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aidamaria_reads's review against another edition
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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Alcohol, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Alcoholism, Classism, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
daniellekat's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-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? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Death
Moderate: Suicide and Misogyny
mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Blood, Racism, Racial slurs, and Sexism
Mention of Inspector J*ppreadingelli's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
Moderate: Murder and Suicide
alerasaul0's review against another edition
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Woof, I forgot how racist, classist,, and misogynistic Agatha Christie's writing is. I understand part of it being the time it was written in but I won't be reading any of her other works again.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content, Racial slurs, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Racism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
veganecurrywurst's review against another edition
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.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Racism, Death, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Toxic friendship, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Suicide, Colonisation, Gun violence, and Alcoholism
alyssagongora's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This book felt like it had a really slow start but once it picked up it PICKED UP! I really had no idea who the murderer was until the very end but it wasn’t the kind of murder mystery where the concept is so far fetched it’s impossible to guess it was the perfect amount of plot twist that doesn’t make you angry. I think my least favorite part was the beginning and how slow it started, if I didn’t know it was a murder mystery I would have DNFed it but knowing that a murder had to be on it’s was kept me going.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs
lakea's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Racial slurs, and Racism
tomaxhull's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Perhaps my fault for reading Orient Express first... but this was largely a disappointment after that!
Pros: It carried its themes of class, money, and love pretty well. The clues were largely well-dropped, enough for me to pick up on inconsistencies/hints and vaguely link them in my head so that Poirot could satisfyingly lay the full explanations out for me. Many of the central characters - especially the trio of Linnet, Simon, and Jacqueline - felt flawed, interesting, and real; hard to pull off in a tightly-paced mystery. And of course as in any Christie story, it was a very clever mystery.
Where it went wrong for me: Firstly, the Orientalist racism of the book's setting has not aged at all well, and it was really uncomfortable to read caricatures of Egyptian people who were not treated as actual characters at all.
Secondly, while I liked some of the B-plots, such as that of the Allertons, the Otterbournes, and Cornelia, others were fairly unsatisfactory: Pennington beinga crook but not a murderer and Risetti being a different, unrelated murderer were rather disappointing red herrings as they really contributed nothing to the mystery and were basically disregarded after these things were worked out. Additionally, the whole thing with Ferguson the noble-born communist was just an off-note. Maybe it was meant to be comic relief but it was just scene after scene of a highly unpleasant man saying unrealistically unpleasant things, with no deeper thoughts ever revealed behind it, and no relevance to the plot; it really just felt like a political caricature!
My main disappointment, though, was the reveal of the real murder plot: The killers actually being the two people with the most obvious motive from the beginning COULD be done well, but I think I felt short-changed because it felt as if we'd already seen several sides of Jacqueline. Her going from carefree friend to seemingly unhinged stalker, to then the very tender conversation she has with Poirot, where she seems an understandably miserable and desperate person, was really compelling. It felt sweet, in the midst of a murder mystery, to give time for a storyline of character growth, about the realisation that terrible things happen but there's no sense in continuing the suffering for others.
...And then it turned out that nope, she WAS calculating and ruthless to a terrifying degree? That's what felt a letdown to me... it seemed the narrative had made an effort to get us to sympathise with someone whose actions at times seemed very unsympathetic, and then it said "Actually she IS a totally unfeeling killer"?
Plus just... Okay. the fact the entire thing hinged on Simon being able to sprint like hell across a boat while he's supposed to be grievously wounded, even though he could be spotted (and was), to swiftly murder his wife, and then run back and actually shoot himself in the leg before anyone comes back? A wound that could become pretty serious because you're several days away from a hospital? That's. Like. If you were going to pre-plan a murder THIS elaborately then SURELY you'd make a sturdier plan than this? Very weird contrivance. And if they're this nonchalant about shooting people who get in the way then I feel like they'd just shoot Poirot lol. He at least still proves much more likeable than Sherlock Holmes though.
...Still, it's 2:30 AM and I stayed up to see how it ended, so that at least tells you it got its hooks into me!
Pros: It carried its themes of class, money, and love pretty well. The clues were largely well-dropped, enough for me to pick up on inconsistencies/hints and vaguely link them in my head so that Poirot could satisfyingly lay the full explanations out for me. Many of the central characters - especially the trio of Linnet, Simon, and Jacqueline - felt flawed, interesting, and real; hard to pull off in a tightly-paced mystery. And of course as in any Christie story, it was a very clever mystery.
Where it went wrong for me: Firstly, the Orientalist racism of the book's setting has not aged at all well, and it was really uncomfortable to read caricatures of Egyptian people who were not treated as actual characters at all.
Secondly, while I liked some of the B-plots, such as that of the Allertons, the Otterbournes, and Cornelia, others were fairly unsatisfactory: Pennington being
My main disappointment, though, was the reveal of the real murder plot:
...And then it turned out that nope, she WAS calculating and ruthless to a terrifying degree? That's what felt a letdown to me... it seemed the narrative had made an effort to get us to sympathise with someone whose actions at times seemed very unsympathetic, and then it said "Actually she IS a totally unfeeling killer"?
Plus just... Okay. the fact the entire thing hinged on Simon being able to sprint like hell across a boat while he's supposed to be grievously wounded, even though he could be spotted (and was), to swiftly murder his wife, and then run back and actually shoot himself in the leg before anyone comes back? A wound that could become pretty serious because you're several days away from a hospital? That's. Like. If you were going to pre-plan a murder THIS elaborately then SURELY you'd make a sturdier plan than this? Very weird contrivance. And if they're this nonchalant about shooting people who get in the way then I feel like they'd just shoot Poirot lol. He at least still proves much more likeable than Sherlock Holmes though.
...Still, it's 2:30 AM and I stayed up to see how it ended, so that at least tells you it got its hooks into me!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs
unknown_reader's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism and Racial slurs
Minor: Death and Death of parent