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As already posted as a quote this longer essay is challeging the solution to The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. In total there are 16 chapters, out of which only 3-4 are interesting. Most of them are highly theoretical, e.g. using Freud‘s theories, but not always putting them into context. I liked the chapters in which Ackroyd was compared to other novels (but giving away a lot of spoilers) and of the ones in which other suspects were discussed.

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Starting a new background check on The Murder of Roger Ackroyd… 💪💪💪

What's better than reading a book about the book you just read? This was ok. The good: Interesting insights about the mystery genre. I agreed with the author's hypothesis about the real killer. The bad: Spoiled the ending of many books (mostly other Agatha Christie mysteries, but a few others too). Written like a long research paper - overly complex and theoretical, at times inscrutable.