Adeline
3.75 stars Murder mystery taking place on the Orient Express train where Meredith, an Australian lawyer, and her twin brother Joe, a writer and lover of crime fiction, are travelling to Istanbul after Joe’s long battle with cancer. But their trip is perturbed by multiple deaths and the disappearance of their neighbouring passenger in addition to a Covid outbreak in another part of the train.
This is the second book by Sulari Gentill I’m reading, and although I prefer the previous one, this wasn’t a bad reading experience. First of all I loved the setting of the Orient Express train and it definitely made me want to rewatch the 1974 movie (definitely the best version, I wasn’t a fan of the Poirot episode) and some of the other adaptations of Agatha Christie’s works. I also liked the discussion about crime fiction, trains in fiction, true crime and the legacy and influence of fiction on our society. This felt very much like a plot heavy story and not much a character centric one. I liked the main character but I felt the side characters were at best boring and at worst useless. The pacing was good, fast paced and page turning. There was a good amount of twists though a couple fell flat since I had other darker theories. This was definitely a more cozy read so they didn’t happened. I devoured the book in a little over a day so I didn’t feel like I’ve waste time reading it, hence my rating. Although the last chapter was also a useless addition in my opinion, adding nothing to the plot nor the characters, not even a last twist.
Overall, a nice little cozy read that didn’t wow me but it made me want to rewatch some Agatha Christie’s adaptations, still the GOAT of crime/detective stories. I’ll probably check out the authors other work since I like books about books and other meta stuff.
3.75 stars Murder mystery taking place on the Orient Express train where Meredith, an Australian lawyer, and her twin brother Joe, a writer and lover of crime fiction, are travelling to Istanbul after Joe’s long battle with cancer. But their trip is perturbed by multiple deaths and the disappearance of their neighbouring passenger in addition to a Covid outbreak in another part of the train.
This is the second book by Sulari Gentill I’m reading, and although I prefer the previous one, this wasn’t a bad reading experience. First of all I loved the setting of the Orient Express train and it definitely made me want to rewatch the 1974 movie (definitely the best version, I wasn’t a fan of the Poirot episode) and some of the other adaptations of Agatha Christie’s works. I also liked the discussion about crime fiction, trains in fiction, true crime and the legacy and influence of fiction on our society. This felt very much like a plot heavy story and not much a character centric one. I liked the main character but I felt the side characters were at best boring and at worst useless. The pacing was good, fast paced and page turning. There was a good amount of twists though a couple fell flat since I had other darker theories. This was definitely a more cozy read so they didn’t happened. I devoured the book in a little over a day so I didn’t feel like I’ve waste time reading it, hence my rating. Although the last chapter was also a useless addition in my opinion, adding nothing to the plot nor the characters, not even a last twist.
Overall, a nice little cozy read that didn’t wow me but it made me want to rewatch some Agatha Christie’s adaptations, still the GOAT of crime/detective stories. I’ll probably check out the authors other work since I like books about books and other meta stuff.