"I think that's what I meant when I said we all lived in a little crooked house. I didn't mean that it was crooked in the dishonest sense. I think what I meant was that we hadn't been able to grow up independent...we're all a bit twisted and twining." 
 THIS BOOK WAS SO MUCH FUN. I'm not very used to straight up mystery novels so all my guesses about who did it were way off the mark, and I got trapped by quite a few red herrings. That made the eventual reveal all the more enjoyable (and also well-earned, which is something I don't often get out of mysteries). Beyond the cleverness of the story, I was also so impressed by how vibrant all the characters were. I love the energetic dysfunction of this huge messy family who can't live without each other but also hold so much bubbling resentment under their polished and eccentric personalities. Also the amount of complex, individual female characters was so refreshing!!!! You've got the hyper-capable Sophia, the over-dramatic and glamorous Madga, the enigmatic Lady Edith, the ruthless and intense Clemency, little Josephine who loves snooping around and Brenda, the trophy wife everyone's trying to pin the murder on. I loved them all so much I devoured the book in one sitting and was so sad I couldn't see what their lives were like in the aftermath. That's the best feeling a book can give me, tbh. 
 Side note: Astride Leonides is maybe my favourite posthumous character ever!!! He's such a crooked and fun chess-master that Christie has you scrambling to figure out who could ever beat him. He's a messy bitch who lives for the drama.