Endless Night by Agatha Christie bored me, and I had to push to finish the book. But the ending of the story provided a surprise ending. Michael Rogers narrates the story of his worthless life. Michael jumps from job to job and seems to have no definite purpose in his life. While searching for that unreachable prize, he sees acreage that he wants, but Michael has no money. Enter Ellie Guteman, a wealthy young woman. The prize may now be attainable, if Ellie can be won. Of course, Ellie’s family would oppose a marriage to Michael, so Ellie and Michael secretly marry as soon as Ellie reaches her twenty-first birthday. All seems to go smoothly, until Greta comes to live with the young couple. So many events happen, and the tone of the story turns nasty. Not a book that I enjoyed. ( )

Awesome!!!!

Gave me Tom Ripley vibes ( )

Guessed half if it, didn’t grab me as much as some of her other stories ( )

A piece of land in rural Britain is said to be cursed due to a tribe of gypsies being forced from it for a house to be built that was the scene of several mysterious deaths, now there are new owners. Endless Night by Agatha Christie follows the account of Michael Rogers whose fateful encounter with said property momentarily brought happiness then pain.

The story is a first-person narrative from Michael’s point of view, which in the mystery genre means he solves the death which centers the mystery, is the killer of said mystery, or is set up as a patsy at the end. Throughout the book Christie gives subtle clues that only become apparent at the climax, yet from the beginning there was a sense of doom that lingered for the entire narrative. Yet it was this depressing feeling, which for me affected my view of the book as while I was interested in how it was going it in my enjoyment of the reading was frankly nonexistent. Frankly it was a good mystery and very well-written but that depressed feeling for some reason stayed with me even when not reading which made the overall experience negative for me.

Endless Night is one of Agatha Christie’s favorites of her own works and is critically acclaimed, while I acknowledge it’s a good story and well-written the overall experience wasn’t for me. ( )