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Endless Night
Agatha Christie's genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. Her worldwide popularity is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. No one knows the human heart or the dark passions that can stop it better than Agatha Christie. She is truly the one and only Queen of Crime.
Endless Night
Michael Rogers dreams of a rich, beautiful wife and a perfectly desi...more
Endless Night
Michael Rogers dreams of a rich, beautiful wife and a perfectly desi...more
Paperback, Agatha Christie Collection, 303 pages
Published
2007
by Harper
(first published 1967)
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I usually read Agatha Christie to unwind, and although they always guarantee a highly enjoyable hour filled with chuckles and gasps, there is an element of 'lightness' and dismissal involved.
Well, that serves me right. This book smacked the patronizing smirk right off my face and I'm drooling on the floor, well and truly humbled. Written lightly, as always, but for the first time, the weight of evil - the kind of evil that wears perfume, goes shopping and is grumpy in the morning - makes its pr...more
Well, that serves me right. This book smacked the patronizing smirk right off my face and I'm drooling on the floor, well and truly humbled. Written lightly, as always, but for the first time, the weight of evil - the kind of evil that wears perfume, goes shopping and is grumpy in the morning - makes its pr...more
Agatha Christie never fails to entertain with her plot only if the mind does not stir into the devising of the plot i.e. starts with the guesswork. I picked this book as it flashed everywhere when I searched for the genre of occult/supernatural and was indeed surprised to find that Agatha Christie has written 3-4 in here.
The narrative of the novel is simple, the mystery is not too complicated yet the backdrop feels complete. The novel focuses on the primary characters while the other characters...more
The narrative of the novel is simple, the mystery is not too complicated yet the backdrop feels complete. The novel focuses on the primary characters while the other characters...more
LOVE Queen Agatha!! Got right back like I left something with this book and loved it, read it in one night LOL..I couldnt put it down and Dame Christie is the best at making a story compulsively readable, the characters fleshed out and interesting and a plot twist to make your mouth drop open...This book had all that and more and kept me super intrigued to find out what was going to happen and when..I consider this book more of a suspense novel versus a mystery and it really was a character stud...more
Apr 13, 2012
Mary
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes contemporary mysteries
Recommended to Mary by:
Bookmooch
Michael Rogers dreams of having a rich, beautiful wife that he can live "happily ever after" with in a wonderful house in the country. Marriage to the fabulously wealthy and gorgeous American heiress, Ellie Guteman, brings Michael as close to his wildest dreams as he can possibly want to get. Michael and Ellie happily purchase Gipsy's Acre and start to build their dream house together. Michael studiously ignores the country gossips who whisper that Gipsy's Acre is a cursed tract of land. That's...more
Had I never read Agatha Christie's other works, I might well be giving Endless Night 5 stars--genuinely creepy atmosphere, a challenging narrative voice for her to carry off (that of a young working-class man), and a breathtaking twist at the end...what's not to love? Well, in my case, the trouble is that she's done the best elements of this novel before, and done them better earlier in her long career. She's taken one of her all-time most brilliant and shocking ideas (the narrator from The Murd...more
Bikin penasaran. Pantesan, dulu ada temen gue yang rekomendasiin buku ini. Dia bilang, ini salah satu buku Agatha Christie yang paling suspense. Ternyata emang benerrr...
Dari awal aja, kita udah dibikin penasaran. Kita disuguhi sebuah memoar oleh seorang pria bersama Mike Rogers. Dia menceritakan kehidupannya yang begitu dramatis dan romantis bersama seorang wanita kaya namun kesepian, bernama Fenella Guteman. Mereka saling mencintai dan memutuskan untuk menikah, lalu hidup di sebuah rumah berna...more
Dari awal aja, kita udah dibikin penasaran. Kita disuguhi sebuah memoar oleh seorang pria bersama Mike Rogers. Dia menceritakan kehidupannya yang begitu dramatis dan romantis bersama seorang wanita kaya namun kesepian, bernama Fenella Guteman. Mereka saling mencintai dan memutuskan untuk menikah, lalu hidup di sebuah rumah berna...more
Nunca li nenhum livro da Agatha Christie, mas segui a série da BBC. Nisto prefiro o Sherlock ou o Philip Marlowe. Mesmo sem ter lido nada é óbvio que sei que a Mrs. Christie era a "Dama Negra" e por isso estava à espera de algo macabro e insólito a acontecer logo nas primeiras páginas. O livro está dividido em três partes e as respectivas correspondem à evolução do romance e ao desenlace.
