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detectivepauljohn 23 Sep 08 at 8:08 a.m. GMT

Hello guys! I bought this book last Saturday. I finished reading it last Monday. I really love this book. I'm so shocked at the end of the story. My favorite characters are Cornelia Robson and Mrs. Allerton. Salome Otterbourne is also my fave but she didn't talked too much but Mrs. Allerton did. I rate this book 10/10 or 20/10 because this book is really excellent! How about you?

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Vermillion 13 Jan 11 at 11:54 a.m. GMT

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I like this book very much, though at first i delayed reading it a bit because i find Linnet really annoying. She acted kindly not from her kindness but just because she didn't want to feel guilty. She acted kindly just to make herself feel comfortable. In the end, she is still a selfish person who doesn't think about anyone's feeling but herself.

Mr_west 25 Dec 10 at 4:24 p.m. GMT

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I rate the book 10/10.

it's one of my favorite by AC, I like Jacqueline, but i don't like Simon.

the best part of the book:

SPOILERS, HUGE SPOILERS

when Mrs. Otterbourne go to poirot after she saw the killer:

"I saw someone knock on the maid's door and go inside!"

"but who was it?!"

"ohh didn't I say? it was..."

and BOOM she's dead! the most thrilling scene ever.

MissQuin 26 May 10 at 2:35 p.m. GMT

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I'd rate the book 10/10 one of my favourites. Yes I did work out the killers, but it was so entertaining to read.

Jacqueline loved Simon so deeply, she'd do anything for him. He wanted to be rich and would have badly planned, some harebrained murder scheme. So she intervened and planned something much cleverer, much more daring. She acted really angry towards Simon, but she didn't need to pretend to feel contempt for Linnet, seeing as she tried to steal her man.

anonymoose_au 26 May 10 at 3:35 a.m. GMT

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I just finished reading this book and I have to wonder if I might have seen a television version first because I figured out whodunnit practically right away, which has never happened.

Anywho, it was a gripping tale! I couldn't help feeling terrible for Jackie, she was so likeable and I kept hoping that someone else would turn out to be the killer. Although she probably could have talked Simon out of it...so I suppose she wanted revenge against Linnet because she didn't hesistate in going after Simon.

The other characters in the book were great, I espeically like Ferguson - the communist - he was hilarious.

Matillies 23 Mar 09 at 1:09 a.m. GMT

I loved Death On the Nile and I have no idea why I dodn't figure it out. At the end there was a whole ten minutes of OOHH! Everyone else is going on about the Otterbournes and Fanthrop so I'll be different and say that my favourite character, through-and-through is none other than the great Hercule Poirot.

Inspector_Kelly 18 Mar 09 at 10:37 a.m. GMT

Death on the nile is one of the best Poirot and Christie books I've read. The charcaters and location is fantastic, and the writing itself is very interesting and makes you want to read more. The actual killing itself is very clever as well as who dunnit!

AnnieN 11 Mar 09 at 4:43 p.m. GMT

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i'v only ever seen death on the nile, but even so i loooooooved it to!!! it was Actually the first agatha christie story i'ed seen!

Me too!  It was watching the fab (albeit far from the book) Ustinov film that got me into Christie in the first place, many, many moons ago.  I've never quite liked the book as much as the film, shows you should generally read the book first before the film colours your views!

mirror 05 Mar 09 at 5:57 a.m. GMT

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I am sorry for the obscurity. What I mean is that the meaningful, long, and mysterious reply ,which Linnet's maid  apparently gave to poirot as a witness was actually given to another character in the same room as a code.

squatty 04 Mar 09 at 2:49 p.m. GMT

Without giving the game away mirror, can you say what the "strange evidence" was?

mirror 03 Mar 09 at 12:21 a.m. GMT

I think it is one of the best novels AC wrote in that she deceived readers very well .I love the way Poirot unravels the strange evidence which a victim gave , which is very simple in itself but difficult to recognise the meaning.Poirot counts on logic to solve mysteries and that's why his solutions are theoretically almost perfect.

sapphire_arisa 26 Feb 09 at 3:44 a.m. GMT

I've seen the movie, but not the actual book. I rate the movie 9/10, so I think the original novel will be better.

Lone_Wolf 26 Jan 09 at 8:48 a.m. GMT

One of my favourite AC books. 10/10.

AndThenThereWasTim 26 Jan 09 at 4:17 a.m. GMT

Best Book Yet... Location was magical and the emotion was so real. Characters interacted prefectly and the ending (even though I saw the movie first) was ingeaneous! 111/10

ariadnepoirotmarple 25 Jan 09 at 7:27 p.m. GMT

That's why I didn't like Emily Blunt as Linnet, she played a futile and stereotypical Linnet when she was just so kind! Mr. Ferguson, I love him! He does have human feelings but he doesn't show them. I think he's funny and a little shy sometimes, he has a nice and sensitive side but he tries to hide it! Jacqueline keeps being my all time favorite AC character.

detectivepauljohn 25 Oct 08 at 8:11 a.m. GMT

Mr. Ferguson has no human feelings at all- I agree. I dislike Jacqueline but I like Linnet. You know, Linnet is kind and generous. Read the first pages of the book and there are some scenes there that proves Linnet is kind.

count_andreny 20 Oct 08 at 1:38 p.m. GMT

I think Death on the Nile is one of the best AC books.The plot is ingenious,the characters are intelligent and ( some) funny.I like Jacqueline but I don't dislike Linnet too.They're like two different parts of one single person.I really disliked Mr.Ferguson,he's so annoying and he hasn't any human feelings,at all!

ariadnepoirotmarple 20 Oct 08 at 12:55 p.m. GMT

I read both and I love them!

detectivepauljohn 20 Oct 08 at 9:57 a.m. GMT

ariadnepoirotmarple

I agree with you but I still dislike Jacqueline. I like the old woman Ms. Van Schuyler because she's talking funny sometimes specially when she ask things. The Otterbournes are also quite funny especially Salome Otterbourne. My favorite characters are Mrs. Allerton and Cornelia Robson. This is my fave book by AC. I think you should also read "Evil Under the Sun" and "Cards On the Table" because they are very good books! have a nice day =)

ariadnepoirotmarple 19 Oct 08 at 10:27 a.m. GMT

I finished my re-reading today. Wonderful ending. It was so touching and melancholic. When I come to the end, I always claim Jackie as my favourite character. She just steals my heart all the time. Dr. Bessner is now one of my favourite characters, he's so hilarious and makes me laugh. Otterbournes, like I already mentioned in my previous reply, are the perfect mix between the happiness and the melancholy. I think DOTN is now my favourite Christie. It makes me smile, cry... every emotion and feeling is well portrayed and the characters always have something positive and the triangle that the main characters form is so captivating - Linnet, Simon and Jackie have so much life and charisma.

detectivepauljohn 16 Oct 08 at 10:29 a.m. GMT

ariadnepoirotmarple

I agree. I think Linnet is kind because she shares her fortunes. I like Cornelia for her simplicity and honesty and being happy but I dislike Ms. Schuyler but yes she's sometimes funny when Ms. Schuyler always say things to people.