Customer Reviews
Shocking twist at the end - By: John Hopper, 18 Sep 2008 
This is the first Agatha Christie novel I have read & it hit the spot for a period off work with a headcold. An intriguing page turner, but not too intellectuallly demanding. Stunning ending!
I guessed ... - By: M, 29 Aug 2008 
And then thought, "Oh, no, it couldn't possibly be!" Which is why Agatha Christie - & particularly Roger Ackroyd - is such fun.
Genius - By: Webdevil, 04 Feb 2008 Rather than fill up space with unnecessary rubbish, I think that if you truely think about the plots in Christies' books, they are pure genius, way ahead of there time, & before anyone slates her work i would like them to reallly think about the fact that her books were very original in plot, while in setting they were very typicallly unoriginal. She has a style almost completely of her own, & I dont think there has been one bad book she has written.
However a lot of reviews on Amazon are controversial, some giving even 2 or 3 stars, just for the fact that some weren't everyones cup a tea. And I dont reallly think there are many people who write these reviews are even qualified to judge them. There are a lot of reallly great books on Amazon that have had had dire reviews by morons who dont even know what their talking about, or wrote a rubbish review purely because of the fact that they bought a book that wasn't their cup of tea. I hate to see this.
I'm not just talking about Agatha Christie, but a lot of other authors who have written smashing novels for the right fan base, but get slated because some smalll minded idiot decided to read it & it wasn't for them.
In my Opinion you can ignore most of the reviews UNLESS there are about ten different people saying they are rubbish. Then fair enough. But when you get a review with 8 people giving 5 stars, & 5 giving 2, you cant make a decision on that. My advice is to buy it if you like it & dont worry about the reviews. At the worst youv'e wasted a couple of quid-so what! It would be worse to listen to idiots that gave a good book a bad review without reason, & not to buy it. Now i've got that off my chest, happy reading, love you alll.
The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd - By: I AM ME, 12 Sep 2007 I enjoyed this book a lot but I guessed who did it, so the detective aspect of the story was ruined, but that didn't stop the book from being extremely enjoyable & I also think that it is enjoyable to read about the detecting process, even though I guessed the conclusion. Most other reviewers found the ending amazing & practicallly unguessable, I am probably just used to her books.
The novel is narrated by the doctor in the story, Dr Sheppard. Poirot becomes Dr Sheppard's next door neighbour & soon after, Roger Ackroyd is murdered & Poirot decides to investigate the case.
Poirot has to find out who the murderer is, based on such clues as a missing suicide note left by the woman that Roger Ackroyd loved, a telephone calll telling Dr Sheppard that Roger Ackroyd had been murdered, & the attempt to frame Ralph Paton.
This book is considered to be Agatha Christie's first masterpiece ( it was one of her earlier book's ) & it is definitely great. It portray's Poirot's personality, brilliantly, because it is shown by somebody elses point of view. This is the type of book that can be enjoyed by both new fans & old fans of Christie, alike. Although, I guessed the conclusion, unless you are well acquainted with her style, you will almost definitely not guess the conclusion before Poirot reveals it.
Classic Crime Fiction - By: Mr. B. Charles, 08 Aug 2007 As a fan of Agatha Christie's Poirot books this ranks as one of my favourites. As is customary the story is very cleverly written to make you suspect virtuallly everyone; with the unmasking of the killer proving a surprise when alll is revealed. Definitely worth reading if you're a fan of the genre.
