it. There are certainly books my first read of it would be better as an ebook. Usually because they're long and have a lot of complex characters and structure. Or, in the case of much of Dickens, just too many to keep track of as an audio book. Unless, of course, I'd read it first.
The other part of that is that they really live in different parts of my brain. Reading a book and listening to a book are very different experiences. And while I enjoy them both, I find myself leaning more towards audiobooks in the current state of life. |
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Yes, but I don't think Emilia Fox's narration was the problem. I think the defect was in the writing. I think the characters were mostly enjoyable and the book had a lot of humor, but the plot was a bit too unwieldy. |
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Fair enough, Catlady. But clearly our brains work differently.
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I am quite fascinated that with so few readers here we seem to have covered such a wide spectrum of reactions. When I nominated this I thought there wasn't anything much less harmless I could have nominated, if not a crowd-pleaser then at least something relatively inoffensive.
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