And Then There Were None in WACKY READING CHALLENGES

Mar 13, 2021 Deanie Nelder rated it it was amazing

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Agatha Christie probably didn't invent the main trope of And Then There Were None (where a group of people are trapped somewhere while a killer picks them off one by one), but she came close to perfecting it with this, the best selling mystery of all time. Christie is the master of misdirection, and easily keeps people guessing as to who the murderer is until the very end.

Last year, I listened to the audio book (and watched the most recent movie adaption), and this year I read the e-book. Both ...more

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Feb 10, 2020 Olivermagnus rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: zfeb-2022, 2022, mystery, classics

Eight people, all total strangers to each other, are invited to a small, isolated island off the coast of Devon, England, by a Mr. and Mrs. Owen. Once there they settle in at a mansion tended by two newly-hired servants, Thomas and Ethel Rogers, but their hosts don't seem to be there. When the guests sit down to dinner they notice the centerpiece, ten figurines of soldiers in a circle. After dinner, the manservant, Mr. Rogers, puts on a gramophone record from which a strange voice accuses them a ...more

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May 21, 2021 Evil Secret Ninja rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2021-reading-challenge

I guess that is one way to go. This is the first book I have read by Agatha Christie and I enjoyed it a lot. It was a great mystery. I thought it was great how everything came together in the end. I fully expected to be left in the dark but thankfully the end was explained. Only thing if there is a murderer out to get everyone why would they not stay together at all times even sleeping in the same room. This was fun to read and even though it was fairly short I felt the character work was done w ...more

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