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40 minutes:
I think that the reason Einar kept saying "Even the dead tell stories" was because he knew that some day he was going to be killed. And he wanted Anna and Sig to realize that there is a 'story' behind his death. He wanted them to figure it out. That is very cool, but also scary. He was accepting his the fact that he will die and making something good out of it.

40 minutes:
I think Wolff might actually be Einar's cousin, one of the Three Lucky Swedes. Wolff was chasing Einar for 10 whole years, so Einar obviously stole a lot of gold from him. They obviously knew each other too because they had some 'business' together. Wolff even knew Einar's family. But there's one strange thing. Once Wolff found the gold (if he did), he returned to Alaska. Why?

25 minutes:
The moment this big, tough man with a thumb missing was described, I knew he would be the man who would come to Sig demanding gold. I was right.

For Maria, the bible symbolizes hope and faith. She has no food, no money, but believing in god helps her stay positive.

25 minutes:
I think the revolver symbolizes survival and safety. Einar didn't buy it when he had lots of money. He bought it when they were stranded in the Alaskan wilderness, with barely any food and money. It might not have been a smart choice, but it made him feel safer.

30 minutes:
I find it so strange how everyone wants so much power. It is like an addiction. Al the time, someone gets a glimpse (maybe not a glimpse, maybe much more) of power. They get greedy - they want it. They want more. In the end they end up killing many people to get it, and probably get killed themselves in the end.

25 minutes:
It is very cool how you start reading in Sig's perspective and have no clue what's going on. Then it switches to Einar's (in the past), and again, you have no idea what is happening. But eventually you will put two and two together and everything will make perfect sense. It's kind of like Sig is the main plot and Einar is the background story.

25 minutes:
I don't understand how this book will work. Right at the beginning, there's a knock on the door - most probably the 'menacing stranger'. In the blurb it says that he has to face the 'menacing stranger' alone. But in an hour or so, Anne will be back from the town. So how can an hour possibly be so spread out that it fills the entire book?

20 minutes:
Wow! So many things (that weren't connected) happenned in ONE day. First Firguson almost drops a boulder on Linnet. Then Richetti (a serial killer) gets a coded message about some weapons. Then Jackie shoots Simon. Then Simon murders Linnet. Then Tim replaces Her necklace with a fake one. Then Mrs. Ottorborne takes the fake necklase - not knowing that it's fake. And finally two others are shot by Jackie.

20 minutes:
At the beginning when Jackie said that she wished she could just put her gun at Linnet's head and pull the trigger. I thought maybe she wished that because she was planning a murder but wasn't the one who gets to pull the trigger. And she was planning a murder. However she was horrified by the thought of killing Linnet in her sleep so she let Simon do it instead.

20 minutes:
I felt that somthing was weird about Simon staying in the saloon on the night Linnet died. Linnet had already left, but he refused to follow. I knew that either he planned with Linnet to stay or he planned something with Jackie for him to stay. And I was right; Jackie was supposed to 'shoot' him so he can uld murder Linnet.

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25 minutes:
Before I already said that Tim was suspicious for not liking Poirot; it could've bean because he was going to murder someone. Then he said that he was at a place when a necklace was stolen. Then when Linnet's necklace was stolen I suspected him. And he did steal it. Perhaps he used the nail polish to create the false necklace.

20 minutes:
There is something fishy about Mr. Pennington. First, there was the scene at the beginning of the book. He was talking to someone else about him going to Egypt to meet Linnet. Then when he got there there was the story about him not knowing that Linnet was there. That seemed odd. I knew that wasn't true and I immediately suspected him of being the murderer.

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35 minutes:
Just like I predicted Ms Otterborne was shot right before she revealed who the murderer was. However I don't understand how she was shot from such a close distance without anyone seeing at least a part of his/her body. It is very risky to do that.

40 minutes:
Every time Poirot has an idea, he doesn't share it. Whether it is because he doesn't trust the person he is speaking to or he the person simply doesn't ask, the result is the same. This makes the book much more interesting with more mystery

Mr. _____________ tried to find the gun under the table but it wasn't there anymore. There's quite a high chance, however, that he was the one who took the gun when he went to check. This is like what happened with Dr. Sheppard.

25 minutes:
Poirot is very full of himself.
"'I am not a middle man. I am a top man,' declared Hercule Poirot with sloght arrogance.
'What are you?'
'I am a detective,' said Hercule Poirot with the modest air of one who says 'I am a king.'"
He thinks that he is a big shot and always says good things about himself.

20 minutes:
I wonder who will be the victim of the murder. Already, there are a few that can be suspected. Jackie is the most obvious; stalking Linnet and Simon, and threatening to shoot them. Linnet/Simon might also be the murderer as she/he is very angry at Jackie. Mr. Ferguson could be suspected as he talked about shooting a bunch of people. Even those two people talking looked guilty when Poirot ran into them.

25 minutes:
Piorot is like a camera; he captures every single detail and doesn't forget. For example, after a few months he remembers the voice of a man and face of a woman talking in a restaurant. And he is very good at analyzing people's feelings and emotions. Based on slight details he can figure out what they are thinking.

25 minutes:
Piorot is like a camera; he captures every single detail and doesn't forget. For example, after a few months he remembers the voice of a man and face of a woman talking in a restaurant. And he is very good at analyzing people's feelings and emotions. Based on slight details he can figure out what they are thinking.

25 minutes:
Linnet is very selfish and greedy. She gets whatever she wants just because she is so rich. She fell in love with her best friends boyfriend. Next thing you know, they are married. She doesn't think about consequences. She just thinks 'I want this' and it's her's. And now she doesn't know how to deal with a situation that isn't completely under her control.

20 minutes:
Every book that Agatha Christie writes has a different (type of) narrator. Murder on the Orient Express was from Poirot's perspective. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was from the perspective of Dr. Sheppard. This book, along with And Then There were None, is an omniscient narrator type. In fact, both books start off the same way. All the characters are introduced one by one and why they are going to Egypt.

25 minutes:
Once again, the way they talk is totally different. One thing I noticed is that they use 'gay' instead of 'happy'. Also, this boy calls his mom 'dear' and 'darling' - even called her 'Mrs. Allerton'. "There is only one woman in the world I've got a real respect and admiration for, and I think, Mrs. Allerton, you know very well who that woman is." Totally weird.

20 minutes:
The language people use to speak to each other is very different from now because it is set in the past. For example, the women are calling each other 'my dear' and 'darling' which would be totally weird to do now.

20 minutes:
Wow. This book is very violent. The way they describe the punishments of the slaves is very disgusting. I really don't know how they could survive in these conditions.

30 minutes:
It is very odd to imagine that you have no way of keeping track of time other than the sun rising and setting. That you have no idea what the date is, how long you have been living in the same estate, or even how old you are and when your birthday was. But the slaves are used to that - as if it is totally normal.

45 minutes:
The beginnng is very confusing. The author doesn't introduce the characters well; they just give you a huge list of names and you have no idea who is who. It even took me a while to realize who the main character is. At some points I also don't understand what is hapenning. Maybe the cocabulary is too hard. Or maybe the voice of the narrator is a bit confusing.

25 minutes:
Ajarry said that she tried to teach her children to obey their masters. It's as if she doesn't like the fact that she is a slave, but accepts it the way it is. She was probably 'brainwashed' by her parents just like what she is doing now to her kids.