Eu pensava realmente que o crime ia acontecer nas primeiras páginas e o casamento iria ser feito através de f...more
Eu pensava realmente que o crime ia acontecer nas primeiras páginas e o casamento iria ser feito através de f...more
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Wow. I knew nothing of this book prior to picking it up to read. Later I read that it was Agatha Christie's favorite of the novels she penned based on this I guessed it probably didn't have a happy ending as I remember reading Christie disliked having to write happily-ever-after endings for her novels per the demands of her publishers and fans.
Endless Night starts right off with a very eerie overtone. The foreshadowing is very good. Some might say the story is slow, but I did not think that was...more
Endless Night starts right off with a very eerie overtone. The foreshadowing is very good. Some might say the story is slow, but I did not think that was...more
2.5 stars - A Strange tale
I want to start by saying I love Agatha Christie, I have read pretty much all of her books and Poirot is on my list of fictional characters I would love to have dinner with.
But
I have to say that I really did not enjoy this story nearly as much as I hoped I would. The story is told by Michael, a young man with little money and big expectations who marries Ellie (an innocent young rich girl). The story surrounds 'Gipsy Acre', a large house and plot of land in the English...more
I want to start by saying I love Agatha Christie, I have read pretty much all of her books and Poirot is on my list of fictional characters I would love to have dinner with.
But
I have to say that I really did not enjoy this story nearly as much as I hoped I would. The story is told by Michael, a young man with little money and big expectations who marries Ellie (an innocent young rich girl). The story surrounds 'Gipsy Acre', a large house and plot of land in the English...more
Well, this is an interesting little oddity. If I’d picked this novel up blind, not knowing who the author was, then I think I could have got through the first few chapters without being able to guess. Here is a narrator who is just so un-Christie. For a start he’s very much working class, your callow and unpolished drifter. A good looking and smooth-talking boy, who at points seemed to me like he’d strayed in from a Joe Orton play. The tone is very un-Christie too, and Michael Roberts – the narr...more
William Blake's "Auguries of Innocence" poem says "Some are born to Sweet Delight, Some are born to Endless Night." Often, Agatha rhymes verses, darkens skies ominously, twitches susceptible character nerves. A few spice pleasantly; too many curdle and spoil.
Michael Rogers, English roamer, narrates meeting Fenella "Ellie" Guteman, rich American orphan, helped by organizational Valkyrie Greta, both warned away from "Gypsie's Acre" property by gypsy Mrs Lee. Since Roger Ackroyd narrated his own m...more
Michael Rogers, English roamer, narrates meeting Fenella "Ellie" Guteman, rich American orphan, helped by organizational Valkyrie Greta, both warned away from "Gypsie's Acre" property by gypsy Mrs Lee. Since Roger Ackroyd narrated his own m...more
I have to be honest and say I would never have chosen to read an Agatha Christie book on my own. I read one only because my book club is reading Agatha Christie is month because we have an Agatha Christie “Mystery of Living” presenter coming to next meeting. I opted to allow the members to read any Agatha Christie novel they wanted to. I will say I was very pleasantly surprised with Endless Night. Although it wasn’t “edge of your seat” suspense, I rather enjoyed the little mystery and writing st...more
(Too much) Ambition and greed will turn someone evil; that's how I would describe what this book is all about.
Endless Night has a very long and boring introduction. It took more than 200 pages before a death happened (it sounds evil but that's what we expect, right?) and the last 100 pages were rushed with 4 deaths and its conclusion. The book describes brilliantly what we call the dark side of human being and I will rate it as a 5-star plot for its characters' building throughout the novel, if...more
Endless Night has a very long and boring introduction. It took more than 200 pages before a death happened (it sounds evil but that's what we expect, right?) and the last 100 pages were rushed with 4 deaths and its conclusion. The book describes brilliantly what we call the dark side of human being and I will rate it as a 5-star plot for its characters' building throughout the novel, if...more
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A young restless British guy meets and marries a sweet American heiress, and they build their dream house in a place called Gipsy’s Acre despite warnings that the place is cursed. There are a few accidents and threats, and then a few people die, and then the book suddenly got really disturbing. It was entertaining enough for awhile, but the strange and deranged ending left me feeling rather unsettled.
