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Frndorfoe 12 Jun 09 at 7:10 p.m. GMT

The Body in the Library was the second Miss Marple book that I read. This is the book that got me hooked. I ended up reading and collecting all of the Miss Marple short stories and novels. Ever since then I have not been able to stop reading Agatha Christie. I give this novel 8/10. How about everybody else?

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Tommy_A_Jones 13 Jun 09 at 1:31 p.m. GMT

I give it 8 I liked the book alot but there are better Miss Marple books and I don't think it is one I would read again.

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ArlenaSMarshall 28 Jun 09 at 12:25 a.m. GMT

I would give it a 9. The TV adaption was actually one of the better ones.

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Tommy_A_Jones 01 Jul 09 at 1:07 p.m. GMT

I assume you mean the Joan Hickso one Arlena although the GM one was O.K. until the end wich they changed, I would have liked it better if Colonel Clithering had been in it as in the book and if Jack Davenport had played Slack, Stephen Tompkinson's Slack was as dull as dishwater.

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AndThenThereWasTim 01 Jul 09 at 7:58 p.m. GMT

This was my Second AC but it really sparked my intrest. 8/10.. HATED The McEwan Version (5/10) Totally Changed the ending. Hickson (8/10) Good Cast Great Intrerpretation

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Tommy_A_Jones 02 Jul 09 at 11:05 a.m. GMT

I thought David Walliams was well cast, Only 2 people could in my view play George Bartlett - Him and the man who playeed him in the JH version. I have since seen him in a Polliekoff play and I think he is a great Actor I prefer him as an actor to a Comedian 

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Agathasmykid 24 Jul 11 at 2:36 p.m. GMT

I have to give this book a 6.5 - I liked the pacing, and the concept was unique, as most of Christie's are, however I just felt there wasn't much substance to it.  The character's were a bit underdeveloped, making it hard to truly understand them.

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Tommy_A_Jones 25 Jul 11 at 2:35 p.m. GMT

There are better Miss Marple Books and I do agree with all your Points but 6.5 is a bit harsh IMHO

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