The Monogram Murder book review:

I chose to read this book as at the time I bought it I was really into murder mysteries and thought it would be very fitting to read on of Agatha Cristie's most famous books and then one inspired by her characters.
   While reading this book, I thought there were many alternative titles that were also quite pleasing like one of the chapter titles: 'If Murder Began with a D'. However, this is only used at the end of the book whereas Monogram Murders is clear from the first few chapters and continues to the end. The alliteration is also a quite pleasing part of the title. Throughout the book, you could barely tell it was a different author. The differences were so light that I couldn't tell you know but as I was reading reminded me. In all fairness, the differences were very few and there were bound to be differences as an author's characters may as well be their children. The fact there were only slight differences shows the understanding Sophie Hannah had of Agatha Cristie's characters and she did better than I imagine anyone else could.
   At some parts in the book I almost disliked Poirot. However, I'm not sure if this was because I sided with the narrator who wanted to know what Poirot was thinking. One thing that was the exact same was the twist and reveal of how the murder was committed. I couldn't put the book down and was forced to stop reading with three pages left to do a job. Although I was desperate to read the book, the anticipation made the ending so much better.
   Overall, I loved this book and it's an almost seamless addition to the Agatha Cristie's Poirot series. Again I won't reveal anything about the ending or the twist but you should defiantly read this book if you like murder mysteries.

See you soon and thanks for reading. If you have any books to recommend please leave me a comment. 

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