Ketutar
9 short stories - I haven't read any of these before, but I have seen the adaptations. As short stories they are OK, the adaptations were excellent :-)
The Regatta Mystery (Parker Pyne)
The Mystery of the Baghdad Chest (Hercule Poirot)
How Does Your Garden Grow (Hercule Poirot)
Problem at Pollensa Bay (Parker Pyne)
Yellow Iris (Hercule Poirot)
Miss Marple Tells a Story (Miss Marple)
The Dream (Hercule Poirot)
In a Glass Darkly (unknown narrator)
Problem at Sea (Hercule Poirot)
The beginning was good.
The middle was exciting. It got really terrifying. To the last I wasn't sure who the murderer was. I suspected everyone.
The ending was... disappointing. Especially when she explained when she realized who the murderer was. Sure, she did... Agatha wasn't at all sure when she wrote the events leading to that.
Not my favorite. There's a bit too much... questionable attitudes. But, as they say in Finland, paha sai palkkansa. I like the 2008 tv series episode with Tim Curry as Lord Boynton, in love with his wife, and unable to see her true, disgusting, malevolent nature... and Elizabeth McGovern as Lady Westholme, the adventuress... both characters not in the book.
Oh, my goodness, it's good.I haven't read [b:David Copperfield 58696 David Copperfield Charles Dickens https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1461452762l/58696.SY75.jpg 4711940], but I have some knowledge about it, and I think Barbara managed to transfer the spirit of the story to modern South. More than once I was asking “how does she know?” She can't possibly have lived through the things she talks about in this book, Demon's voice felt authentic and real, and it was heartbreaking, but in a good way. And the ending was good. It started to drag there a bit, but not for too long, like the damned [b:The Goldfinch 17333223 The Goldfinch Donna Tartt https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1378710146l/17333223.SY75.jpg 24065147].
Hmm... I'm on the fence here... while I appreciate her openness and poetry of her thoughts, I'm kind of irritated by the attitude every now and then.On the other hand, I don't know how much of it is Baba Lybeck's interpretation of Lola and what she told her. Also, I don't know how I would come across. Or how I do come across. Maybe people are irritated by my attitude. Then, as Baba says, I am a privileged white ciswoman, born and raised in Finland, living in Sweden, with my husband and my cats, and even though I was bullied at school, it was never to this level. I really cannot whine about Lola's attitude. The mere idea is audacious and ridiculous. Anyway, I think she is very courageous and does a great job for the Somali population of Finland and the rest of the world, by making the situation visible. I didn't know about the abuse of boys in Somalia, but also, this book gave me a better understanding of Somalia and Somalian people, made my idea of Somalia more dimensional and ... shaded? toned? More colorful? Not so stereotypical, prejudiced, and black-and-white.Especially the story of the little shepherdess. I am so “brainwashed” by modern Western Feminism, that it shakes me to realize there are people out there who are totally fine being a mother at 13, who don't see it as child abuse... and it is so hard to not push my values and morals and ethics on others... so hard to not compare my dreams and goals to others and find theirs lacking or less worthy. I am reminded of the man who stepped out of the hamster wheel of getting a good education, getting a good job, working hard to get a high standard of living, and instead of doing just what was needed to get what he wanted - he left his high-paying job and got himself a small farm, big enough to feed the family, with a house big enough to house the family, and having just enough job so that he could spend his life doing what he wanted to do, that is, to be with his family. I don't mean to say there's anything wrong with feminism, but that it is something that has been good to ME, something I needed, something that has given me the tools and possibilities to get what I want, to go where I want to be, but maybe that is not what other women want and need. I am thinking of Minna Salami's [b:Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone 48812598 Sensuous Knowledge A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone Minna Salami https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1582081208l/48812598.SX50.jpg 65707688] and how that already was pushing the limitations of white western feminism, but did it very softly... I am thinking about the American woman who went to Africa to teach feminism to African women and who got very quickly humbled by African women already having feminism. I am thinking about all the knowledge we are missing by believing to be the first ones to come up with things :-D, and others being lesser and needing to be educated, and thus not listening to them, or seeing them, and thus missing so much. We really need to shut up and open our ears and hearts and seriously listen to people.Just to add to the discussion - let transwomen be women. Just remember that once upon a time a “human” was synonymous to a white man... It is not any more offensive or insulting to be called a ciswoman than it is to be called a white woman. Or a woman.
It is a cute little story of the Brontë toy soldiers, which to me would have been an important little detail. It would have been fun to read this together with [b:The History of The Young Men 58533466 The History of The Young Men Branwell Brontë https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png 91955812] for Victober.
Nice. Very nice. Well, it's Eldrich Horror kind of nice :-DSam Spade in modern time with a... hm... how to put it... something extra. Definitely noir.Interesting twist there. And makes me want more. I didn't think [b:Nothing But Blackened Teeth 53195923 Nothing But Blackened Teeth Cassandra Khaw https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1610469240l/53195923.SY75.jpg 80287448] would be something for me, but right now it feels like something exactly for me :-DCassandra Khaw has got a new fan.
DNFI managed to read 206 pages. Of some 700. I find it rather boring. There are some interesting things there, but all in all, I take [b:Das Niebelungenlied 7709668 Das Niebelungenlied (German Edition) Unknown https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347648208l/7709668.SX50.jpg 1145339] any time. And, as my husband reminded me, there is no shame in DNFing a book. There are tons of books in the world, and I can always come back and finish this in the future.
Absolutely wonderful. The postapocalyptic world is beautifully depicted, the monsters are truly terrifying, sort of superzombies... I wonder if I could count this book in as zombie horror book? I think I could. I don't like that they call these zombies trolls, because according to my belief, trolls are something quite different.
Also, I don't like Sigrun right now. Maybe she gets better, but right now she's an intolerable a-hole.
Mikkel is kind of suspect.
I'm not sure about Emil. I like Tuuri and Lalli. Maybe it's because I'm Finnish.
Not for me.
I think the author repeats things unnecessarily, and talks too much about things that don't matter much. It is relatively engaging, I might have finished it, but I have too much on my plate right now, to waste time reading something I find low key annoying. As I am not interested in serial killers, psychopaths, and man hunt, I don't see any meaning in continuing reading this. It's not bad, just not for me.
I hadn't read this one before! I thought I have read all of Agatha, but there's still surprises :-)
Nice
I like this. It's a collection of short stories of Tommy and Tuppence's adventures as private detectives, fitted in a frame story. Very well done. It's your usual Agatha quality, meaning, it's very easy to read, entertaining, intriguing, not too hard, not too easy. Of course, there's a lot of things that will come up in Agatha Christie's other stories and books, but nothing disturbing - to me, at least.
I love the cover image. A living statue with blood on her hands, and the curtain that looks like books...
The story starts with emperor Claudius' murder, and focuses on Claudius' mistress' son, Lucius Murena. Lucius is Nero's friend.
As far as I can tell, this is fairly historically accurate. The author says to follow in Alexandre Dumas' footsteps, that is, interpreting the history within the history, that is, following the historical facts, while freely fabulating with details :-D
The illustration is realistic, but I don't much like it. I think everyone is ugly. Galigula's sisters were all beautiful.
There's a lot of nudity, both male and female, so if that bothers you, this is not for you.
Reread, probably 3rd or 4th time. I love this book. Virginia Revel is my idol.
This might be my favorite Agatha Christie.
Yes, there is a murder, but this book is more of a mystery and a thriller.
I like Agatha's books because even though they are mysteries, they can be read and reread again and again without much of the excitement disappearing.
