Monday, September 13, 2010

Death on the Nile

Over the summer, I read a few books but I enjoyed reading Death on the Nile , by Agatha Christie, the most. I think what I liked most about reading this book was trying to guess who the killer was. I find that a lot of Agatha Christies' books have many characters, quite a few have meaningful motives, so that it makes it more fun to try to guess. This probably also pulls attention away from the real killer so that when the reader finally finds out, they are extremely surprised. The book wasn't only about the murderer though. It touched on some themes about revenge versus forgiveness or letting things go. Another little theme was how far one should go for love. My favorite part of the book was when Hercule Poirot explains how the murderer killed the victim, when the murderer supposedly had a wounded leg. The explanation made so much sense when it was said, yet someone would have to think way out of the book to be able to come up with it. I hope to read more books like this one.

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