This was... okay? Honestly, as famous as the book is, I expected it to be better. Miss Marple isn't in it for the most part(the middle), and even though I really do like Lucy, I wanted to read a murder mystery, not a lot about her and this one particular family. Miss Marple is the one that kicks off the case, which is done very impressivly, and the one who solves it in the end, which unfortunately came across as slightly stupid, coincidental and disappointing to me. ( )

This was my second Agatha Christie read, and I gotta say, it didn't really grab me.

I found myself past halfway through the book without really caring who the culprit was or why.
It wasn't until the characters I suspected turned out to be innocent that things got interesting.

The ending totally blindsided me—I didn't see it coming at all! Although, I have to admit, just as they were about to catch the killer, I couldn't help but blurt out who I thought it was and why - and sure enough!

It was a fun read overall, but I didn't feel as invested in it as I hoped I would. ( )

3.5
money, money, money. i liked the characters especially lucy ( )

Charming, cozy mystery

I read my first two Agatha Christie this past year; both were Inspector Poirot mysteries. This is my first Miss Marple mystery. I adore the characters Ms. Christie introduces us to in her stories; Ms. Marple is delightful. Beyond that, I was a little less impressed with the unfolding of the mystery than I was in And Then There Were None or Murder on the Orient Express, but I liked the character development better, and the characters themselves. ( )

Light fare in Agatha Christie’s comfort zone of defined characters, roles, and traits: everything is orderly and fits in, foul deeds and malign intentions included.
There’s little nuance or reflection, as the story is always moving neatly on. The key scene of this book, an assault witnessed through a train window from another train travelling alongside, is certainly memorable. Miss Marple is the detective of record, but barely features in this book, acting from a distance, and appointing here instead another capable and independent woman, Lucy Eyelesbarrow, to do the hands-on sleuth work. She does it, and the case is solved, the book resolved. ( )