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Summary: "Elephants Can Remember" - A Book to Remember
Review: "Elephants Can Remember" is one of my favorite Agatha Christie mysteries. It had a fascinating plot, engaging characters and a wonderful surprise ending. If you have never read a Christie mystery, I think this would be a great one to start with. I was so pleased to discover this book! I would, most definitely, highly reccommend it.
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Summary: Confusing murder in retrospect mystery
Review: Celia Ravenscroft is but a little girl when both her parents commit suicide. Never did she worry about the real reasons for that dramatic event, until today when she stands on the verge of getting married to Desmond Burton-Cox. Only one question suddenly seems of importance: Who killed whom, Celia's father or mother? Reason enough for Ariadne Oliver, Celia's godmother, to pay a visit to her old friend Hercule Poirot. The famous sleuth persuades Mrs. Oliver to delve -with his guidance, of course- into the past, to find the persons who are like elephants, the persons who will still remember the important details about this all-but-forgotten tragedy.Elephants Can Remember is Agatha Christie's next to last work of detection and the author shows clearly signs of age, which is understandable since she was eighty-two years old and in failing health. Elephants Can Remember is a "murder in retrospect" mystery. Although Christie has proven to fully master this format -see Sparkling Cyanide and Five Little Pigs- she now quickly looses touch with the story. She is forced to sow the narrative together with vague memories of a series of old spinsters and suddenly even events that should easily be remembered are covered by the veil of forgetfulness. No surprise that the plot is total confusion. It is less a mystery than a scrapbook of memories. Action is less important than atmosphere, which makes the story quite tedious and difficult to hang on to. Nevertheless, the experienced reader will figure out the solution to this not too mysterious mystery halfway through the book.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Christie books never disappoint. I haven't read one of her books in years, but I am reminded again why she is the gold standard against which all others are measured. In solving this puzzling mystery, Poirot must carefully pick through the often foggy memories of the "elephants" to get to the truth of the matter. Of course, he does, in his own fashion. I enjoyed reading this and would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: It's Excellent!
Review: Elephants Can Remember is one of Agatha Cristi's great books....It has a great plot and an excellent set of charcters.Some of the book,though,I didn't understand at some times.Other than that it was excellent and I would recommend it to different people who are into mysteries....
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Summary: Cosy and nice.
Review: Great book
I bought this book on tape by John Moffatt (no! not BY him, but read by him). This book proves a theory though; there's a significant change in Mrs. Christies writing over the years; the nice young lady who writes murder mystery for fun; and the old lady who's slightly bitter to the world, but refuses to become an old bat. This book falls into the latter category. That doesn't mean it' a bad book, no-no! It's good, but different from earlier works. The later books seem to be more relaxed, and more about looking back, and viewing things from a distance; about great characters telling(not acting)great stories! This book really has a realistic ring to it; it has good, funny characters. It's not as "British murder mystery" as some of her other work, but more real, somehow. PS. Those of you who didn't like the book, get a hold of John Moffatt's reading, he's great! Really makes the characters come alive!!
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Summary: Poirot ponders the clues
Review: Hercule Poirot's friend Mrs. Oliver has so many godchildren that she has lost track of them, and she has not thought of her god daughter Celia Ravenscroft for many years. She receives a visit from Mrs. Burton-Cox, a woman whose son wishes to marry Celia. She has a strange request--that Mrs. Oliver find out whether Celia's mother killed her father or vice versa. She does not reveal her reasons for wanting this information, but her request sends Mrs. Oliver right to Poirot who does much of the sleuthing for her. The two friends take separate paths in order to interview as many people as possible who can remember things from the Ravenscrofts' past. Mrs. Oliver dubs the witnesses as "elephants", people who will not forget important details which may help them solve the case. The mystery in this particular novel is not as difficult for the reader to unravel as it is in most of Christie's books, and that spoiled the fun for me a bit. Uncharacteristically the author reveals too many clues too early in the book, but it still is worth reading.
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Summary: Predictable
Review: I am a huge fan of Agatha Christie, but this mystery was lacking. I figured out whodunnit about halfway through the novel, but thought to myself, "No...it can't be so-and-so! That would be too obvious." Well, guess what. It was. It was still a good read because I enjoy Ms. Christie's writing style and interactions between characters. If the mystery itself is not the only important part, then it's a worthwhile book.
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Summary: Good thing people can forget
Review: I am fan of Christie's work but this one is a huge disappointment. The story could have been told in 4 pages. There is no continuity to the plot, no idea why a dozen "elephants" had to be interviewed, and no clue how Poirot uncovered the "mystery". This is one mystery novel where I would recommend you read the last 5 pages and be spared the boredom of repetitive conversations.
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Summary: A pleassurant chronicle
Review: I consider this book one of the best of Aghata Christie. It has a very particular structure because it is based in a very old story. Of course, Mr. Poirot could resolve this case using his spectacular methode.
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Summary: Waste Of Time
Review: I had to read a novel for English class and I picked this one out. I didn't really enjoy it because it was very boring and very predictable. It got old after they asked people the same questions and got the same answers, oh, for the 20th time. I do not recommend this book. Christie could have done better.
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