Agatha Christie Lovers discussion

Booklistreader.com had an article about the trend on unreliable narrators and unlikable people: Unreliable Narrators and Unlikeable People: 8 Killer Examples of Psychological Suspense

http://www.booklistreader.com/2015/09...



What do you think? Can you think of examples of this? I remember a traumatic experience reading that classic unreliable narrator in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. I couldn't read a book in the first person for years afterwards! Also, when you go to unlikable characters, may I suggest The Lying Tongue by Andrew Wilson?

I read "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" and I remember being so stunned at the solution to the mystery! I know I've read other unreliable narrator books, but for some reason I can't think of any others at the moment. As for unlikeable characters, the ones that really stick out to me are Gordon Comstock from "Keep the Aspidistra Flying" by George Orwell, Alex the droog from "A Clockwork Orange"(a really nasty juvenile delinquent), Bob Ewell from "To Kill a Mockingbird"(he is a racist, but it's also strongly implied that he commits incest), and Dorath from "Taran Wanderer" and "The High King", by Lloyd Alexander(Dorath is probably the villain I detest the most in this series, even more than the main bad guys!).

I am re-reading a lovely and funny book, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Lorraine wrote: "I am re-reading a lovely and funny book, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand "

I loved that book!