Poirot, on vacation in Africa, meets the rich, beautiful Linnet Doyle and her new husband, Simon. As usual, all is not as it seems between the newl...
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May 26, 2011
Stephen
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Hopefully I am not committing any heretical thoughtcrime here, but am I the only one who thinks Hercule Poirot comes across as a bit of a doucheapotamus . Between the accent, the arrogance and the jabbing his butt into everyone’s business, he reminded of a cross between nosey neighbor Gladys Kravitz and everyone's favorite rapist, Pepe Le Pew.
Now before you get the cheese grater and the lemon juice out for me, let me say that this is my first Agatha Christie novel and my firs More...
Now before you get the cheese grater and the lemon juice out for me, let me say that this is my first Agatha Christie novel and my firs More...
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Mar 12, 2010
Clarice
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It is obviously quite difficult to review a book that has been commented upon so many times, and it is therefore challenging to come up with anything new that hasn't already been said or written by others before. Nevertheless, here is my opinion on "Death on the Nile": If you like murder mysteries and the quintessentially English "whodunnit", then this should certainly be a candidate on your "must-read" list. Christie's story is unputdownable and a perfectly crafted
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Jan 22, 2012
Suvi
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I should have known I like Christie because her stories are just simply wonderful old-fashioned crime puzzles that make you turn the pages and sigh when everything's finished. There's not much action or focusing to the crime solver's personal life which is fantastic and in a lot of ways works better than the plots of formulaic contemporary crime novels. Also, the time in which the murders are set is part of the appeal to me. For a long time I've adored the tv movies because you could actually
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Jan 13, 2011
Paleomichi
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Mi piacciono molto i gialli, ma solo alcuni autori. Da adolesente avevo la fissa per Sherlock Holmes, ora continua a piacermi ma leggo anche Rex Stout e Ellery Queen.
Tendo a leggere gialli in momenti di stanchezza o stress, non azzecco mai l'assassino, ma ogni tanto noto qualche indizio interessante.
Agatha Christie non l'avevo mai letta fino a un paio di mesi fa. Anni fa iniziai un suo libro, dopo una prima parte in cui presentava un personaggio, ne mostrava molte sfaccettature, lo rendeva simpa More...
Tendo a leggere gialli in momenti di stanchezza o stress, non azzecco mai l'assassino, ma ogni tanto noto qualche indizio interessante.
Agatha Christie non l'avevo mai letta fino a un paio di mesi fa. Anni fa iniziai un suo libro, dopo una prima parte in cui presentava un personaggio, ne mostrava molte sfaccettature, lo rendeva simpa More...
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Jan 13, 2009
Carrie
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This is is a classic Christie, along the lines of her best puzzle mysteries with a tricky plot (as opposed to the ones with the great characterization, like The Hollow). Although the characters aren’t too bad either, particularly the central triangle of the beautiful millionaire, Linnet Ridgeway, her best friend Jacqueline de Bellefort, and Jackie’s fiance, Simon Doyle, who Linnet steals for herself. Jackie cannot bear to lose Simon, and rather than bow out gracefully, begins to follow Simon a
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Dec 04, 2011
Anastasia
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I suppose it’s not a terribly good idea to read a crime thriller when one already knows the outcome. Half the fun, after all, is in the surprise, or in discovering that one is as sensitive to the clues as the sleuth! I came to Death on the Nile for the first time in no need of clues because I already knew whodunit from watching an old movie with Peter Ustinov in the role of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s ace French, sorry, Belgian detective.
I’m not a huge fan of traditional crime More...
I’m not a huge fan of traditional crime More...
Nov 25, 2011
Edithcastro
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This is the first Agatha Christie book and it certainly won't be my last. The story was just fantastic. It's hard for me to write a review for this book without giving too many things away but I'll just say that the ending was quite suprising. I did not expect that at all, but somehow when Poirot explained it, it all seemed like the simplest thing in the world and I experienced that wonderful feeling of getting something.
The dialogue always flowed well and the pace of the book was always More...
The dialogue always flowed well and the pace of the book was always More...
Nov 18, 2011
Norman
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After finished reading this novel, I am reminded of an old fable of a man buying land as far as he can walk. When the sun sets he cannot get back to where he started in the morning. He finally dies of thirst and regret.
