This reminds me of the time an American tourist in Christ Church meadow asked me where she could find Harry Potter’s grave

Maybe! I would have probably said "yeah I said that before we were all made traitors then I was convinced Niko was a traitor - I can't very well not vote for someone I think is a traitor just because I said that before the game had even begun". It's a great series though!

It could have been a disingenuous comment he didn’t think about too much. Or maybe it was genuine but he forgot it later. I dont think it’s in a traitor’s best interests to lie about something like that because it draws attention

While there will almost certainly be the odd comment that seems very strange to us now, I love the world and the characters. She's also very good on the xenophobia towards Poirot! This book has lots of people (who are definitely the bad guys) asking Poirot if he's foreign and taking against him.

In other words, Christie is actually taking a swipe at people saying women are "asking for it". She's saying that women merely want the freedom to behave as men, but when they exercise that freedom, they're criticised for the harms done to them. /fin

In her internal monologue, Lynn recognises that there's not much point to life if women can't walk down the street, go to parties, go on dates etc. - all activities that expose them to danger. /5

Thirdly, I think a lot of people misunderstand Lynn Marchmont's comment about women "asking for it". That comment is often taken out of context when people criticise Christie. Lynn's internal monologue adds an all-important caveat. /4

Secondly, despite being published less than 3 years after the end of WW2, she's already able to offer incisive insight without the benefit of hindsight. She talks a lot of the "ill will" in society post-WW2. All the characters have different ideas of why they fought the war. /3

Firstly, Christie's descriptions are actually great. She describes Frances Clode as a "greyhound woman who looks good in tweed". I know exactly what this woman looks like from 6 words. The economy of her language is so impressive. /2

😂😂😂 Good luck to people who have the time but living happily in clothes and homes no matter how stylish they look is way more important!

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