Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie - Review

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This wasn't one of my favourite TV adaptations but I am glad I gave the book a chance. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.

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The beginning and the end.
Of course there was great stuff in between but I loved how the book came full circle. We start of with two characters (who we never see again until the end) talking about the heiress who had bought the local big house. We pick up with them again once all of the drama is over, and murders have been committed and after a few comments on what they have read in the papers, life goes on. I really liked that.
I really enjoyed the introductions to the rest of the characters and how we get to learn the basics of why they are going to Egypt. It was fun to pick up on each of them when we see them again.


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Some of the characters seemed a bit too...much (?). Very melodramatic and over the top. It grated on me a little bit.
I hate to say this but Poirot irritated me, he came across as quite pompous.

All in All
A fun read were the things that annoyed me didn't annoy me enough to put down the book.




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Review - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

(I do not want to give anything away with this review so it is going to be very short :))

One of Christie's most celebrated and intriguing whodunnits, featuring the incomparable Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The sleuth is called in to investigate the murder of wealthy businessman Roger Ackroyd - who has been found dead in a locked room!
(Description from Goodreads)

Briliant!

I really need to come up with another word don’t I… Hmm… Blethericious (?)

Moving on.

This is the first Christie book I have read properly without just making it a quick flick. This was the first because it was the first that I got though the Agatha Christie books bolection (this comes out every fortnight in the UK). And believe me, whoever made the decision to make this the first book made a smashing choice. I know that it has got me wanting to read more.

In this book me are introduced to Hercule Poirot through the eyes of the narrator who in the local doctor. Having only know Poirot through the David Suchet adaptations I loved reading about him and seeing how he is viewed by others.

The characters are anything but plain and in true crime fashion everyone has a motive…. But did they have the mean?

Great mind bending read!