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And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

Start date: August 1, 2017

Finish date: August 31, 2017

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Feb 06, 2012 Surbhi A rated it really liked it

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Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" Is a suspensful murder mystery.The host U.N Owen invites 10 strangers to an isolated island who have committed murders in their lives but they can never be caught by the law as there is no proof of their crimes.
Eventually one person after other dies in the story and you don't know who is doing it. All people start suspecting each other and there is hate , suspicion confusion in each of their minds.
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Sep 14, 2013 Marcus rated it really liked it

More than a little far-fetched at times but classic Christie nonetheless.

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May 14, 2018 Circa Girl rated it really liked it

Shelves: suspense, crazy, every-character-is-fucking-awful, gothic, mystery, vengeance, creepy

This wasn't as good as murder on the orient express, but it was remarkably dark and solemn compared to her Poirot novels. The isolation and escalating tension of the ten people being killed off one by one without obvious clues or witnesses is super eerie and I loved how everything ties into the opening poem.

What was kind of a bummer is the ending reveal only proved that the perpetrator is just as flawed, if not more so, than the rest of the characters that were gathered to Soldier Island. There ...more

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Jun 24, 2018 Kris Ruggiero rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-booklist

The Queen of Mysteries. I hadn't read this book and when I found out that this was one of the 100 books in the Great American Reads on PBS, I knew I had to remedy that. ...more

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