[ book review ] death on the nile
Thursday, 1 March 2018 - 0 comment
author: agatha christie
country: united kingdom
language: english
genre: crime novel
published: 1 november 1937
publisher: collins crime club
pages: 288pp
synopsis:this is the second agatha christie novel that i've read, and it truly doesn't disappoint. (shoutout to kak oline for letting me borrow these hehe)
The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life. Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: 'I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.' Yet in this exotic setting, nothing is ever quite what it seems...
the story builds slowly, but,of course, not at all uninterestingly. even though the story revolves around the murder of one character, everyone is given time in the spotlight. i love the diversity of the characters and how we are introduced to their traits deliberately, not just half heartedly like many novels do these days. i get the sense that everyone is important and involved, and it's great.
what is also great: the guessing game. now that everything is laid out and we're familiar with the characters, who did the murder? is it the obvious one? confusion feels nice. or, more accurately, curiosity. flipping through the book is nothing like a task.
i'm not very experienced with crime novels, by the way, because i don't think i could handle reading some hundred words to be disappointed by a dry ending. but this is agatha christie, and i don't think anything she'd made could be disappointing. and the twists i stumble upon aren't only in the ending. it's everywhere. the plot is really impossible to guess.
everything is interesting and it's hard to find that in most books. all in all, i love hercule poirot. i love agatha christie, and i love this book. 10/10
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