I visualized this novel as a Hammer film, circa 1967. Technicolor. With Barbara Steele as the gypsy hag who occasionally appears to warn/threaten the protagonists about what will befall them if they build their house on gypsy land. It's a poor boy meets rich heiress and falls in love story. They have their dream house built by the mysterious, and possibly dying, architect Santonix. Many pages are spent on angst about class and station. Many pages are spent introducing relatives and neighbors. No...more
هي روايه بوليسيه جميله .. تتخدث على بيت اسمه فدان الغجري وهو قائم على تله بين الاشجار، ويقال ان هذا البيت اصابته اللعنه حسب ما تقول الكاتبه لانه اي شخص يدخل البيت يصاب باذى وكان اهل القريه يتشائمون من ها البيت ... وكان مايكل بطل القصه معجب جدا بهذا البيت واراده ان يكون البيت الذي يعيش به مع فتاه احلامه، لكنه لا يملك المال الكافي لشرائه وبحنكته وفطنته استطاع ان يتعرف على ايلي وهي فتاه غنيه ووريثه ل اموال طائله فاقنعها بحبه ولانها بريئه احبته وشاء القدر ان يتزوجا بعد ان كملت سنها القانوني للزاج و...more
When I was a teenager I devoured Agatha Christie books - I loved Hercule Poirot especially, though I never quite took to Miss marple. Apart from Dead Man's Folly, which is my favourite Christie novel, I haven't read any for years, but when a friend recommended this one I thought I'd give it a go. it's about a young man who dreams of owning Gypsy's Acre, a plot of land with a derelict house and a gypsy curse on it. When he falls in love with a young American girl and discovers she's incredibly ri...more
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Mar 10, 2009
Phayvanh
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
christie fans
Recommended to Phayvanh by:
library browse
What a charming little book! Mostly because the first person narration from a shameless cad leads us through an impossible love affair, through a couple horrible deaths, only to reveal to us the truth! I was a sucker through til the end--that's how charmed I was with this Mike character. He is not the usual sort of brainy, quirky, moneyed, or mysterious sort of character that usually inhabits Agatha Christie books. And she pulls it off so well. He is wholly unique and insufferable and likeable,...more
Oct 22, 2011
Elizabeth (Miss Eliza)
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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mystery
Something finally happened during that LAST 40 PAGES! Sheesh. Review to come...
Every Night and every Morn
Some to Misery are born.
Every Morn and Every Night
Some are born to Sweet Delight,
Some are born to Sweet Delight,
Some are born to Endless Night.
-William Blake
Michael Rogers is a Jack the Lad. Drifting from job to job and never staying in one place long. Yet there is one place he keeps coming back to. Gipsy's Acre. The land has always spoken to him, and not in the cursed way the locals say, but...more
Every Night and every Morn
Some to Misery are born.
Every Morn and Every Night
Some are born to Sweet Delight,
Some are born to Sweet Delight,
Some are born to Endless Night.
-William Blake
Michael Rogers is a Jack the Lad. Drifting from job to job and never staying in one place long. Yet there is one place he keeps coming back to. Gipsy's Acre. The land has always spoken to him, and not in the cursed way the locals say, but...more
Kind of Patricia Highsmith-esque in its exploration of what motivates an 'ordinary' person to commit a crime and the nature of guilt, I really enjoyed this book. Although it does take a while for any murders to happen, I found the story interesting enough in itself, so that I didn't feel I was just waiting for something to happen. The characters were very interesting - especially Ellie, whom I found really sweet. I think Christie's strength lies partly in her creation of strong, believable femal...more
Been reading quite a few agatha christie book nowadays and i am definitely being taken in by her writing prowess.
This book - is well different. Very different from what she normally writes or from what i think she normally writes . I knew the ultimate twist and spoiler of the book. My dear brother gave it away. And that is what impresses me.
Even after knowing the spoiler my book reading experience was unparalleled. and i truly enjoyed the book. So superbly deceptive that i even began doubting...more
This book - is well different. Very different from what she normally writes or from what i think she normally writes . I knew the ultimate twist and spoiler of the book. My dear brother gave it away. And that is what impresses me.
Even after knowing the spoiler my book reading experience was unparalleled. and i truly enjoyed the book. So superbly deceptive that i even began doubting...more
I like the plot but the story development was not as good and it felt especially rushed.
