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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
2.5
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Well, I’ve only read one other Agatha Christie book, Murder on the Orient Express, which I liked. 

I couldn’t get into this one as much. I didn’t like any of the characters except for Poirot, the plot was a bit predictable and had a soap-opera like love triangle (and the end - what?). Being set in Egypt, it was hard to see past the pretty blatant racism/classism. I know this is in a lot of her books from this time period but still. 

All of these factors led me to not like it much, though I will say in true Agatha Christie fashion it was suspenseful and a quick page-turner.