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Summary: Well-plotted and intriguing.
Review: A change from English drawing-rooms and sleepy villages, this is a sterling mystery in its own right. The members of a prosperous family die off one by one.....while reading it, have plenty of lights on. Also rich with details of ancient Egyptian life. An excellent book.
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Summary: Completely Different From All Other Christies
Review: Agatha Christie has a complete change of pace as she takes the reader to ancient Egypt for this exciting tour de force. It might seem an unusual step for a writer who specialized in 20th century murder set in cozy English villages, but all the passions that lead to murder---jealousy, envy, greed, love, hate---are apparently timeless. Christie's research was painstaking and she is able to give us the exact details of this ancient life down to the type of food they ate and the type of clothes they wore. One of the most amazing things to me was that she was able to make these characters so realistic even though they are living in a time and under circumstances so foreign to the reader. The plot centers on multiple murders involving members of the family of Imhotep, a well-to-do religious leader in Thebes around 2000 BC. This novel is her most unique, but it has the same brilliant plotting and satisfying ending that all her others have.
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Summary: The Unusual Christie
Review: Agatha sets her murder in ancient Egypt in this original tale of a wealthy landlord's household.The unusual setting is the best feature of the book.An exciting psychological exposition of the characters but the end was disappointingly guessable. Nonetheless one of Dame Christie's best books.
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Summary: Christie with an Egyptian twist
Review: Although several of Agatha Christie's mysteries were set in the Middle East, this is the only one set in ancient times. Although historical mysteries were very unusual for Christie, she shows that she could have been a master of the genre if she had tried. Set in ancient Egypt, the characters in this book are so well-drawn and realistic that they practically spring off the page. I would not recommend this book to a Christie novice because I think you really have to have a fine appreciation of the Christie genius to fully appreciate Death Comes as the End.Overall,this is an excellent book that makes me wish Christie had written more of its kind.
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Summary: My ALL TIME favorite Christie...
Review: Among those 75 novels of Christie that I've read, this is surely my ALL TIME FAVORITE. The Egypt background was absolutely appealing. And the plot was engaging till the end. Even if you're such a big fan of Poirot and Miss Marple, don't you dare miss this one. It would bring you to such a different world, where the devil lies within the beauty.
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Summary: A thrilling page turner
Review: Another winner by Dame Agatha Christie...this was an exciting and unusual murder mystery. Set in ancient Egypt, a young Renisenb returns to her father's house, where she regathers with her family. Things seem different, and soon things seem deadly. From poison to strangling, This was definately a must read.
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Summary: A Christie Curiosity
Review: DEATH COMES AS THE END is a true Christie curiosity. Inspired by both her archeologist husband and then-recent archeological finds, Christie sets her tale of murder and mayhem in ancient Egypt. Even so, the story remains pure Christie: a long widowed landowner brings the beautiful young woman with whom he has fallen in love to his home--and she quickly upsets the household by manipulating a series of confrontations that so enrage her lover that he threatens to disinherit his children in her favor. Needless to say, murder is not far behind, and one death leads to another and another in what must be one of the highest body counts in any Christie novel. Although Christie spins her tale with considerable historical authority and aplomb, her extremely English tone of voice does not entirely suit her setting, and in this instance the solution to the crimes is actually on the obvious side. Ultimately, DEATH COMES AS THE END is more of an interesting experiment than it is a successful novel and cannot be ranked as among her most successful works--but it is expertly written, and established fans of her work will have a good time with it.
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Summary: AN UNUSUAL BUT PERHAPS MEDIOCRE MYSTERY
Review: Death Comes as the End is the only foray of Christie's into ancient culture and history. Perhaps Christie knew that even with the best of intentions this idea did not work as well as her other plot ideas did. Christie has always had a fixed sense of her era--the background of it, the type of people living then, the way of life. This unique insight was always reflected into her novels as not only an outstanding set description, but a view to the way of life in bygone decades. However, in this mystery Christie does not have that cultural insight. Understandable, considering no one today ever lived in ancient Egypt and all we can know about it is found in stuffy volumes. Christie couldn't just sit back and observe people around her as she did for other novels. She had to make up the tiny details of life, and that is perhaps why this book has an undercurrent of artificiality. Not to say all of the book is bad. The people, the setting, and the backdrop for the! plot are mediocre, but the mystery side of it-- Christie's expertise wherever the setting may be-- is nicely done. Not the best, but okay. And so, all in all, Death Comes as the End remains a necessity for Christie collectors, but a superfluity for casual Christie readers.
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Summary: One of Agatha Christie's Best!
Review: I almost didn't read Death Comes as the End. I am always wary of historical fiction, and the idea of Agatha Christie writing about Ancient Egypt seemed absurd at first. But then after I had read more of her books and realized how much knowledge Ms. Christie had of archaeology, I figured I'd give it a shot. To my delight, the book gives one of the most lifelike depictions of life in ancient Egypt I've seen yet. The figures from ancient heiroglyphs seem to come alive, and the reader realizes that these people of antiquity were truly people. Best of all, the mystery in this book is very difficult to solve. I have a talent for seeing through mystery book plots, but this one completely stumped me. Death Comes as the End is one of those books you can't stop reading. The action doesn't stop for a second and the story is very fast-paced. I didn't put the book down until I had finished it...even ate while reading! I can't recommend this book more. Read Death Comes as the End if you love a good mystery and you won't be disappointed. In fact, you will be even more impressed at Agatha Christie's skill as an author after you read this book.
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Summary: One of Agatha Christie's Best!
Review: I almost didn't read Death Comes as the End. I am always wary of historical fiction, and the idea of Agatha Christie writing about Ancient Egypt seemed absurd at first. But then after I had read more of her books and realized how much knowledge Ms. Christie had of archaeology, I figured I'd give it a shot. To my delight, the book gives one of the most lifelike depictions of life in ancient Egypt I've seen yet. The figures from ancient heiroglyphs seem to come alive, and the reader realizes that these people of antiquity were truly people. Best of all, the mystery in this book is very difficult to solve. I have a talent for seeing through mystery book plots, but this one completely stumped me. Death Comes as the End is one of those books you can't stop reading. The action doesn't stop for a second and the story is very fast-paced. I didn't put the book down until I had finished it...even ate while reading! I can't recommend this book more. Read Death Comes as the End if you love a good mystery and you won't be disappointed. In fact, you will be even more impressed at Agatha Christie's skill as an author after you read this book.
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