fromsarahsbooknook's review against another edition
3.0
Fact: Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in December of 1926. We still don’t really know what happened. She was found unharmed and far away from home saying she didn’t remember what happened.
In THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR, Nina de Gramont gives us her imagined account of those 11 days told through the eyes of Mr. Christie’s fictional mistress, Nan O’Dea. (Now, Nan is fictional, but apparently, it was no secret that Agatha Christie’s first husband was a bit of a philanderer).
LOVED:
❤️Nan as the narrator. What an interesting perspective to have Mr. Christie’s mistress as the narrator and focal point of the story. Due to her role, she’s a bit of an unreliable narrator and you wonder what she’s getting at the whole time.
❤️Nan’s backstory was so compelling
❤️The way de Gramont let her imagination run wild with the blank space of these 11 unaccounted for days in history
LIKED:
In THE CHRISTIE AFFAIR, Nina de Gramont gives us her imagined account of those 11 days told through the eyes of Mr. Christie’s fictional mistress, Nan O’Dea. (Now, Nan is fictional, but apparently, it was no secret that Agatha Christie’s first husband was a bit of a philanderer).
LOVED:
❤️Nan as the narrator. What an interesting perspective to have Mr. Christie’s mistress as the narrator and focal point of the story. Due to her role, she’s a bit of an unreliable narrator and you wonder what she’s getting at the whole time.
❤️Nan’s backstory was so compelling
❤️The way de Gramont let her imagination run wild with the blank space of these 11 unaccounted for days in history
LIKED:
kgrandy16's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
shanbooks's review
4.0
This was such a cool idea for a book! it focused way more on Nan than I was expecting but I still enjoyed it a lot
loz_kelly's review
4.0
I struggled with the switching from first person to third, sometimes mid-page. I found it really jarring. However having said that I really enjoyed the last quarter of the book when it all started to come together.
akimmell1104's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
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? Yes
2.75