Christie’s letters to get her voice correct (even though it still bothered me, but more on that in the spoiler section), and making sure historical events and people were at the right place in the right time. It’s clear the author did a butt-ton of research, reading Ms. I also liked the Agatha sections more and more as we got closer to catching up with the present day, towards her disappearance. The combo of her villainous soon to be ex-husband and the mystery of the disappearance work great together. As mentioned previously, the Archie sections were great. Also, it was great seeing him flop around trying to navigate what was going on, because he is a total dick and he deserved it.īefore I get to my spoilery thoughts, I do want to say that this book does quite a lot of things right, and I’m sure a lot of my disappointment is coming from my ridiculously high expectations. For most of the book, those sections were much more engaging to me because I wasn’t distracted by the POV and the voice that Benedict choice to use for her subject. The other half of the book takes place in Archie’s POV, close third person, as he deals with the fallout from her disappearance. Half the book is flashbacks from her POV, first person, telling of how she met her first husband, Archie, and leading up to their eventual messy separation just days before Ms.
Christie, to assume the voice of such a significant historical figure. I think it was a bit of a mistake for the author to try to write in the first person POV from Ms. Most of my thoughts are spoilery, but here’s what I can say.
It was extremely intriguing, to say the least, that Marie Benedict wanted to offer up an explanation. She never spoke publicly about the eleven days she was missing afterwards, not even in her autobiography, so it’s a mystery history will never solve. I love Agatha Christie, both as a writer and as a historical figure, and her infamous real life disappearance of course fascinates me (as it has many people before me). Overall, I enjoyed this one, but I will admit that I was also disappointed by it.
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