Two great Christie books, excellent narrator

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is one of Agatha Christie's best. The Hollow is good too, although I guessed the murderer pretty early on. As usual, Hugh Fraser provides excellent narration for both books.

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2 of the best Poirot's yet

I always enjoy Christies mystery novels but I've always found issue with stupid captain Hastings. He's always so stuck up and irritable and doubtful of Poirot even though hes been proven time and again that his method always plays out in the end. At first its understandable, then it just gets tiresome. He has this arrogant air about him for some reason even though hes a complete dunce. Thats why i very much enjoyed the murder of Roger Ackroyd since it was written from the POV of a very agreeable doctor john. I wish that was his little sidekick all along but no matter, it was a very good book. Great suspence and fleshed out plot, kept me guessing till the end. Then The Hollow was written in a completely different style altogether. It took place on the outside looking in and delved into each characters heads and lives and really set the scene quite well. It almost seemed like a different kind of book altogether and not a Poirot mystery because he wasnt even that prevalent in it. But it was a great change of pace and i thoroughly enjoyed it. Also Hugh Fraser does a brilliant job of narrating these books. PERFECT fit, bravo👏

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Superb rendition

Hugh Fraser does an outstanding job reading the story and interpreting the characters. The book is one of Agatha Christie's best.

The Hollow

The Hollow is the finest example of Agatha Christie that I have experienced so far. Hugh is a grand narrator.

Now 2 of my favorites.

The murder of Roger ecroid was suggested by a friend and now has to be one of my favorites of Agatha Christie's

Amazing.

The story will stick with me forever. The kind of characters in The Hollow are so great and remind you of people you already know. The narrator does a great job of immersing you in the story. I literally have dozens of other Audibles I need to listen to, but I think I’m about to restart this one…

Both titles worth a read!

So enjoyable! Christie's genius on full display. I regretted either book coming to completion. Both books are full of surprises to the very end. I highly recommend for Status Christie fans.

Hugh Fraser at his best! Such a great narrator!

Had checked out both books from the library, but wasn't able to finish them due to work. Decided to try audible, and man was it a real treat! The narrator really kept me tuned in. Amazing how he kept all the voices straight, and never missed a beat.

A disappointment. If you have to buy The Hollow better a joint copy like this.

The Hollow is probably my least favorite Christie this far and I’m certainly glad I didn’t have to waste a credit on it. The Murder of Rodger Ackroyd was fantastic, but I’ve been reading the Poirot books in order so I left off The Hollow until now. I enjoyed the twist ending , but that was about it. I read before that Christie said she’d ruined this book by adding Poirot to it and while I agree she did a disservice to him here, his very small presence here was one of the few enjoyable parts.

This was a book meant to highlight social interaction with the Murder being an almost forgettable backdrop to showcase the relationships between these mostly forgettable characters. The problem is that Christie has done this before in Poirot books and much better at that. Mystery of the Blue Train. Three Act Tragedy. Death in the Clouds. These are all instances where Poirot was relegated to a smaller role and in which the side characters were allowed to shine. The side characters certainly didn’t shine here. They were boring at best, insufferable at worst, and for the most part, rinse and repeats of character molds from past books.

I said it before, but the Murder and the solving of it was given very little focus here. Extremely dissatisfying for a Murder mystery. That said, it managed to fool me as I had an entirely different theory as to who and how it was done. There was no reveal scene either. It just sort of ends in the last fifteen minutes without and real build up and fade out. This is the first time I’ve left a Christie novel feeling as though I’d been wronged.

Drags a little bit

Hercule Poirot is not a the main focus in this one and without him, it can drag.