Utterly bizarre sometimes to read a book you know inside and out -- but in ebook form and clearly re-edited by someone who didn't know the author or their dialectic/period-typical/personal quirks.
Feb 4, 2026 00:35Love it when I find an edit for correctness (make a Christie book slightly less racist! PLEASE) or clarity or a typo that's bothered me forty times in the five different hard copy editions I've read since childhood.
When it's clear the new editor just didn't understand what was written tho...
Or. Like. Maybe look up the term lése majestée before you just replace it with "less majesty," what the hell, man.
