馃摎馃摉 Agatha Christie - Appointment with Death (Cita con la Muerte) REVIEW [ENG/ESP]
Hello, readers! Ale here again with a new review, this time of Agatha Christie's book Appointment with Death. I've wanted to read something by her for a long time, and now the time has finally come. I started this book last year, but due to travel and time constraints, I didn't finish it until this year. Now I'm here to tell you a little about this book and my opinion of it.
Hola comunidad lectora, aqu铆 Ale otra vez con ustedes y con una nueva review, en este caso del libro Cita con la Muerte de la autora Agatha Christie, quer铆a leer algo de su obra desde hace mucho tiempo y ahora finalmente llego el momento. Comenc茅 este libro el a帽o pasado pero por cuedtiones de que viajes y tiempo no lo termin茅 si no hasta este a帽o, ahlra vengo con ustedes a contarles un poco sobre este libro y mi opini贸n.
The book basically tells the story of a family that is led, or one could even say enslaved, by Mrs. Boynton, an old woman with an air of authority who, despite her age and illnesses, continues to dominate the minds of all her stepchildren. who are now adults. From the beginning, we can see that this woman's children do not think very highly of her, some more than others, and believe that life would be better if she were not around... Will they be able to truly get rid of her so they can finally live freely?
El libro b谩sicamente trata sobre la historia de una familia que esta liderada o se podr铆a decir incluso esclavizada por Mrs. Boynton, una mujer vieja con aires de gobernante que a pesar de sus a帽os y enfermedades sigue dominandola mente de todos sus hijastros, estos siendo ya adultos, desde el principio podemos notar que los hijos de esta se帽ora no piensan del todo bien de ella, unls m谩s que otros, y piensan que la vida seria mejor si no estuviera... ser谩n capaces de verdaderamente deshacerse de ella para poder vivir al fin libremente?
SPOILERS: I really expected a little more from this book. I didn't know that Poirot is a character already familiar to readers and that this story is just another one of his cases to solve, but I feel that even if I had been aware of that, I would still have found the story a little weak. At first, I was really excited about the plot. I thought I was going to discover the horrible ways in which this woman controlled all her stepchildren, as they spoke very badly of her, but in the end... we don't really know much more than that the woman is bossy and withheld their money. As soon as the detective appears, I feel like he starts repeating the same thing over and over again. I understand that he is analyzing the situation, but it made me a little dizzy that he kept changing his hypothesis about who was responsible for the death. I also felt that the culprit came out of nowhere. It gave it an element of surprise, but I also feel that it was a little absurd.
I would like to read another of her books. If there is one you like by this author, let me know, because according to other reviews and opinions I have read, it seems I am not the only one who thinks she must have better works. The good thing is that the book is less than 150 pages long and reads quite quickly.
SPOILERS: Realmente esperaba un poco m谩s de este libro, no sab铆a que el Poirot es un personaje que ya es conocido por lectores y esta historia entra como otro de sus casos a resolver pero siento que a煤n si hubiera sido consciente de eso la historia igual me hubiera parecido algo floja. Al principio me emocion贸 mucho la trama, me pareci贸 que iba a descubrir las maneras horribles en como esta mujer controlaba a todos sus hijastros pues hablaban muy mal de ella, pero al final... realmente no sabemos mucho m谩s all谩 de que la mujer es mandona y les ten铆a retenido su dinero. A penas a parece el detective siento que empieza a repetir muchas veces lo mismo una y otra vez, entiendo que est谩 analizando la situaci贸n pero me mareaba un poco el hecho de que cambiara su hip贸tesis de qui茅n fue el culpable de la muerte a cada rato. Tambi茅n que el culpable me pareci贸 que sali贸 un poco de la nada, le di贸 un factor sorpresa pero tambi茅n siento que fue algo absurdo.
Me gustar铆a leer otro de sus libros, si hay alguno que les guste de esta autora diganmelo, porque seg煤n otras rese帽as y opiniones que le铆 al parecer no soy la 煤nica que opina que debe de tener mejores obras. Lo bueno es que el libro no llega ni a las 150 p谩ginas y se lee bastante r谩pido.
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