Death on the Nile

DEATH ON THE NILE (Agatha Christie) - Three Stars

There's really not much from my Murder on the Orient Express review that doesn't also apply here. Christie's books are light, breezy reads: slightly mentally challenging without being brain-busting, and highly entertaining. I also appreciate that Christie maintains objectivity with her main character: a lesser author might have fallen too in love with Hercule Poirot, but Christie doesn't hesitate in portraying Poirot as the smugly pompous ass he can be at times (although these passages are written with tongue pretty firmly in cheek).

Death... receives only three stars because it was a little too easy to figure out. I had "who" and the "why" figured out long in advance. Christie still weaves in several wonderful, inconsequential sub-plots, and even those are a delight to figure out; and, like in Murder..., there's a twist in the last couple of pages that is both shocking and entertaining.

I'm sure there will be more Christie novels in my future, and I'm sure their reviews will be equally brief. All I can do is recommend that you check her books out if you haven't already.