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So, what are you reading?
I'm finally done with Christie's And Then There Were None. Didn't have much preamble, it just goes straight into it. Seems like a book written to an audience already very familiar with her work. It was enjoyable enough, and the characters worked. I've more or less given up on the desire to figure out who the killer is beforehand in these kinds of books, and I find that it is pleasant to read them like that. I'm afraid that the only other thing which I can say is that my favourite character died.
Going to give another stab at Sayers' Whose Body?
Glad you enjoyed Ten LittleRedacted . The impression I get is that the people who read mystery novels in the thirties and forties were for the most part well-versed in the conventions and "meta" of the genre. Aside from her book's sheer entertainment value, part of the reason Christie is so admired is because of how intimately acquainted she was with these conventions, and how skilled she was in subverting them and manipulating her audience.
About one-third of the way through The Matriarch.
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