Asesinato en el Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express is certainly a decent "whodunnit", although at this point the conclusion of the story is so well-known that I can't really judge how well it was executed from the viewpoint of a reader without that prior knowledge. It's a quick, fluent read once you get used to Christie's vocabulary and style of writing, which is (unsurprisingly) rather antiquated in some passages. I was a little surprised at the untranslated French interjections and phrases; people who don't know at least a little French might stumble upon them.

All in all I found it to be a great book to read for fun in 2 days. Some of the details and the general way the pieces of the puzzle fit together ended up being pretty satisfying and less one-dimensional than I remembered from whatever movie adaptation I watched ages ago.

Por recomendación, creo que era un tema obligado leer a Agatha Christie en algún momento. Aunque debo decir que no seré fanático de la autora, el libro creo que presenta los defectos de los grandes escritores de best sellers, tienen una idea que van arrastrando lentamente a lo largo de cientos de paginas, como si deshojaran una flor lentamente, sin permitir al lector consolidar una historia que impacte. Si bien no es un mal libro, la repetición de historias y sucesos sin duda lo vuelve un poco aburrido. Probablemente para los lectores asiduos de esta autora sea mas fácil seguir esta aburrida trama.
Finalmente hay muchas opciones mas interesantes en el genero.