However, I still feel a little sad that it had to be him. He was a doctor, so it makes total sense for him to have been involved in the poisoning of Ferrar's husband. In hindsight, I feel like it's almost obvious that DS was the killer. I genuinely liked him as a narrator, and I liked his frequent sarcasm towards Caroline (I liked her too don't worry), and his relatable struggles in understanding Poirot. Nothing really important, but just other things I thought after finishing. :)Įdit: I slept over it and I wanted to add a little more to my review. Her works are definitely pretty hit or miss imo. Lmk what you guys thought of it and what book I should try next. I figured out the dictaphone thing before Poirot reached that conclusion, which was a little moment of proudness for me.įinal thoughts: I think TMRA is definitely her best book after ATTWN. Nevertheless, the reveal was shocking, and the build up was fantastic. I only let this slide because I thought his justification (his curiosity) was normal. Sheppard kept asking/urging Richard Ackroyd to finish reading the letter in front of him. Every character had a reason to be suspicious, except Dr. I mean, obviously it wouldn't be the most suspicious characters, Parker and Ralph Paton, but even if it was any other character, it wouldn't be shocking at all.

Why? Well it's because literally every other character was suspicious. Halfway (more like 2/3s) through the book I began to suspect that The narrator was the murderer. Sheppard, and all the other characters were fine. I feel like there was more humor in the book than in a lot of Agatha Christie's other books, which was much appreciated. Okay, first of all, I loved the way it was written.

The murder of richard ackroyd