The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

Thanks, Gina, for getting me to read this book!

Gina Stanyer Books:

[tejaswinibakshi]

When I had decided to pick this book up for reading, I accidentally read somewhere about who the killer was. All my suspense was ruined but still, I enjoyed reading Agatha Christie's best crime fiction novel. Thank you for making this video.

[knittingbooksetc.]

Fortunately you don’t need to read the Kindle from beginning to end.

Indeed she was a queen, Agatha Christie. That’s why we can reread her several times.

[DebMcDonald]

So Dame Agatha led you up the garden path!😹 I love her and had read everything she had written by my early 20’s. It’s fun to reread them and see how she places the clues. She said she had so much fun writing the doctor’s sister that she turned her into Miss Marple. Her second husband was an archaeologist and she worked on digs with him. She tells about her experiences in a book called Come, Tell Me How You Live. Deb

[elizabethmurphy]

Wonderful! Christie is my Favorite mystery writer of all time! Poirot is the most interesting character! Roger Ackroyd was my first introduction to Christie. Enjoy reading more of her wonderful works. Miss Marple is also a delightful series.

[jensraab]

I was on the edge of my seat for most of the video, after you said at 2:54 that you're gonna be revealing who the murder is, ready to (hopefully) switch off the video before I would hear that! 😁
I was pretty sure that you were kidding - but you never know!
Seriously, though, thanks for not spoiling this, or any of the other books you talk about. That's one of the reasons I enjoy your videos so much.

[sgriffin]

Its quite clever and I didn’t guess who the murderer was! Bravo, Christie!

[jianhuihoh]

Assumption can be our greatest enemy. Never trust a thing that is accepted as true but without any proof. Characters in the story made a lot of assumptions that were absolutely meaningless and useless to the inquest. And we, as the readers of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, also assume something that is incorrect while reading this particular novel. Agatha Christie had taught us an important lesson of Assumption. Fascinating...

[mediumjohnsilver]

Well, I just finished reading The Murder of Roger Ackroyd this evening, and you were right. “I was like, WHAT??” Wow. Me, too. Thanks for the great recommendation.

[bookfantastic]

Another very unusual and surprising ending Agatha Christie novel is Murder on the Orient Express, another Poirot Tale. I was 16 when the movie came out. My parents went to see it and told me, "You will never guess who the killer was." I thought about the TV commercial for the movie which had run over and over for months and, based on their question, put 2 and 2 together and told them who the murderer was. They looked at each other and I am sure they were thinking, what the heck is wrong with this kid? On occasion, I get things right. Thanks for the review. I have been planning to read Ackroyd the next time I run into it. And yes, I already knew the ending. I can name about a dozen great vintage thrillers with the same sort of ending (plus one recent bestseller), but I will not be a spoiler tonight.

[bookfantastic]

I did the same sort of double-take and double-read when I read Lovecraft's "The Outsider."

[souravsinha]

I was really shocked when I saw the thumbnail 😅 I think that Jonny will give the summary of Ackroyd 🤣🤣

[DamnableReverend]

Fascinating. I haven't read this, though I remember reading a couple of her books when I was much younger (I didn't really enjoy them very much, but there was a short story of sorts about a seance that was weird and not exactly what she's usually known for)...
But ..makes you wonder why it had to be an introduction in this edition of yorus and not...an afterword!
I often do skip that sort of material at least to start with, because much is given away, and sometimes if the author himself writes the introduction, it predisposes me to think a certain way about that person, which isn't always helpful.
I find myself reading them more now though, especially as we like to put a fair amount of background material into the Chrononauts podcast.

[GinaStanyerBooks]

That eBay edition is lovely! Poor so and so, he gets blamed for so much. I like how you said the answer was hidden in place sight, that’s exactly why I love this one so much! It’s so well crafted.

[deborajohnson]

Murder is Announced by Agatha Christie is awesome! It is part of her Miss Marple series. I read her books as a palate cleanser between books! I am glad you liked your book. I am reading one Agatha Christie book a month. I am also reading Nero Wolf books by Rex Stout. Have you read any of his books?

[revenantreads]

This sounds fun. I’ll need to try a good mystery some day.

[kimesch]

You’ve got to read And Then There Were None!

[attention]

I am the same way with a book. I have to read every page of it. That introduction is brutal for people like us 😅 from the few Christie novels I have read, this one is was one of the better ones, I thought. But being far from an Agatha Christie expert I'm not the best to comment. I may have to give this one a reread as well.

[jamesfetcho]

I'm the same way, I must read every thing acknowledgements, introduction, and whatever. Though I have never read an Agatha Christie book.
LoL great acting there. You should read all your books that way.
Great video. 👍
Can't wait till Mythos Monday. When you read Monday. Read like you were acting earlier. 😁

[FrankGrauJr]

That made me laugh for you to say you couldn’t skip the intro. It’s such a Monk kind of quirk (I don’t mean that in a bad way, but it’s just humorous).

[seandavidross]

Have you read any of the Nero Wolfe books, by Rex Stout?