I have been meaning to read this, as it is listed next to 'And Then There Were None' and 'Murder on the Orient Express'. I must say it starts rather differently from her previous novels, and it is quite refreshing to see Poirot out of stuffy London.
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I have been meaning to read this, as it is listed next to 'And Then There Were None' and 'Murder on the Orient Express'. I must say it starts rather differently from her previous novels, and it is quite refreshing to see Poirot out of stuffy London.
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Nov 16, 2011
03RebeccaH
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The book starts off with the introduction to Linnet Ridgeway, rich, young, and beautiful. A duke has asked her to marry him, but she doesn't want to go through with it. Her best friend, Jacqueline Bellefort is about to marry a guy, Simon Doyle, who is strong and simple. Jackie proudly presents him to Linnet, and Simon, supposedly astounded by her beauty and charm, leaves Jackie to marry Linnet. On their honeymoon they go on a long cruise on the Nile, on a boat with many suspects and mot
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Jul 03, 2011
It's morally wrong to discuss the plot of any Agatha Christie book, so I will only analyze the first page. And the cover, which supports my theory that the illustrations on all Agatha Christie books are ugly. One is tempted to believe that Agatha herself supervised these monotonous drawings, so they wouldn't rival her writing.
This book was published in 1956 -- that's another subject I can discuss -- and was dedicated to Sybil Burnett, who sounds like a friend of Agatha's. At some point More...
This book was published in 1956 -- that's another subject I can discuss -- and was dedicated to Sybil Burnett, who sounds like a friend of Agatha's. At some point More...
May 14, 2011
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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Audio book performed by David Suchet
4****
Christie is at her best in this mystery starring Hercule Poirot.
Linnett Ridgeway has everything – beauty, youth, intelligence and incredible wealth. When her dear friend Jacqueline de Bellefort asks her to please give her fiancé, Simon Doyle, a job so that they can get a start in life together, Linnett agrees. But a few months later it is Linnett and Simon who are on their honeymoo More...
Audio book performed by David Suchet
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Christie is at her best in this mystery starring Hercule Poirot.
Linnett Ridgeway has everything – beauty, youth, intelligence and incredible wealth. When her dear friend Jacqueline de Bellefort asks her to please give her fiancé, Simon Doyle, a job so that they can get a start in life together, Linnett agrees. But a few months later it is Linnett and Simon who are on their honeymoo More...
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Mar 30, 2011
Mayday
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Hercule Poirot strikes again with yet another page turner, mustache and string of ingenious Belgian/French phrases.
I am very proud of myself for successfully solving the case -- or rather figuring it out from Poirot's vague & mysterious observations and conversations. But still. It's fun to win. :)
I never really noticed how many political statements Agatha Christie includes... this text has a lot of attacks on society, particularly tourism, capitalism and despotism. It's More...
I am very proud of myself for successfully solving the case -- or rather figuring it out from Poirot's vague & mysterious observations and conversations. But still. It's fun to win. :)
I never really noticed how many political statements Agatha Christie includes... this text has a lot of attacks on society, particularly tourism, capitalism and despotism. It's More...
Sep 30, 2010
Megan
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This is the second Agatha Christie book I have read, the first being 'Murder on the Orient Express'. So that's all I have to compare this book to, so just be warned. Before I read 'Murder on the Orient Express' I already knew who the murderer was (thanks big brother who spoiled it for me when I was in elementary school). But for 'Death on the Nile' I had no clue on the 'who-done-it'. I was thoroughly disappointed in that half-way through the book I guessed correctly on who was the murderer (but
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Jul 27, 2010
Laurel
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Jul 09, 2010
Erik
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My only foray into the world of Christie until just a few weeks ago was my having read Murder on the Orient Express a decade and a half ago upon my grandmother’s recommendation. (In another life, she would have been the perfect Miss Marple. This I swear.) But it wasn’t until the hilarious drawing-room murder spoof “The Unicorn and the Wasp” from the second season of the new Doctor Who – with Christie herself showing up in a clever plot developed around the real-life mystery of an 11-day black-ou
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Jul 03, 2010
Margaryta
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Oh. My. GOSH. I love Poirot - it is the greatest detective series there was probably ever written, of course right next to Sherlock Holmes.
