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And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

Start date: July 1, 2023

Finish date: August 7, 2023

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Why we're reading this: This Christie classic is next in our Scenes of Classic Crime Challenge.
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Feb 23, 2014 Jan C rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: gr-group-read, 2015, mystery, 2022, re-read

This was at least my second reading, if not my third or fourth. And I've seen the movie innumerable times (especially since I have the dvd). And, yet, on every reading I wonder if I am misremembering. Agatha Christie has that effect on me. I always think, that can't be the way it was.

I am assuming that "white horses on the sea" is the same as "white caps". In every Christie book there is always some turn of phrase that leaves me momentarily puzzled.

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Sep 27, 2016 Jessica rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, detective, book-to-film, golden-age-mystery

Ten strangers are summoned to a private island owned by an unknown millionaire. Before the weekend is out, one is killed after another until there were none. The author did a great job in maintaining the suspense and mystery throughout the book with her sharp imagination and well-constructed sentences. The plot was riveting and I found myself turning the pages. However, without giving out spoilers, I think there's a small discrepancy between narratives in the early portion of the book and at the ...more

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Sep 08, 2020 Anna Adams rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

It's a great story, extremely clever, but the characters--extremely well written and real--were all unlikeable. So, it's a 5-star story for reasons, but I'll probably never read this one again, and I do like the movie (1946, maybe?) better. Still, I loved reading it. ...more

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Oct 03, 2016 Ashik Uzzaman rated it it was amazing

Shelves: agatha-christie

One of the best books I have ever read! Writing style, plot - Agatha Christie at her best!! No surprise its the most sold mystery of all time as well as one of the most sold books - 100 million copies (despised being published in 1939).

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