This was such a fun listen!

Victoria Jones it's one of the most engaging and interesting female main characters and narrators I've seen. She's relatable, needlessly funny, mischievous, and a strong woman while still could be deemed "stereotypical." She's enjoyable to read and follow.

I haven't read any other books by Agatha Christie I believe, so having this as my first one was such a delight. The story is easy to follow but yet not boring, and while I found the plot-twist a bit predictable, I still enjoyed it very much. I think it makes more sense that way, anyway.

I would love to acquire a physical copy of this book and follow the writing and style of Christie more closely. As an audiobook, her descriptions of the scenery, characters, and even their actions, were marvelous and very lovely. I don't think I would have this book or its character written any other way.

Even though at times it does feel like a bit childish (the plot itself it's a bit childish, I'm not going to lie), I think it strangely works well with this book, considering how childish Victoria can be herself.

If you're a mystery enjoyer but would enjoy a light read or listen without being too much worried about the plot, I think you might enjoy this as well. If you're looking for something more dense and thrilling, keep looking!

I was forced to read this book twice in a row, because the first time I'm afraid that, not only didn't I understand it, but I misunderstood it greatly.

I am not one for overly decorated sentences (unless I am the one writing them) with flamboyant words, so getting through Kierkegaard's essays was a bit too much for me. However, the more I read the easier it was for me to understand him and his point, so that's that.

Kierkegaard’s main point, as I understand it, is that in his “present age” (he lived quite a while ago), people were so preoccupied with thinking, analyzing, and discussing that they ended up doing nothing at all. hose same ideas they reflected and thought upon, evolved into nothing but inaction. His age looks a lot like ours, so he might as well be alive right now.

"[T]he present generation wearied by its chimerical efforts, relapses into complete indolence. Its condition is that of a man who has only fallen asleep towards morning: first of all come great dreams, then a feeling of laziness, and finally a witty or clever excuse for remaining in bed."

I'm very glad that I read this book twice, because if not I would have never realized that Kierkegaard wasn’t criticizing reflection itself, but what he might call "passionless reflection." He wasn’t anti-thinking (and, if it was, it would have been extremely ironic to write a whole essay about it, which is why I thought this book was satire at first), but he was anti-endless-thinking-without-doing. He’d rather see someone act impulsively than spend their life paralyzed by analysis, and, you know what? This is a great wake up call for overthinkers.

I don't agree with everything he discusses, and I absolutely hate this writing or translation style, that doesn't allow the reader (me) to catch a break at any point, but it was a very reflective read.

Now, just to spite the bones of Kierkegaard, I would love to do absolutely nothing with this but overthink and discuss it lenghtly, but I've learned better, and I think this is a great perspective to add on a debate or analysis about consumption and creation. After all, overthinking can be a form of over consumption.

Recommended for anyone who hates themselves just a little, enjoys philosophical suffering, and still hopes to make the world a better place.