Reviews with content warning for Emotional abuse - Death on the Nile

The only reason why I couldn't give it higher was due to the cramped and rushed prologue. I get that Christie doesn't like having long books but she should have had at least 100 more pages to build up the prologue from different perspectives as the chapter was way to long and unacessible for dyslexic readers like myself. I also didn't enjoy the side characters as much as I did with my Murder On The Orient Express read. Apart from that I still enjoyed the novel and its flaws didn't bring down the book for me too much.

One part of the book I enjoyed was the theme of marginalised rich folk not having the power and luxury people think they do. Almost everyone on the boat had a reason to killer and when you know who actually killed her it's even more impactful. Although she looked pretty and kind on the outside on the inside as a woman she had lots of pressure from inheriting a large fortune. It shows how greedy man has become with money and the theme definitely still applies to today.

Another thing I liked was Poirots allies. Although Mrs Allerton wasn't a co detective I thought she had a great chemistry with him and Colonel Race even with the terrible name was just as fun as M Bouc was in Murder On The Orient Express. You can tell the duos chemistry is strong, Colonel Race in the book was definitely Watson to Poirots Sherlock. Their reactions to the drama and discussing the clues was highly entertaining and never left me bored.

Finally I liked the way again without spoiling that the twist wasn't too predictable. Despite having seen the movie there were sometimes Christie managed to convince that the killer was someone else. It was also really suspenseful when the other murders happened as Poriot and Race were collecting clues. If you like suspense this is definitely the book for you.

Overall I highly recommend this to anybody looking for a suspenseful murder mystery with lots of insightful themes.

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mme_carton's review against another edition

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dark mysterious relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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giulianalb99's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Pensé que me iba a gustar más, pero no ha sido así. Después de haber leído “Diez Negritos” tenía las expectativas altas con este libro y la verdad es que me sobran muchísimas páginas y se me hizo bastante lento en algunas partes. Ha sido entretenido pero esta vez sí ha sido bastante predecible.

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ttumbletree's review against another edition

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lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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lqne's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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aidamaria_reads's review

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The new film adaptation is as good as any to read this book and I really like the setting of the story. The crime was a little predictable, overall, save for some unexpected events following the murder. I have to admit it’s satisfying to have my suspicions confirmed by Hercule Poirot, but some bits were a bit weird to me (I guess real life people are perfectly capable of being rather odd or saying strange things, but still). ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (3.5 out of 5 stars) for me.

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veganecurrywurst's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Death on the Nile is an Agatha Christie classic.
I much more prefere the Miss Marpel novels, however. Hercule Poirot is intendet to come across as arrogant, but in some cases it's simply annoying.
Contrary to other Agatha Christie books I almost immediatly knew, who the murderer was.

although, I so very much hoped that Jackie would somehow be innocent

I liked that all charaters had their faults and you really could not agree with any of them. As a reader you never really knew who's side to be on.
Also this story had to many characters and some of them didn't feel necessary to the plot at all.
Worst of all is the constant racism expressed by some of the characters, which really ruins some chapters and the reading experience. Hopefully newer editions edit it out, as it is in no way important the the storyline and only ruins the book.
I was looking forward to seeing the new movie, until I saw that Armie Hammer was going to be in it, so now I'll watch the older film version, which also looks amazing.

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