Interestingly, what is so creative about the plot is just how standard it appears on the surface when it is anything but. This novel then does a masterful job of creating equally possible yet improbable culprits from a wealth of seemingly archetypal characters that will leave readers guessing, second guessing, and still uncertain of who could have done it until the very end. The basic plot can easily be garnered from the title, a man named Roger Ackroyd is killed in the early chapters and the story attempts to sift through various clues to determine who committed the murder. Sadly, any deep exploration of the plot of this novel would deprive readers of the pure genius of it, so much of this analysis must be kept intentionally vague. “Fortunately words, ingeniously used, will serve to mask the ugliness of naked facts.” The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is a prime example of what a great mystery novel should be: cunning and clever above all things.īelow is both my full written and video review of the book. It was a perfectly planned and expertly executed story that shows just how well the writer knew her genre, lulling the audience into comfortable confidence with characters and ideas that feel all too familiar only to shatter all possible expectation in the closing moments.
This novel is worthy of its acclaim and is perhaps her greatest work. In 2013 a group of 600 professional writers in the Crime Writers’ Association voted it the best crime novel in history, though this is but one of the countless accolades attributed to the unparalleled Queen of Mystery. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, a novel by the incomparable Dame Agatha Christie, is one of the greatest mystery novels ever written. “It is odd how, when you have a secret belief of your own which you do not wish to acknowledge, the voicing of it by someone else will rouse you to a fury of denial.” Book Review The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
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