Joshua Gross’s Reviews > The Murder of Roger Ackroyd > Status Update

I suppose that someone's character was revealed by how he described others

I initially suspected Flora since everyone was using her testimony to determine the time of death, but then some things occurred to me and I suspected the truth!

Poirot smokes little Russian cigarettes but prefers cocoa as a beverage

I had a hunch Doctor Shepherd was at least to some extent an unreliable narrator, and it is surprising Poirot never considered him a suspect

OMG even Poirot is exasperated that this dumbass doctor keeps saying Ralph is in Cranchester

“Do him no harm,” said Caroline. “Never worry about what you say to a man. They’re so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it’s unflattering.”

Caroline's so underappreciated and profound

Dr Sheppard has a man cave

Flora may be hiding secrets but she's very decisive

These fashionable English villagers are playing mah jong, which was all the craze in the 1920s after a westernized version was marketed

Do I really need to spend $30 to buy some medlar jelly I just learned about in this book so I can see what it's like?? No, and I'm not supposed to be eating excessive sugar, and I have about fifteen types of jam already but I want to try something new!