Death on the Nile (Poirot)

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In The New York Times Book Review for February 6, 1938, Isaac Anderson concluded after summarising the set-up of the plot that, "You have the right to expect great things of such a combination [of Agatha Christie and Hercule Poirot] and you will not be disappointed.". Branagh has thinned out the passenger list of the boat and there's no room for Poirot's friend Colonel Race, who has come on board to find a murderer (not Linnet's). Bouc isn't among the passengers in the original novel either and he actually takes the place of the novel's third victim. The Times Literary Supplement's short review of November 20, 1937, by Caldwell Harpur, concluded, "Hercule Poirot, as usual, digs out a truth so unforeseen that it would be unfair for a reviewer to hint at it".

The main detective here is Poirot and Colonel Race helps him and I love their dynamics in this story! I keep discovering new things about Agatha and I can see their influence in the story, just like the fact that she worked as a nurse during the war and that she really did visit Egypt and you can tell by how realistic her writing is! I was actually grinning like a fool when she mentioned the donkey boys and the way they spoke English was very funny yet very true!

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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie is a 2005 William Morrow publication. (Originally published in 1937) In 1930, Christie married archaeologist Max Mallowan (Sir Max from 1968) after joining him in an archaeological dig. Their marriage was especially happy in the early years and remained so until Christie's death in 1976.

the fact that Poirot only drinks wine with dinner, while his two usual dinner companions, the Allertons, drink something else; Love is not everything, Mademoiselle,’ Poirot said gently. ‘It is only when we are young that we think it is.” As in many, many instances of misspelled words, no spaces where there should be spaces, and quotation marks missing in almost every chapter. Attempting to give Jacqueline the slip, the Doyles plan an extended stay in Cairo, while secretly booking passage on the same Nile river cruise as Poirot. To their rage, Jacqueline learns their plans and appears on board with them. Now before you get the cheese grater and the lemon juice out for me, let me say that this is my first Agatha Christie novel and my first experience with Monsieur Poirot. I have no idea whether I started with the wrong book or whether my initial impression of HP will soften as I read more. At times he was just fine but there were moments when he was so full of himself that I wanted to tie him down and beat him with his own ego.

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I bring this up though because this one has a special place for me. This was, while not the first Poirot novel I read, it was my first Poirot story. When I finally did read the book, I remembered exactly who did it, and I still loved it. A lush setting, elegant and mysterious characters, lively dialogue, and murder combine to make a very satisfying read. I had fun working alongside Poirot, who naturally won’t share all of his ideas with anyone, including the dear reader. I thought I had it figured out a few times, but I’m easily fooled by all the red herrings. That’s okay, I like being distracted by it all! I find [the 1990s TV] adaptations a little too white, too conservative, too Middle-England-y," continues Bernthal-Hooker. "You can get these readings from the books but you can also get a much more worldly reading from them."