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And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

Start date: May 1, 2024

Finish date: May 31, 2024

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August 2016 New School Group Read
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Feb 19, 2015 Teri-K rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-golden-age

This is probably one of the most acclaimed mysteries ever written. And it is excellent, in plotting and execution. Every time I read it I have to admire Christie. But I don't particularly care for this book. The characters aren't nice people to begin with, and the circumstances force them to become suspicious of each other as they are manipulated, one by one, to their deaths. I prefer my books to have some people I can like and admire.

Also, and this may be heresy, I don't get an actual feeling ...more

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Mar 04, 2016 Tammy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

I haven't read a lot of Agatha Christie (although I've seen many TV adaptations) so I can't really compare this one to her others. That said, I thought it was a very good book. I didn't want to put it down.

I'm a little irritated because I thought I had it figured out and it turns out I was completely wrong, but I guess that's the mark of a good mystery. Not sure I completely buy the psychology of it, but maybe that's a function of finishing it so fast (I had to know what happens!), so I'll proba ...more

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Oct 17, 2019 Beth rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013-read, fiction, all-time-favourite, 2019-read, mystery, 2021-read, 2022-read

Quite simply, the greatest mystery novel ever written. It can't be beaten and never gets old, the perfect book to cosy in with and become utterly immersed. ...more

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