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The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie

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naturallylazy's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Body is the Library By Agatha Christie is a cozy mystery set in England. A body is found in the body of a local Colonel and it's up to our usual cast of characters to solve the mystery.
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a_random_fangirl's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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spozk's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

my first Agetha Christie book and I found the character of Miss Marple super underwhelming. I like her humour but she feels like a side character that appears sporadically instead of a driving force of the story. Not very satisfying to read when the reader never has enough information to figure out the killer themselves. The vibe is that Miss Marple magically knows all these things because she's the Magical Miss Marple and women love to gossip? Also found this book had too many characters and full names mentioned that it gets a little confusing. I have two Poirot books to try out and suspect I will like those one more as I do like Agetha Christie's writing style but the characters and plot of this book just fell flat for me 
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fyre_flies's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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bymeme's review against another edition

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mysterious sad medium-paced
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  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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itsjoenna's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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onyxisalive's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Not the kind of thing I usually read but it was good. Interesting plot- it was fun to try and figure out ‘who dunnit.’ Amazingly, the length was perfect, it wasn’t too long where the mystery starts to no longer be enough. First murder mystery I haven’t lost interest in as I read it. 
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bookwyrmknits's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
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3.5

One thing I enjoy about Agatha Christie's mysteries is that often there are tiny breadcrumbs left for the reader to find which would point in the direction of the murderer. Often, as in the case of this book, I make note of certain things (like physical description) and think to myself that it will probably be important later, and then promptly forget about it only to be reminded of it at the very end when that tiny detail is used as part of the clue that shows who the real murderer is.
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sunnysky's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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