*4.5
i love everything about this except the very ending, which seems somewhat rushed and a shame about a great character, but somehow still a very nice, if unlikely, dénouement of everything that comes before (i just don't like that miss marple is so outspokenly in favour of capital punishment, dear jane, where's your humanist upbringing?)
but oh, all the wonderful characters in this! the inspector and lucy and the boys and the scottish lady with the name that's impossible to pronounce, the old man, the doctor and everyone being in love with lucy and the big old house and gardens and of course, murder on a train?!, wartime love affairs, poison, schemes... nothing to wish for really!
have i mentioned how much i love lucy yet? i really relate to her so much, the possibility of great academic achievements but somehow prefering care work while also using one's wits for good in the "real world"? i wish to get there at some point in my life!