Usually in Agatha Christie's books, there is usually good pacing in the plot itself. However, for most part of this book, though the character development was good, the last part of the book was too rushed.
Well we know about how Michael Rogers met Ellie, relationship with his mother, his lifestyle, the house, the country, her family, etc. and I really love all about it as it was engaging and not too dry. It...more
Usually in Agatha Christie's books, there is usually good pacing in the plot itself. However, for most part of this book, though the character development was good, the last part of the book was too rushed.
Well we know about how Michael Rogers met Ellie, relationship with his mother, his lifestyle, the house, the country, her family, etc. and I really love all about it as it was engaging and not too dry. It...more
Jun 07, 2010
Kristensilvermoore
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Die-hard Agatha Christie fans only!
Shelves:
mysteries
This book has to be one of my least favorite Agatha Christie novels. The story is narrated by Michael Rogers, a young man from a humble background, who marries a rich American heiress and has a house built for them on land called "Gipsy's Acre". Of course, tragedy ensues, but it takes 17 chapters before anyone dies! I felt that this novel's pace was just too slow and the atmosphere of the story was far too melodramatic and forced. There was so much foreboding of what was to come in the first 17...more
Oh no! Fooled again! Agatha Christie did it again. I had my idea almost all the way through the book - the personality fit, the motive fit, the opportunity fit - then 3/4s way through that theory went by the wayside. How does she do it? I didn't even see any clues which fit the murderer!
This book was a not your typical Christie murder in that no bodies were seen till towards the end of the novel. We read about it via the diary of a young man and it mostly describes meeting his future wife, their...more
This book was a not your typical Christie murder in that no bodies were seen till towards the end of the novel. We read about it via the diary of a young man and it mostly describes meeting his future wife, their...more
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This was written towards the end of Christie's writing career and, sadly, it shows.
A picture-book perfect couple fall in love and buy a piece of land cursed by gypsies - as you do! It takes over 150 pages for anything to happen, and there's only about 60 left to go after that!
I also managed to guess the 'twist' to the tale quite early in, which was disappointing. I wonder if Christie had watched a certain Hitchcock film?
I do like some of the more elements of the sixties that are apparent in th...more
A picture-book perfect couple fall in love and buy a piece of land cursed by gypsies - as you do! It takes over 150 pages for anything to happen, and there's only about 60 left to go after that!
I also managed to guess the 'twist' to the tale quite early in, which was disappointing. I wonder if Christie had watched a certain Hitchcock film?
I do like some of the more elements of the sixties that are apparent in th...more
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Michael Rogers dreams of a rich, beautiful wife and a perfectly designed house. He finds the woman, and they build the house. Then sudden death strikes. [Goodreads]
So here are the questions posted by Jen, and my answers:
* Agatha Christie tends to use third person narration, the only exceptions I am aware of being The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and, of course, Endless Night. What did you think of her use of first person here?
First, I did not know the use of the first person was unusual for AC, so a...more
So here are the questions posted by Jen, and my answers:
* Agatha Christie tends to use third person narration, the only exceptions I am aware of being The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and, of course, Endless Night. What did you think of her use of first person here?
First, I did not know the use of the first person was unusual for AC, so a...more
This is my ultimate favourite Agatha Chrstie novel, the ending is abrupt but it's very good. It gives you a big shock when you find out that ******* killed Greta and Ellie. Yes it was so scary in the end how the person is just admitting to killing those two I find this novel so chilling especially the end. From the beggining it seems just like and ordinary happy sort of love story they meet they fall in love. Don't read on if you don't want the book to be spoiled. In the end when Micheal Rogers...more
I read this book right after I read And Then There Were None also by Agatha Christie. While I enjoyed Endless Night a lot I loved And Then There Were None so possibly I would have given this book a 5 star if I had read it earlier or later. There was nothing wrong with the book. The plot being about a man who is "poor" and ends up meeting this wonderful woman from America, getting married and having a house built on "cursed" land. The plot keeps you interested but I felt at some parts that I was...more
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Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.
Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880...more
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Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller was born in Torquay, Devon, England, U.K., as the youngest of three. The Millers had two other children: Margaret Frary Miller (1879–1950), called Madge, who was eleven years Agatha's senior, and Louis Montant Miller (1880...more
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