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Murder in Mesopotamia (Hercule Poirot, #14)
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Mar 01, 2022
bookshelves: agatha-christie, mystery, audio, crime, hoopla, read-in-2022
Another really good story!
A somewhat stuffy nurse tells the tale of how a little Belgian detective solved the murder of the woman she was looking after. <--in Mesopotamia
This one had a good setting and a good cast of characters, but the resolution was too fucknuts even for me. Sorry, there's just no way.
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Then again, what do I know?
However, the path to this somewhat unsatisfying conclusion was good and I enjoyed myself quite a bit. Poirot does his thing ferreting out everyone's secrets and uncovering all the reasons that they might have had to want the victim dead.
I've read 4 books in a row of Christie's that have the same theme - a dead floozy.
And by floozy I mean a woman who is either cheating on her husband, flirting with another woman's husband, or trying to steal/has stolen another woman's man.
Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun, Sparkling Cyanide, and this book all fall into that category, imho. And a part of me is like, Damn, Agatha! What were you trying to work out of your system?
I loved that one of the characters is said to sound like he stepped off the pages of a PG Wodehouse novel. It was such a very cool nod to another author.
And speaking of nods, I've started keeping my eyes out for all the references Christie makes to her other books, and in this one narrator mentions that she heard later on that Poirot got himself entangled in some sort of mystery on the Orient Express. Toot! Toot!
Recommended for fans of Agatha Christie.
A somewhat stuffy nurse tells the tale of how a little Belgian detective solved the murder of the woman she was looking after. <--in Mesopotamia
This one had a good setting and a good cast of characters, but the resolution was too fucknuts even for me. Sorry, there's just no way.
(view spoiler)
Then again, what do I know?
However, the path to this somewhat unsatisfying conclusion was good and I enjoyed myself quite a bit. Poirot does his thing ferreting out everyone's secrets and uncovering all the reasons that they might have had to want the victim dead.
I've read 4 books in a row of Christie's that have the same theme - a dead floozy.
And by floozy I mean a woman who is either cheating on her husband, flirting with another woman's husband, or trying to steal/has stolen another woman's man.
Death on the Nile, Evil Under the Sun, Sparkling Cyanide, and this book all fall into that category, imho. And a part of me is like, Damn, Agatha! What were you trying to work out of your system?
I loved that one of the characters is said to sound like he stepped off the pages of a PG Wodehouse novel. It was such a very cool nod to another author.
And speaking of nods, I've started keeping my eyes out for all the references Christie makes to her other books, and in this one narrator mentions that she heard later on that Poirot got himself entangled in some sort of mystery on the Orient Express. Toot! Toot!
Recommended for fans of Agatha Christie.
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Mar 01, 2022 09:43AM
This was my favorite Christie so far! The ending is so grim and sobering, it felt more like a psychological thriller than a detective story
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It was! The thing with the glass of water freaked me out!
Wonderful review, Anne. I watched the new release of Death on the Nile last night and guess what, after seeing the film so many times I finally guessed the killer. She was/is the greatest murder mystery writer ever.
I think so, too. Just the sheer number of good books she churned out says something about her ability to string words together. I always enjoy her stories whether they're actually 'good' or not.
Anne wrote: "It was! The thing with the glass of water freaked me out!"So I wasn't the only one 馃嵒
NOOOO. I'd read this (at least) once before and that scene always got me. That's just terrifying!
Doesn鈥檛 she reference herself as one of the greatest mystery writers in The Body in the Library? Does that count?
I'd have to re-read that one to be sure, but it sounds like her.
Hey, great review. I totally agree with you here, I really enjoyed the book but the conclusion was just...not it. Also the way Louise was murdered does seem very weird and unrealistic to me -.-
This is a great review! Admittedly I've never read Agatha Christie, but this novel sounds like a good one to keep in mind if I want to pick up one of her books 馃榿
Ha! Well, there are plenty to choose from.
I've been considering getting this audiobook, but remembering how it ended just gives me an instant headache. Has to be her most implausible solution ever.
"fu$%nuts" was my thought exactly and then I read that this is considered one of her top tier books. Still trying to figure that out.
