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Summary: And Then There Were None--Perspective of a Marauder
Review: The Book that I read, by force, actually turned out being a very good book. There are many reasons why this Agatha Christie novel was so great. Perhaps the most significant reason is the desire to know what is going to happen next. The book is about ten people who are invited to a weekend of fun by an anonymous guest. One by on they are eliminated until there becomes no guests left and a note from the mad host. This novel was actually HARD to stop reading. All the clues intrigued me to read on. For example, when the characters arrived to an unoccupied mansion you had to figure that something was going on. And as the amount of people on the island decreased the suspicion increased. This book was great from the start to finish -- from the invitation letters signed, "UNKNOWN" to the final intrigue of the last few deaths of the last remaining guests. If you can get your hands on it definitely read this book. It is great for those who like suspense. Agatha Christie is a great author who does a great job with mystery novels and this is perhaps her best work
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Summary: A Classic Thriller!
Review: Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE should be very close to the top of any mystery fan's "must read list." The novel concerns a group of ten previously unacquainted people who are lured via various pretexts to Indian Island, a resort home off the coast of Devon--and are promptly accused by their unseen host of having escaped punishment for past crimes. Cut off from the world and fighting rising panic, they scramble to unmask the killer even as their number is reduced in macabre accordance with the "Ten Little Indians" nursey rhyme displayed in rooms throughout the house.Agatha Christie was already famous when AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (also known under the title TEN LITTLE INDIANS) was published--but this book put her career well over the top: nothing like it had seen before, it proved a sensation, and writers and film-makers continue to use Christie's basic idea to this very day. Some critics argue the novel is mechanical rather than organic, but I say if this is mechanical, let's have more of it! It is truly a can't-put-it-down, non-stop read, a spectacular turn by the genre's single most celebrated author. The success of the novel inspired Christie to adapt it for the stage, where it was a tremendous success, and there have been several film versions (most notably the 1940s Rene Clair-directed AND THEN THERE WERE NONE) over the years. If you know the story only from stage and film versions, however, you are in for a surprise. Christie felt the novel's conclusion did not translate well to the stage, so she re-wrote it--and most film versions follow the stage script, not the novel. But whether you've seen the play and films or not, get ready for a shock!
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Summary: Ten Little Indian Boys...
Review: This was a good book I read the whole thing in about two days! It was really interesting. And every page requires u to think. But the ending of it was not really what i expected. And the person who did the murders just ruined everything. It would have been better if it was all supernatural. Not just a parson of a block. His proffession and all didn't really go to the thigs he did. But aside from the ending which surprised me a lot, it was a good book and I would reccomend any1 that would enjoy a good game of Clue.
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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
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Summary: Good Mystery Story
Review: This was a decent book. It was very slow getting started, almost hard to understand for younger readers. This book was about 10 different people who did'nt know each other who were intited to this island called "Indian Island." Through out there stay at this island, one bye one, they started to get killed off.
No one could figure out who was doing the killing. Everyone had there own ideas on what was going on. Everyone was blaming each other and everyone was really scared. Basically it was every man for themselves.
The reason I did like this book though was because it made you want to keep reading. You thought you knew just who was doing the killing, then bam, there dead too. The end was pretty weak. Other then that this was a decent book and a pretty good read.
