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A review by ginaparrish
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
3.0
This book has gotten way more crap than it deserves. First off, it was one of the last books Christie wrote and the fifth in a series. For the most part, you can read Christie’s books out of order. (I am about to finish reading them all chronologically, so I know.) Not so with her Tommy and Tuppence novels. If you read it alone, I can see why it isn’t her best. But to cap off the Tommy and Tuppence saga I rather enjoyed it. You wouldn’t read the fifth Harry Potter before reading the others first, would you? Then you can’t really judge this one apart from the rest.
The reason I enjoyed it is because it revisits characters that I enjoy. And though I haven’t enjoyed as many of Christie’s later novels, I wouldn’t go as far as to say she was losing her mental faculties. Many of her books since the beginning involve elderly people who should remember something important but don’t. There is a lot of banter, but there is a lot of banter in general in her books, especially in Tommy and Tuppence.
The mystery part was a tad lacking in this one, and it was moderately easy to solve. But honestly there was a lot less ideology than some of her other spy novels so I liked that. If you are a true Christie fan, and you have read her other Tommy and Tuppence, you will be glad you read this one.
The reason I enjoyed it is because it revisits characters that I enjoy. And though I haven’t enjoyed as many of Christie’s later novels, I wouldn’t go as far as to say she was losing her mental faculties. Many of her books since the beginning involve elderly people who should remember something important but don’t. There is a lot of banter, but there is a lot of banter in general in her books, especially in Tommy and Tuppence.
The mystery part was a tad lacking in this one, and it was moderately easy to solve. But honestly there was a lot less ideology than some of her other spy novels so I liked that. If you are a true Christie fan, and you have read her other Tommy and Tuppence, you will be glad you read this one.