Reviews - Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

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Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

Agatha Christie

4.02 AVERAGE

mollybates's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

reading this on the nile was the best choice ever!

emily1602's review against another edition

My first time guessing who the murderers would be from the start! I knew just about as soon as they boarded the boat who they would be. But it seems like a lot of people here guessed this one too, so maybe I should not be too proud of myself

The last line was sad-the bodies being removed from the boat, gossip spreading, and then the gossip moving on to other things, leaving the dead behind.

isabelleharsley's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookdxryl's review against another edition

3.75

challenging mysterious relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

3.75. I enjoyed this book but i felt it was slow paced and took way too long to get to the mystery and crime.

I had an inkling in my mind it was those two together and they planned the whole thing. That’s what i said at the beginning. Idk how i feel about being correct. On one hand I feel smart, the other i feel like it was too easy.

It’s definitely still worth reading though. It’s a good book and i’ll probably read more of her work.

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capyben's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

quiche13's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

rach3l's review against another edition

4.0

I loved this so much. The plot was so complex.

itscharhaha's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

stef84_'s review against another edition

2.75

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

heyitsheather's review against another edition

5.0

I read the whole thing in one night. It's engaging and dramatic and very fast paced. I had theories throughout - always one step ahead of Colonel Race and three behind Poirot.

Christie deserves her fame if all of her novels are like this. Looking forward to reading more.

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