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Novel set in the backdrop of the First World War, begins with the introduction of the protagonist/narrator ,war veteran Hastings and his arrival at Styles Court Manor, a large mansion where a well respected aristocratic family of England lives. When tragedy strikes the matriarch of the family Hercule Poirot comes in to start sorting the mess out. With one obvious suspect and many others with ulterior motives and gains, plot gets more and more exciting by every page.  Surprisingly this is my first Agatha Christie book, even though I have read mystery and crime fiction before. I have been a Sherlock fan, ever since I started reading large books. Many of my friends are hardcore Christie fans. I never got time or willingness to try Christie's books. Because I always had many others on my mind. One day, in my discord server, for the book roulette event, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" came up and I was ready to try a Christie book at last. And what happened was that this bo...

The Great Gatsby is a novel, which if someone said to you was written today, you'd believe it. The story, its cultural implications and presentation gives the novel a timeless element to it. It is widely considered to be one of the greatest novels written. It is one of the best American novels that I have read and has a unique place in the crème de la crème classics in my heart.  I am not quite sure if F Scott Fitzgerald could be compared with other Classical novel writers like Dostoevsky, Hugo etc. , because they lived decades before Fitzgerald. But still he could compete with them in terms of prose quality and flow of words, since that is what makes his Novel special, at least in my opinion, more than the story. But the story itself is an exceptional piece of imagination and the story telling even more impressive. The title character doesn't appear until Chapter 3 or something. But he is set up and mentioned from the first pages of the novel itself, adding suspense and exc...