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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2534 KP) rated Death on the Nile in Books

Nov 12, 2018  
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Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery
8
8.8 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Murder Visits Egypt
Hercule Poirot is on vacation in Egypt, just looking to relax. However, he quickly gets involved in the drama involving a young heiress on her honeymoon. When a murder happens on board the ship they are all traveling on, Poirot finds himself drawn into the case. Can he unravel what really happened?

This is classic Agatha Christie with an extremely complex mystery that seems so simple once Poirot unravels it all. I did feel the book took a bit too long to truly get started, opening as it does a few months before the events really began. But once it does, hold on. Some of the supporting cast could have been stronger, but the main characters were all strong and kept me confused until the end. Agatha Christie is still a master of the mystery genre, and this book shows exactly why.
  
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BookCritics (259 KP) rated Magpie Murders in Books

Jun 12, 2017  
Magpie Murders
Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
6
7.4 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
I recommend this to you if you’ve read quite some Agatha Christie and appreciate a crime novel inspired by her work. She is mentioned quite a lot in the book, so if you don’t know the author or don’t like her books, I think you’ll find this irritating.
Critic- Naty
Original Score: 3 out of 5

Read Review: https://natysbookshelf.wordpress.com/2017/06/11/review-magpie-murders-by-anthony-horowitz/#more-1687
  
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Kevin Phillipson (10072 KP) rated Doctor Who: Robots of Death in TV

Jul 17, 2020 (Updated Jul 17, 2020)  
Doctor Who: Robots of Death
Doctor Who: Robots of Death
1977 | Sci-Fi
9
6.8 (12 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Tom baker (2 more)
Louise Jameson
Vocs
I like this one it has everything that makes classic who group of people who are trapped with the doctor and his companion with an enemy who's killing them off one by one. The story takes alot of cues from Agatha Christie novels plenty of red herrings. And then there's the VOCs probably one of the best designed robots in who history. plus Tom baker in his element trying to convince the crew that it's the VOCs that are the real killers and not him or someone else is controlling them. Pure classic but not the last time that doctor who will use Christie for inspiration
  
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Dean (6927 KP) rated Grantchester - Season 1 in TV

Aug 28, 2017  
Grantchester - Season 1
Grantchester - Season 1
2014 | Drama
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
TV Season Rating
Good storylines (1 more)
Good actors
A well made series
I've seen this mentioned and the book it's based on getting high praise, so I thought I'd check it out. Someone said it was very Agatha Christie like, maybe in terms of the setting and characters. There is normally a murder to be solved but it normally relies on the main characters interaction with people, rather than any clues being unraveled. Still interesting nevertheless.
  
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The Stricken Land (20 KP) rated Murder on the Orient Express (2017) in Movies

Mar 2, 2018  
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
2017 | Drama, Mystery
6
6.9 (90 Ratings)
Movie Rating Watch
Superb acting and period set design (0 more)
Slow, dull and uninvolving (0 more)
Ponderous retelling of the Christie novel.
This update of Agatha Christie's famous whodunnit certainly looks the part, and the who's who cast certainly give it their all. But for all its visual splendour, the film fails to really engage and is let down by plodding pace and bloated run time. Akin to watching a beautiful piece of antique furniture for two and a half hours.