Rating: Summary: Brilliant Review: This book is so brilliant. This is probably Agatha Christies's greatest novel; and yet there is no trace of Hercule Poirot. The reason for this becomes clear as you read the novel.Ten uncaught murderers are invited to a luxury island by the ethereal U.N. Owen. They are all alone. Then they are murdered, one by one by one by one...until they are all dead. Yes, ALL. How, you ask? That's what's so brilliant. Before reading this book I thought The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was Christie's best mystery. But unlike that novel, and unlike most of her "great" novels (Orient Express, Nile), here there is no trick plot. Everything is precisely what it appears to be. And that's what's brilliant. I can only compare it to a master conjuring trick, which you can puzzle over forever before it is finally revealed. The writing quality is also brilliantly atmospheric; and unusually for Christie, the characters here are unforgettable and realistic. There is nothing lightweight about this novel - you can tell Christie really took this one seriously.
Rating: Summary: And Then There Were None Review: This book will be the most exciting book that you will ever read. You will never be able to figure out who the murder is. Agatha makes you think the killer is one person, then suddenly that person us dead. And Then There Were None is about eight people who are invited to a weekend vacation party at a mansion on a small island, about a mile from a little town called Striclehaven in Devon, England. Whenthe guests arrive, they figure out that the host isn't there, and that each of them recieved a letter from a different person. The guests weren't the only ones there though. There was also a maid and butler (Mr.and Mrs. Rogers), who had just arrived the day before the other gusets arrived there. Mr. Rogers said that he had just received a letter in the mail from the owner of the island. It said that he wouldn't be able to make it, and that they were supposed to stay there and have a good time. Then suddenly people started to die. The first one dies of poisoning and the next one dies from the same thing, but asleep. At first they think that the people comitted suicide, but then they figured out that they are murdered. Somebody poisoned them. They then think that the murder is somewhere on the island, but where? They then searched the island and they didn't fond anyone. The murder is among them. Some insane killer had brought them all together and now was going to kill them. As you can see, it is a very exciting book. It is aslo very clever. Like how the murder kills people. The murder had put a old nursery rhyme in everybody's room. It was called "The Ten Little Indians." At first nobody noticed the rhyme, but later
Rating: Summary: Hold your breath; this book is cunning and dark... Review: This book will have a grasp on you as soon as you open it. Ten strangers, a curious assortment of men and women from different walk of life, are summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon by a mysterious man U. N. Owen. Each guest identifies common relations with Owen and yet Owen is unknown to them. It is a pre-announced murder spree. One by one, the house guests fall prey to an unknown, myseterious killer in the house, according to the scheme walled up in individual guest room-the rhyme of ten Indian boys. This is a book that fills up with suspense, panic, and thrill. As more house guests fall prey, the remnants escalate vigilance but also distrust. Speculation and doubts roam in of their mind. And only the dead are above suspicion. This is definitely a page turner. I finish the book in a day, with perspiring hands, accelerating pulse and a cloud of speculation in my mind. Good read. 3.3 stars.
Rating: Summary: and there were none Review: your on an island and wierd things are happning people are dieing
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