I went through my reader today going through some of my free downloads and purging a little. I looked up a summary on Amazon, deleted at once if I felt like I would never read it, and for most of the others I was on the fence about, gave it a good ten pages or so.
And...I think I don't really like Agatha Christie. I have read extensively in the mystery genre, both classic and more contemporary stuff. I love Poe. I love Conan Doyle. I appreciate that Christie has an important place in things. But...I just wasn't feeling it. There were other things I'd rather read. Her sentences, especially in the Poirot stuff, felt long and clumsy. I just wasn't terribly interested in what was going on.
I feel a little bit guilty about this. I feel like, reader that I am, mystery fan that I am, I *should* like Christie more than I seemed to. Maybe I just wasn't reading the right ones, I know only the first three are legit freebies. So am I missing something? Should I start with other ones, maybe? Or, given the vast quantity of unread books in my to read pile, should I just put Christie aside, guilt-free, and move on with my reading life?
