The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Roger Ackroyd is a man who knows too much. He knows the woman
he loved poisoned her first husband. He knows someone was blackmailing her –
and now he knows she killed herself.
When Roger Ackroyd is found murdered, the famous
Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, is called in to find out who the killer is.
I'd picked this book out to fit a prompt for the 52book challenge and ordered it from the library. What I didn't realise was is that it's the edition for readers where English is not their first language. These versions are shorter than the originals and have been edited to make the language simpler.
It definitely felt short and consequently rushed. I read it anyway but I didn't enjoy it. Hopefully I won't make that mistake again.
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Interesting that this book was shortened like that. It sounds like the old Reader's Digest books that were shortened. I read a few of those back in the day and they do leave out descriptions and even some characters. Thanks for the review!
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