An Agatha Christie Mystery
An Agatha Christie Mystery
By Addison McClure
Recently I have been reading the mystery novel Murder on the Orient Express. The story follows the work of detective Hercule Poirot as he boards and travels Orient Express. While the ride starts off smoothly, suddenly Poirot is alerted that there has been a murder. The victim of this murder is the wealthy Samuel Edward Ratchett. Now that the train has come to a halt, Poirot must find out who the murderer is. He begins interviews with each of the train passengers and discovers they have connections with the victim that he did not know about before. Now here are three reasons why you should consider reading this murder mystery:
1. The story line is well thought out and it keeps you engaged. One of the aspects of the novel that makes it so interesting is its sudden twists. Murder mysteries can be boring if the reader already knows what's going to happen, someone is murdered and someone is caught, but Agatha Christie does a great job at showing how to keep readers interested. She does this through making the characters, that are just thought to be passengers on the train, have deeper connections to the main story.
2. The novel gives you an opportunity to solve the murder along with Hercule Poirot through its formatting. The chapters of the book are separated into three parts, the facts, the evidence, and reflection. During the first part of the book the reader is presented with all the events leading up to the actual murder. In part two of the novel, the reader is then given the evidence of each passenger on the train, their luggage, and the weapon. I found this part to be interesting because it feels as though you are solving the murder as well. In the final part of the book, Hercule Poirot thinks deeply about every single piece of evidence he received. In this section of the novel all the evidence begins to make sense and the reader, along with Poirot, begin to connect the dots.
3. Each character has a unique story. When boarding the train, it just seems as though the passengers are bystanders. After Poirot begins the investigation though, you discover that each person on the train is important to the plot. Agatha Christie created an intriguing novel by having each character be unique. The many different personalities of the passengers makes the dialogue of the book so much more interesting.
I really liked your listicle! Each one of your reasons well explained. I thought you provided good examples as to why reading this book feels like solving a mystery, because you are presented with details such as backstories on the suspects and evidence. I have seen this movie before and I enjoyed it, and after reading your post I think I will try to find time to read the novel too!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your listicle. The way that you explained the story line made me want to read the book. I too find that sometimes I can get bored by murder mysteries but the way you wrote about the plot made it seem exciting. I will definitely try this book out sometime!
ReplyDeleteI found your listicle to be quite interesting. Your summary is nice and brief and does a good job of getting the reader interested. I also like how you talked about how the Murder on The Orient Express gives readers a chance to solve the mystery themselves. I really like Agatha Christie's style of writing and I think you did a good job summarizing the book and also the style of it. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteWell written listicle! I do enjoy mystery books and since your job is to convince the reader to read your book, you succeeded. The introduction paragraph does well in setting up the rest of the post. The bullet points do well with explaining the main ideas of the story without spoiling anything. Well done!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on this post! I think your explanations of why I should read this murder mystery are very convincing. Your description of the formatting that aids the reader in following along on the mystery is in depth and helpful. You also didn't spoil anything so I will try this book out some time.
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