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…
CW: murder, death, suicide,
Rating
Review
This one is a low four stars, not because of the book but me. I liked it, but I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it for the first time, knowing nothing.
This is one of the most famous books by Agatha Christie, and it was adapted into all formats, series, films, etc. All this means that I watched it numerous times, and I know it well and maybe too well to truly appreciate the book. I’m kind of sad about this point; I nearly DNFed it due to that. That’s why I decided to switch to the audiobook, which stayed the same as I was ahead of the action every time. However, the good thing was that I continued to listen to it as the narrator, Kenneth Branagh, was very good, except when he spoke with a French accent. He helped me to dive into the story a little more. The other thing that didn’t help was that I struggled to decipher two characters and didn’t know how much time I mixed them up.
Overall, I liked it when it was revelations time and the ending, which was worth all my struggle with this book.
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