And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
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Book Reviews of And Then There Were None
Book Review: Ten Little Guests Invited To A House....
Summary: 5 Stars
The classic "who done it!" What most people have come to think of when a murder mystery is mentioned. Most modern day "murder mysteries" bore me as I usually figure out early on who the culprit is and how the crime was committed. Although I had the "who" figured out in this mystery, I could not figure out the "how." And one thing I absolutely love about a mystery is trying to keep solving it...all the way to the end!
Ten people whose lives are not connected in any way, are invited by a very mysterious host(ess) to a luxurious house on a somewhat remote island for a brief getaway. Very soon after their arrival, each is accused of having brought about the death of another person and for that they are to pay. When, one by one, they are discovered dead, it is time to try to figure out who - and where - the killer is and try to stop him or her from continuing their murderous rampage before all are killed!
This novel is evenly paced and easy to read. Agatha Christie seems to have covered all of her bases on this one to leave the reader attempting to figure out the clues. The book keeps the reader involved, tracing over the clues and the guests in the house, while moving through the story and wondering - who might be the next victim? And exactly who can the killer be?
A well thought out mystery, very well done!
Book Review: One of Christie's best
Summary: 5 Stars
Summary: Ten people are lured to an island and then killed according to a macabre nursery rhyme posted in each of their rooms.
Thoughts: One of the best-known of Christie's many mysteries, I have also found this to be one of my favorites although with some qualms namely the killer's sense of justice. One character certainly deserved to die based on a callous disregard for the lives killed through a car accident while others I was less convinced. But it is brilliantly written; as I've done with many Christies, I question if the reader could have actually solved this. Also SPOILER the killer does not die or receive any punishment for killing these people. I think it's a bit like Dexter in that: latent psychopath kills other killers which is troubling to my morality END SPOILER. One difficulty at the start was sorting out all of the characters as they are introduced one right after the other. But then they start dying and that makes it a bit easier to sort them out.
But it is a very quick read and enjoyable. I liked trying to puzzle out how they were committed and how they would be committed although I knew I wouldn't be able to figure out who did it. I flew through it even with my mom's persistent interruptions.
Overall: 5/5 Despite my perceived flaws, obviously a standout and definitely recommended!
Book Review: And Then There Were None
Summary: 5 Stars
Agatha Christie is one of, if not the worlds most popular mystery writer, many of today's mystery writers have credited her as their inspiration. And 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' (aka TEN LITTLE INDIANS) is hailed as one of her greatest works, so I decided if I wanted to read something by one of the masters of suspense this was as good a place to start as any!
'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' is a mystery in its barest form. There are no high speed car chases, no violent shoot outs, no glitz, no glamour. Just the story of ten strangers lured to an island by a madman who is killing them off one by one. What is the twist you ask? The madman is most certainly one of the ten and it is up to them all to try to figure out who it is before they all fall victim to his whims.
I love to read old books and I am so glad to have chosen Agatha Christie's 'AND THEN THERE WERE NONE' as my first aquatience with this acclaimed author. While I had my theories as to who this madman was the book definitely kept me guessing until the very last passage, where I found out that who I thought was the killer was completely wrong! This is a must read for any lover of mysteries and good books.
Book Review: Think you know whodunnit? Wrong!
Summary: 5 Stars
In And then there were none, ten unaquainted people are lured out to an island under false pretenses. Upon arriving, they learn their mysterious host, a U.N. Owen has not yet arrived. In fact, they soon discover their host will not arrive. Through the use of a gramophone a recording plays accusing the ten people of certain crimes from their past.
One by one the stranded visitors begin to drop like flies. The question is, who this elusive U N Owens and why have these ten random people been chosen as victims? The ending wasn't as shocking as in Murder on the Orient Express, but I still managed to remain somewhat in the dark until the end. Although, I had my suspicions, which turned out to be accurate!
A word of caution, if you haven't read this novel, don't read too many reviews. Some of them, in my opinion, reveal too much information. It's best to read an Agatha Christie novel with as little clues as possible. If you haven't read it yet, read Murder on the Orient Express, but don't scroll all the way down the page to read any reviews on Amazon. Someone thought it would be cute to reveal the identity of the murderer as the subject of their review.
Book Review: Implausible but wonderful mystery story
Summary: 5 Stars
Most of the Agatha Christie books I've read have been awesomely bad, but this book is just awesome. Ten strangers trapped on an island, being slowly murdered by one of their own for their past crimes. In true Agatha Christie fashion, when you take a step back and look at how many coincidences had to work out just right for all of the pieces of the killer's plan to work, it's an absurd concept, but internally, it's consistent. Considering that there are only about 200 pages and ten main characters, Christie does an admirable job drawing out the complexities and personalities of her characters, and the tense scenes after the suspect list narrows to four are especially well done. Christie even manages to avoid most of the rampant classism so present in her other works (although there is a fair amount of gratuitous anti-Semitism - the killer's henchman is Jewish, so of course everyone needs to bring that up in a derogatory way when they talk about him). Yes, the whole thing is a little ludicrous, but it's a great quick read, and I highly recommend it to anyone who thinks he doesn't like reading mysteries. This one is a classic that has earned its reputation.