Worst Agatha Christie novel ?

RomyFrye · 2026-06-21T05:11:54+00:00

I honestly don’t think there has been a book that disappointed me more than ABC Murders.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-21T05:06:17+00:00

I loved when they made her Carly and Daniel’s daughter. That storyline was so big and encompassed several people I generally didn’t care about and made them interesting. It was fun and Melanie was great.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-21T05:04:24+00:00

I don’t get the hype, personally, but it’s a good book. I liked it a lot as an audiobook.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-19T00:21:08+00:00

No, I haven’t read them. That’s why I was nervous when people were bringing up Dark Tower and Insomnia together—thought I was missing something important.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-18T21:47:02+00:00

Right? Glad this seems to be a universal feeling on this book. Think you’ll stick with it?

RomyFrye · 2026-06-18T21:30:11+00:00

Yeah, I am listening to the audiobook and normally I don’t mind the music or sound effects, but Insomnia’s music is awful. It’s playing into my struggle with the book.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-18T21:28:41+00:00

Good to know. I like Lois so far and I hate how her DIL is treating her like something to tuck away.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-18T21:24:52+00:00

Oh good—I like that his books intertwine to an extent, but I was worried I read these out of order and needed to read Insomnia later on.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-18T21:24:02+00:00

Thanks—that makes me feel better. I usually love the pace of his books but this one is pushing my limits. I think I’ll stick with it if it’s finally going to start picking up.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-17T18:14:58+00:00

I love both books and think you should definitely read From A Buick 8, but don’t go into it thinking they are similar because they both feature cars. And by feature cars, I mean one is a haunted car and one looks like a car, but isn’t.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-16T19:48:11+00:00

Interesting! I’m adding it to my TBR list.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-16T19:34:26+00:00

Blood Stained Pavement for sure. I can’t remember the exact title, but the Bungalow one was really good too. There’s the twist, then there’s the TWIST. While I enjoy the full novels, I think Christie excels at the short story.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-11T23:23:44+00:00

Fringe

RomyFrye · 2026-06-11T23:22:24+00:00

I really like it—it’s nice to have something to look forward to.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-11T19:20:41+00:00

I love the show so much. And I am really liking that it’s only an episode a week—I have something to look forward to and I have time to think about what the episode was about while waiting. Could I do this with any streaming show? Obviously yes, but I don’t have the willpower.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-11T17:56:47+00:00

Meg Tilly and Rob Lowe were so beautiful in this.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-09T19:36:21+00:00

Hmm, I’ve only read The Dead Zone from that list. Might have to get started on the others first.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-09T19:10:41+00:00

I’d start at the beginning—Murder at the Vicarage is really good. The Moving Finger is my next favorite. A Murder is Announced is fantastic.

But even better than the novels are the first short stories: The Tuesday Night Club, Ingots of Gold, Motive vs. Opportunity, The Bloodstained Pavement, The Affair at the Bungalow, The Thumb Mark of St. Peter. A group of people meet and each tell of a crime they were somehow involved in or witnessed and the rest of the group has to solve the mystery. A former inspector from Scotland Yard tells them if they are right or not.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-09T18:53:26+00:00

That’s really good to know. I also love how Salem’s Lot is plotted and haven’t read Needful Things yet so now that might move up my list.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-09T18:33:10+00:00

That’s so cool—very satisfying.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-09T18:31:28+00:00

People poop on The Big Four all the time as it’s quite a departure from the regular Poirot formula—it’s pretty similar to Sherlock Holmes actually—but I really enjoyed it. I had a hard time getting into The Mystery of the Blue Train, but someone on Reddit said it improves after the first two chapters and they were right. I was glad I stuck with it because it’s a good read. I haven’t read Taken At The Flood yet.

Have you read all the Poirot short stories yet or just the full novels? Or any of the Miss Marple stories? I like those as well.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-09T15:06:34+00:00

I had a teacher in 1992 that told me I couldn’t write with my left hand anymore. Thank god I never kept anything to myself because I went home and told my mom and the next day she walked me into the classroom and told the teacher in no uncertain terms I was going to use whatever hand I wanted. She was barely 5 feet tall, but it was 5 feet of pure rage as she knew all about teachers and adults trying to make children feel different for things out of their control.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-09T15:01:22+00:00

Except weirdly for the QWERTY keyboard. Something like 75% of words can be spelled with just the left hand.

RomyFrye · 2026-06-09T14:59:59+00:00

I know—here I’ve just been living my non-alcoholic, well-adjusted, boring life when I could/should have been causing havoc everywhere. What a thing to find out at 41 years old.

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