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Death in the Clouds (Hercule Poirot, #12)
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bookshelves: agatha-christie, mystery, crime, hoopla, read-in-2022, audio
Apr 21, 2022
bookshelves: agatha-christie, mystery, crime, hoopla, read-in-2022, audio
DEATH BY BLOW DART!
A crusty old moneylender known for keeping blackmail on all of her high profile and aristocratic clients gets taken out by a snake poison while traveling through the air.
I choose to believe this means Death in the Clouds was the original inspiration for Snakes on a Plane.
I like locked-room mysteries, so I absolutely appreciated the use of murder on a plane to spice up that trope. And I also love the snake poison dart as the weapon of choice.
Keepin it wacky, Agatha!
Now because Poirot is on the plane, he becomes a suspect in the court of public opinion and takes on the case to defend his good name.
And of course, he solves it.
This may not be the most well-known Poirot mystery, but it has an interesting setting, a good cast of characters, and a lot of twisty shenanigans to keep you interested.
Recommended.
A crusty old moneylender known for keeping blackmail on all of her high profile and aristocratic clients gets taken out by a snake poison while traveling through the air.
I choose to believe this means Death in the Clouds was the original inspiration for Snakes on a Plane.
I like locked-room mysteries, so I absolutely appreciated the use of murder on a plane to spice up that trope. And I also love the snake poison dart as the weapon of choice.
Keepin it wacky, Agatha!
Now because Poirot is on the plane, he becomes a suspect in the court of public opinion and takes on the case to defend his good name.
And of course, he solves it.
This may not be the most well-known Poirot mystery, but it has an interesting setting, a good cast of characters, and a lot of twisty shenanigans to keep you interested.
Recommended.
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Nice review Anne! Glad you enjoyed
Nice review Anne.We watched Death on the Nile over the weekend. I hope they make more Poirot films. The two Brannagh has done so far have been great.
Chad wrote: "Nice review Anne.We watched Death on the Nile over the weekend. I hope they make more Poirot films. The two Brannagh has done so far have been great."
I'm hoping they make more because I'm an Agatha junkie, but I really dislike the way Brannagh futzes with the main plot. MotOE was ok as a movie. Death in the Nile was perfect and (for no discernable reason) changed up a big chunk of the plot that was good and replaced it with an awful one. The mother in the book was really nice and wanted her son to marry the girl, even took her under her wing for the whole book because she needed someone. Why make the mom a horrible bitch? Why not keep the happy ending for Rosalie? It was just...ugh.
Whitney Erwin wrote: "Nice review Anne! Glad you enjoyed"I did! This was my first time with this one.
Anne wrote: " Death in the Nile was perfect and (for no discernable reason) changed up a big chunk of the plot that was good and replaced it with an awful one. The mother in the book was really nice and wanted her son to marry the girl, even took her under her wing for the whole book because she needed someone. Why make the mom a horrible bitch? Why not keep the happy ending for Rosalie? It was just...ugh."I haven't read the book yet. That is odd that he'd mess with large sections of the plot for a classic like this. He had to know fans would be upset. I'm really shocked there wasn't more fan outrage about it. This is the first I'm hearing of it.
Sophie & saw it in the theater and the lady in front of me was losing her mind as soon as the lights came up. Go watch the older movies and you'll be really surprised at how much he screwed with this one. There were parts that he changed I liked and he made the movie absolutely lovely to look at, but my favorite part of the book is that Rosalie and Tim end up together. Not only for the romance but also because Rosalie's actual mom (who is not a singer but an alcoholic author) is awful to her. Tim's mom isn't a level-10 clinger, she's really sweet and when she realizes what's going on she tries to take care of her. And she really WANTS her son to end up with her.So why?
Why give Poirot a weird romance (when he's pretty asexual in the books) and make Tim's mom so horrible. Even Rosalie's mom wasn't that bad, she was just a closet drunk.
OH! And Poirot did shave his mustaches in one book. But he only did it to save Hasting's life. There's no way that he would do it for a woman. That whole plotline was just...wtf?
Why? Because Brannagh.
EXACTLY. And it probably doesn't help that I've vaguely disliked him since he cheated on Emma Thompson waaaay back in the day.
The Doctor Who episode with Agatha Christie references exactly that book. : )
Seriously!? I didn’t know that!
Anne wrote: "Seriously!? I didn’t know that!"It‘s in the series with Donna and the Ten Doctor aka David Tennant
Very cool. We'll have to check that one out!
Great use of Gifs . Loved the book and your review. 🤩
Thanks! This was a pretty fun book, wasn't it?
Great review!Particularly enjoyed the GIF ❤️
BooksAndCoffee wrote: "Great review!Particularly enjoyed the GIF ❤️"
Thank you!