I mostly watch the english series, and I have watched almost every single episode so I had begun to read the books slowly on some of the selected episodes. This was the first Hercule Poirot episode I had seen so I decided to pick up the book.
The ending had truly suprised me - I had not expected such a turn of events but it truly was wo More...
I mostly watch the english series, and I have watched almost every single episode so I had begun to read the books slowly on some of the selected episodes. This was the first Hercule Poirot episode I had seen so I decided to pick up the book.
The ending had truly suprised me - I had not expected such a turn of events but it truly was wo More...
Jun 14, 2010
Kathrin
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I've been a fan of Agatha Christie's mysteries for as long as I know about her mysteries, so I had to get this graphic novel when I saw it in the used book shop! And as soon as I was on the train that day, I started reading it. There was just nothing that could keep me from it - not even my then current book!
In Death on the Nile, Hercule Poirot is in Egypt for a vacation. While he is on a cruise on the Nile, a murder occurs and it is, of course, up to the master investigator to figur More...
In Death on the Nile, Hercule Poirot is in Egypt for a vacation. While he is on a cruise on the Nile, a murder occurs and it is, of course, up to the master investigator to figur More...
Mar 24, 2010
maricar
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Feels like the Orient Express all over again. But instead of being a shallow copy of the plot – a horrible thing for an author to do, yes? — Death on the Nile is more than able to stand up on its own in terms of its share of thrills, its healthy dose of the whodunit among a motley crew of characters, and even its sprinkling of romance.
It’s Poirot again at his finest.
No, really.
(And, may I say, so far as I have been able to tread among the Poirot Mysteries, t More...
It’s Poirot again at his finest.
No, really.
(And, may I say, so far as I have been able to tread among the Poirot Mysteries, t More...
Nov 10, 2009
Christine
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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie is a mystery of one of the richest women in England who is found dead one morning in her cabin on her honeymoon cruise in Egypt. More specifically, the Nile River. Christie engages many characters who may seem to have the motive and brains, but leaves the murderer/s in the shadows of suspicion. Hiding under a plan which could only be weaved together by a mastermind, the criminal/s are loose in the minds of Colonel Race, but not by the sharp detective, th
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Sep 07, 2009
El
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I don't know what it is about Agatha Christie that always leaves me feeling so "bleh", but there it is.
Linnet Doyle and her husband, Simon, honeymoon on the Nile. Simon used to be engaged to Linnet's best friend, Jacqueline, and being the best friend and all she comes along for the trip along with several other people, including the fantastic Hercule Poirot. Jacqueline plays quite the spurned lover, making the Doyles unhappy, and it becomes more suspicious when Simon gets More...
Linnet Doyle and her husband, Simon, honeymoon on the Nile. Simon used to be engaged to Linnet's best friend, Jacqueline, and being the best friend and all she comes along for the trip along with several other people, including the fantastic Hercule Poirot. Jacqueline plays quite the spurned lover, making the Doyles unhappy, and it becomes more suspicious when Simon gets More...
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Jun 08, 2010
Andrea
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Death on the Nile is placed as one of my top five favorite Agatha Christie novels and its one of the worlds much loved. First read in my teens and read countless times since, this review was brought on from a recent question to myself,"Has any book ever inspired you to travel?" This book was it: Egypt for the history and to see the sights with my own eyes. Death on the Nile this wonderful little facsimile first edition hardback a perfect way to experience Agatha Christie with the origi
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Jun 28, 2010
Elizabeth
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dude. i almost totally figured it out. i am a GENIUS. either that or all that Monk and Psyche and Law and Order watching has finally paid off. i'm surprised the FBI or the CIA or NSA or some other watchdog police force hasn't hunted me down yet for all my uber circa 1930s detective skills. once they do i'll make BANK. yay me.
oh. and i say "almost" because yeah i knew who wanted the necklace but had the motive all wrong because of that ole detective story cliche "o More...
oh. and i say "almost" because yeah i knew who wanted the necklace but had the motive all wrong because of that ole detective story cliche "o More...
Oct 02, 2011
Peter
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Wow, a real tour-de-force for Agatha. The writing is definately a cut above many of her novels, and the story is rich in psychological aspects, tight plotting, vivid characterization, and an evocative setting.