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Summary: Very Dark Christie
Review: Dame Agatha makes a jarring departure in this grim and intricate tale. There is no sleuth, the pace is fast, frenzied and breathless, and rather than "types," she takes pains with characterizations. The body count is high, and the mode of death frequently untidy. "And Then There Were None" is among the most favored of Christie's books. It has gone through a few title changes; I knew it as "Ten Little Indians," and before that it had even a more politically incorrect title. Be forewarned, Ms. Christie is neither enlightened nor tolerant. Some of the passages and references are bigoted and might offend some readers. A group of ten strangers is invited or hired for a long weekend on Indian Island, a mile off the Devon coast. It is somewhat improbable that these ten would all accept such a vague invitation from a host they do not know to a place they have never seen before, but each for his or her own reasons accepts. They include a doctor, a games mistress, a soldier of fortune, a rich playboy, a retired policeman, a judge, a spinster, a retired general and a married couple who are to be the servants. They arrive on a bleak rocky island to a completely modern house with all the amenities. The fires are welcoming, there is an ample supply of food, the servants are impeccable, but their host is absent. In each of the bedrooms, the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme is posted on a prominent wall. It begins: "Ten Little Indian boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self, and then there were nine.--- Drinks are served, and one guest chokes, turns blue and falls over dead. The tension builds, the fright of the stranded people is palpable as one by one, they are picked off, each in accordance with the nursery rhyme. As the number of victims increase, the survivors' suspicions of each other reach a frantic pitch. In an epilogue, the police arrive and find them all dead. Who is the murderer who has to be among the victims? "And Then There Were None" is told in short choppy chapters that build suspense and tension. I would call this Christie's one and only thriller. None of the characters are even likable and once again (see "ABC Murders"), Christie toys with the idea of the serial killer long before such an animal was even heard of. She is a good profiler too! This is an excellent story, and the author is miles ahead of you at all times, If you can figure out "who" and "how" before she lays it out for you, you deserve the Sleuth of the Year Award!
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Summary: A Classic Thriller!
Review: Agatha Christie's AND THEN THERE WERE NONE should be very close to the top of any mystery fan's "must read list." The novel concerns a group of ten previously unacquainted people who are lured via various pretexts to Indian Island, a resort home off the coast of Devon--and are promptly accused by their unseen host of having escaped punishment for past crimes. Cut off from the world and fighting rising panic, they scramble to unmask the killer even as their number is reduced in macabre accordance with the "Ten Little Indians" nursey rhyme displayed in rooms throughout the house. Agatha Christie was already famous when AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (also known under the title TEN LITTLE INDIANS) was published--but this book put her career well over the top: nothing like it had seen before, it proved a sensation, and writers and film-makers continue to use Christie's basic idea to this very day. Some critics argue the novel is mechanical rather than organic, but I say if this is mechanical, let's have more of it! It is truly a can't-put-it-down, non-stop read, a spectacular turn by the genre's single most celebrated author. The success of the novel inspired Christie to adapt it for the stage, where it was a tremendous success, and there have been several film versions (most notably the 1940s Rene Clair-directed AND THEN THERE WERE NONE) over the years. If you know the story only from stage and film versions, however, you are in for a surprise. Christie felt the novel's conclusion did not translate well to the stage, so she re-wrote it--and most film versions follow the stage script, not the novel. But whether you've seen the play and films or not, get ready for a shock!
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Summary: !!! MAGNIFICENT !!!
Review: I love Dame Agatha Christie's writing and this is by far, in my opinion, her best book of all time. "And Then There Were None" was perfectly orchastrated, with quite a few little cynical twists, especially at the end. Using an old nursury rhyme, she fuses the whole book together and instantly pulls you in. One bad thing I'd like to say about this book, however, is that some of the ideas and psycology behind the murders was kind of crazy, and a little TOO well planned. It just doesn't happen that there is a perfect place for a murder and a perfect little motto for it as well as the perfect victim. In her defense, mysteries are usually fiction, and where would all the fun be if something just happened with no suspicious suspects and no motives? People would be sleeping before they finished the book. I would deffinately recommend this book to anyone who wants to try out beginning mysteries, ones that are not as complex as ones by people such as Dorthy Sayers. Great, Great, Great, book, Christie: I just wish that you were still alive for me to congratulate you personally on your wonderful accomplishments and masterpiece.
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Summary: Certainly Enlightining
Review: My class was assigned this book after finishing up "The Hobbit" and have been doing a variaty of activities concering it. Roleplays, placing oursleves inside the minds of the characters and how we feel they would react to the situations given to them helps you to understand the book more. I found myself captured by this book and its unexpected plot twists and the delightfully refreashing discord the characters had been placed in, as well as the colorful backrounds and the constant air of suspence and suspicion on each page. To put it in a simple phrase, this book is just astounding.
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Summary: A Great Year Ender!
Review: I read this book towards the end of my freshman year and i loved it! Fan to Agatha Christie's plots not books, I reluctantly read this one and LOVE IT! You would never guess who the murderer is, i do believe it could use some editing but other than that, it is GREAT!
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