And Then There Were None

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Hooray! Gabriella, we look forward to having you host the discussion this month!!

[Gabriella]

Hi, I'm excited to start discussing this book, which I have read before and loved. Agatha Christie really had a way of creating very frightening and peculier scenes, while constantly making the reader guess what she had around the corner. Has anyone else ever read this before?

[Colleen]

I read it along time ago.I will try to reread it soon

[Yuliya]

I read it then I was young teenager and loved it.

[Joseph]

I've read it and reread it and reread it and reread it. I love theme mysteries and this is one of the best. I remember trying to figure out who will be next and how once I caught on to the method to this madness was lots of fun.

[April]

I read it as a young teen as well...I couldn't wait to reread, and I blew through it in no time!!

[Kristen]

I just read it last month .... good fun.

[Heather L]

Just finished rereading -- though, considering how long it's been since I originally read it, it was very much like reading it for the first time. There were a lot of things I didn't remember.

Question: Has anyone else seen the 1945 movie? I saw it not too long ago on PBS...May maybe? If so...(view spoiler)[Any ideas why they would completely rewrite the ending? (hide spoiler)]

[Gabriella]

I haven't seen the 1945 movie, so I wouldn't know why they decided to do that. one of my favourite parts of this book is when the guest are all together in the dining room and tape starts playing, accusing them of all those crimes. Their confusion and fear was clssic, it made me laugh a little bit too.

[Preston]

This is my first A.C. book, and I found it enjoyable. I don't read mystery novels all that much, as I prefer different genres; however, And Then There Were None kept me on my toes as I progressed through each chapter. Some of the descriptions such as: the floor creaking, dark closets, and the inability to yell for help, gave me the chills. It was a great read and I would recommend it to others. If there was one thing I could have wished for the book, it would be that I wish the reader could somehow piece together the mystery. With the way the killer is revealed, it seems nearly impossible to have figured out before then.

[Louise]

I really really liked this book. I think the only thing that could have made a difference is if i would have known who would have been doing it but at the same time i like that the book left the mystery open. Like it was forever meant to come into your mind as you wander down the street and tug at your brain to try and guess who did it before it fades away till another day.

i think my favorite part was the end when everyone was dead and the investigators were trying to piece it together and they were getting it sooooo wrong! trying to twist the pieces together as if the author was like here if you were thinking these things MAY have happened let me tell you why it could not or may not have happened.

[Tina]

Like many of you, I've read this book before. When I was in my teens, "Ten Little Indians" was my high school play. So it was a bit nostalgic for me as well.

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I've read this one several times. I don't think I was even a teenager when I read it the first time. I love it and haven't got tired of reading it.

The first copy I read was a very old second hand one that had the original title 'Ten Little N******'. I found reading a book where that word was said several times without malice or anger behind it more disturbing than if it had been used as an insult. It's strange to think of a time where people wouldn't have thought twice of using it.

It didn't stop me liking the story though but I'm glad I have a different copy now.

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Heather L wrote: "Just finished rereading -- though, considering how long it's been since I originally read it, it was very much like reading it for the first time. There were a lot of things I didn't remember.

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There was a stage version produced a few years before. Seemingly the producers felt people wouldn't want to see a play with the ending of the book so Christie wrote a new ending. I believe it's the same ending as the 1945 film.

[Heather L]

Thanks, Pigletto!

[Serenity]

Just read this, and wow I would have never guessed the truth! This situation of a bunch of people being stranded somewhere and killed off one by one to atone for past crimes reminds me of a movie called Nine Dead, with Melissa Joan Hart. Except in the movie, the mystery was figuring out what crime specifically they were being punished for before the killer killed them all.

[Paula]

I just started. I've never read Agatha Christie before and I'm enjoying it. It has been a quick read so far. With so many characters I've had a but of a problem keeping all of them and all their details straight.

[Paula]

Finished! Loved it! Are all her books this interesting? Wonder how she came to write this book as its an interesting storyline. Are there any other writers similar to her?

[Serenity]

Paula wrote: "Finished! Loved it! Are all her books this interesting? Wonder how she came to write this book as its an interesting storyline. Are there any other writers similar to her?"

Paula, you should try some other Agatha Christies, she's written a TON. I think this book, and Murder on the Orient Express are generally considered her best/most well-known works. Murder on the Orient Express is also fantastic and perplexing, I think you'll love that one!

[Heather]

I actually read this one a while back and absolutely loved it! It was my first Agatha Christie but hopefully not the last.

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[Heather L]

Serenity wrote: "Paula, you should try some other Agatha Christies, she's written a TON. I think this book, and Murder on the Orient Express are generally considered her best/most well-known works. Murder on the Orient Express is also fantastic and perplexing, I think you'll love that one!"

I would also suggest Death on the Nile and The ABC Murders.

[Peggy]

I got started late on reading this selection but it only took me a day to finish. I LOVED LOVED LOVED it! I hate when you are able to guess who the killer is but this book had me guessing until the very end. I just went to library and checked out another AC book!