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Pembunuhan di Sungai Nil by Agatha Christie

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gggggggmcoen's review against another edition

Even going into reading this knowing that it was written a long time ago, and that there would be some wildly outdated views, the racism, classism and colonialism is just inescapable and made it so it wasn't enjoyable at all.

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blewballoon's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is my first Agatha Christie book. I should have expected it due to the age of the writing, but the casual racism kept surprising me.

I also think my experience suffered a bit from the "Seinfeld is Unfunny" phenomenon where I've read so many mysteries that are inspired by and derivative of Agatha Christie that reading the original ends up feeling a bit unoriginal.

I felt that the writing was a bit too repetitive and held the reader's hand too much in the first half and then jumped too quickly in the second half to keep the reader from figuring the mysteries out themselves. I can see though how it would be more satisfying as a re-read (or re-watch as a film) once you know the reveals and can see how the clues were there all along.

The writing felt like it would easily translate to a film script, it's mostly dialogue and essentially stage directions of how characters are moving about and reacting to things.

The perspective is third person and not limited to Poirot himself, which I thought was interesting.

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