Golden girl Linnet Doyle seems to have everything: looks, money, personality, business sense, and, as it turns out...enemies. After stealing her passionate school chum Jacqueline de Bellefort's handsome fiance, Simon, she heads out to Egypt for an exotic honeymoon. But Jacki More...
Golden girl Linnet Doyle seems to have everything: looks, money, personality, business sense, and, as it turns out...enemies. After stealing her passionate school chum Jacqueline de Bellefort's handsome fiance, Simon, she heads out to Egypt for an exotic honeymoon. But Jacki More...
Aug 10, 2011
Daveski
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Another great Poirot mystery. This one may be my favorite one yet - it's certainly on par with Murder on the Orient Express at least. It features a similar sort of "closed room" mystery, with a huge knot of characters, clues, and motives for Poirot to untangle, but ends up in a somewhat different direction.
Of course, there isn't anything radically different here - Christie follows a pretty strict formula in all the books of hers that I have read so far. Even though I had a More...
Of course, there isn't anything radically different here - Christie follows a pretty strict formula in all the books of hers that I have read so far. Even though I had a More...
Jun 13, 2011
Somantika
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I haven't read a lot of Agatha Christie, the others being Murder on the Orient Express, And Then There Were None, and 4.50 from Paddington but it made me wonder if a lot of Christie's novels have the same structure as this one: a group of seemingly unrelated people (with maybe small subgroups of 2 or more related persons) go on a voyage or some trip and then one or more of these characters get(s) murdered. In the end the murderer(ress) is of course one (or more) of the passengers who have some m
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Jan 29, 2009
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Sep 25, 2011
Willem
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Perhaps the biggest letdown in ‘Death on the Nile’ is the fact that Egypt itself – with all its captivating sights and fascinating culture – doesn’t play a bigger role in the story than it does. Though Agatha Christie reminisces how reading the story herself brings her back to the time she traveled the Nile herself, little of that imagery carries across the pages to the reader.
But does that really matter? True, the setting and backgrounds are truly insignificant; but a gimmick to give the More...
But does that really matter? True, the setting and backgrounds are truly insignificant; but a gimmick to give the More...
Jan 26, 2012
Claudia
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For those who haven't noticed, I am a huge crime/mystery/suspense junkie. I love it! This book, however, felt very lacking to me. Maybe I have an advantage, as I am studying criminology in school, but I had this one figured out in the first 60 or so pages. Granted, there were a few curve balls thrown in there that left me a bit flabbergasted.
The twists and turns that came from multiple murders - and a potential terrorist! - were really exciting! Each character had something to hide, an More...
The twists and turns that came from multiple murders - and a potential terrorist! - were really exciting! Each character had something to hide, an More...
Dec 07, 2011
Sophie
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Well, I spent an extra 15 mins this morning finishing this off, because you can't interrupt a good Christie denouement!
I haven't read that many Christies, I pick one up every so often and make my way through it. And of the ones I have read, this comes near the top. It has good pace, economical description, giving us enough to understand the characters, but it does not dwell too long on anything - Ms Christie makes every word count.
I love her colourful characters, the Otte More...
I haven't read that many Christies, I pick one up every so often and make my way through it. And of the ones I have read, this comes near the top. It has good pace, economical description, giving us enough to understand the characters, but it does not dwell too long on anything - Ms Christie makes every word count.
I love her colourful characters, the Otte More...
Jul 13, 2010
Katy
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This was such a great book!! Hands-down the best mystery I've EVER read...and yet, who can be surprised? After all, it IS Agatha Christie. :)
I'm a new Agatha Christie fan. I picked up one of her books at a book sale at the local library and devoured it on my beach vacation. Now I'm absolutely reading every one that I can get my hands on...ESPECIALLY Poirot!
He's my favorite detective ever! Not glamorous, showy, pompous, or over-the-top...just brilliant! I love reading abou More...
I'm a new Agatha Christie fan. I picked up one of her books at a book sale at the local library and devoured it on my beach vacation. Now I'm absolutely reading every one that I can get my hands on...ESPECIALLY Poirot!
He's my favorite detective ever! Not glamorous, showy, pompous, or over-the-top...just brilliant! I love reading abou More...
