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A review by shannasbooksnhooks
Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
3.0
"Of course I hadn't quite as much experience then as I have now. All the same I think I did all that could humanly be done. We did get it commuted to penal servitude. Provocation, you know. Lots of respectable wives and mothers got up a petition. There was a lot of sympathy for her."
This was an okay mystery for me. It was a typical "cheating husband's dead, all evidence points to the wife, but years after wife's death, their child (usually a daughter) has some evidence to the contrary that the wife didn't kill her husband." This isn't a terrible setup for a mystery - it works, and with good reason. I think <i>Five Little Pigs</i> really sets up the groundwork for future books with similar setups, especially the marital drama murder mystery. But I don't think this was the kind of mystery for me, whether or not it's family drama.
This was an okay mystery for me. It was a typical "cheating husband's dead, all evidence points to the wife, but years after wife's death, their child (usually a daughter) has some evidence to the contrary that the wife didn't kill her husband." This isn't a terrible setup for a mystery - it works, and with good reason. I think <i>Five Little Pigs</i> really sets up the groundwork for future books with similar setups, especially the marital drama murder mystery. But I don't think this was the kind of mystery for me, whether or not it's family drama.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Death of parent