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A review by aliciamae
Postern of Fate by Agatha Christie
4.0
Story-wise, no I don't think this is a four star story. But my enjoyment of the book was four stars, so I'm letting that influence my rating. Bill Wallis is an excellent narrator. And for such a dialogue heavy book as this one, I think hearing it puts "Postern of Fate" to its very best advantage versus reading it. Tommy and Tuppence continue to be a great team, and I really do love how Christie followed them into old age.
The timeline of the story did confuse me a bit-- they were looking into "very old things, well before their time" but it sounded as if what they were investigating happened around WWI. Now, "The Secret Adversary," the first Tommy & Tuppence book occurs just after WWI, in which Tommy had been in the army, and Tuppence had served as a nurse. So the events of WWI/that time were not well before them. Unless I misunderstood it, and the era Mary Jordan harkens from is more like the 1890s.
Most of all, I enjoyed the musings of old age, loss of memory, etc. that this book prompted. Christie captured that exceedingly well, perhaps made all the more poignant as she herself was struggling with her memory. Additionally, the depiction of the dog, Hannibal, is really something wonderful.
The timeline of the story did confuse me a bit-- they were looking into "very old things, well before their time" but it sounded as if what they were investigating happened around WWI. Now, "The Secret Adversary," the first Tommy & Tuppence book occurs just after WWI, in which Tommy had been in the army, and Tuppence had served as a nurse. So the events of WWI/that time were not well before them. Unless I misunderstood it, and the era Mary Jordan harkens from is more like the 1890s.
Most of all, I enjoyed the musings of old age, loss of memory, etc. that this book prompted. Christie captured that exceedingly well, perhaps made all the more poignant as she herself was struggling with her memory. Additionally, the depiction of the dog, Hannibal, is really something wonderful.