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Summary: Dame Agatha had some serious issues with nursery rhymes!
Review: AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (also titled TEN LITTLE INDIANS and originally another title that will not be listed here) is another story that was based on a nursery rhyme (others include A POCKET FULL OF RYE and HICKORY DICKORY DEATH). This 1939 novel opens with a varied group of eight travelers all bound for a weekend party on a fashionable island retreat. Other than their destination they seem to have nothing in common, they don't even seem to have been invited by the same person! When they arrive on the island they are met by two servants but no host. The mystery deepens when a recorded message accuses all, guests and staff, with murder - murders that they had all gotten away with until now. Needless to say this cast a shadow over the party, a shadow that deepened with the first murder and increased with every subsequent one. This is an unusual story in that there is no detective/hero that is investigating the crime throughout the story. Also the varied methods of each murder are predicted by the rhyme about the Indian boys. It is interesting to see how the mishaps of the rhyme are translated into actual methods of execution. Further the murder's identity is definitely kept a secret until the last page. This is one of Christie's most famous works, along with THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, and DEATH ON THE NILE. Like these other well known books, this one also has a very unusual ending. Much was made during Christie's career by her contemporaries about the 'rules of mystery writing' - these rules included: no unknown, untracable poisons, or 'death rays'; no keeping the murder out of the story until the last few paragraphs; the butler did NOT do it; all clues must be available to the reader etc. This novel, like the other well known mysteries previously listed, cut close to one or more of these rules but defintely did lay all the clues out fairly for the reader to find. It will be the very rare reader, however, who does manage to solve this puzzle before all is revealed in the final chapter.
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Summary: Brilliant!!!
Review: This book is brilliant. I would have never guessed that ending. It was the best murder mystery I've ever read, and it was just for my pre-ap English class. It never gets boring. I would reccomend this book to anybody. Trust me, once you start reading, you can't stop.
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Summary: Thrilling all the way
Review: Alrite, the starting was a lil boring, but it got v. excited as everyone arrived in the Indian Island. Hence, let the adventure (or should I say, killing?) begin. You won't wanna put it down until the last page.
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Summary: and then there were none
Review: best mystery book ever read. In fact, best mystery book ive read by Agatha. Don't get me wrong, i love her writings. Its just i repetedly find them REPETITIVE! anyways,
This book is about ten people invited to Indian who is owned by a mysteryous host. When the guests arive they are shocked to find that there host is nowhere to be found. Then to make matters worse, they are all convicted of murder by a mysterious voice that they figure out is a recording. After searching they find that no one is on this bare island except for the ten shady guests that are unwilling to reveal there past. For among them one is a murderer. The shady killer is unknown to all of them.
This book will keep you on your toes while realizing that all of the crimes are so simple that any of them could have done them. But they are displayed so articulatly that your head will be spinning with amazment.
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cunningness: 9/10
literaraly displayed: 8/10
storyline: 10/10 overall rating: 9/10
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Summary: Amazing!!!
Review: Greatest mystery book ever written. I read this in my basement in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm (how cliche) and this book scared the hell out of me. The plot is amazing. Buy this book...now!
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Summary: Ten Little Indians
Review: Ten little Indian boys went out to dine; one choked his little self and then there were nine... One little Indian boy left all alone; he went and hanged himself and then there were none... This old nursery rhyme is the foundation of ¡§And Then There Were None," by Agatha Christie, who is also known as the Queen of Crime. This mystery is teeming with suspense, thrills, and surprises. The story begins with the rendezvous of ten strangers on Indian Island, a private island off the coast of Devon, England. An unknown host or hostess has invited the guests there for the weekend. However, the host never appears; instead, the sinful past of each guest is unwillingly revealed. One by one the sinners are punished for misdeeds from their dark past. Suddenly, the livings are amidst the dead and the guests are murdered in the same manner that the Indian boys die in the Nursery rhyme. Another element in the story that makes the hair raises on your neck is that there is ten Indian figures on a table in the main lobby. As each guest dies, one figure disappears... Agatha Christie manipulates the personalities of the characters well. She depicts their fear and sense of desperation through her clever usage of words. As the only ten people on the isolated Indian Island die one after another, Christie shows the helplessness and desperation of the survivors and she beautifully grasps the human emotions of the characters well. Another interesting technique of writing used by Agatha Christie is that she portrays the guests like normal people who have amiable and caring personalities. The readers will definitely a connection to them and even begin to like them. However, when the awful crimes of these seemingly innocent individuals are revealed, the readers will face a conundrum ¡V whether to fear for the lives of the characters or to fear them. This mystery also deals with the theme of justice and law, and how if ending the lives of the guilty out side the law are justified. Each of the guests on the island are found not guilty by the courts for crimes they had committed. The murderer, by killing these ten individuals, seems to seek justice where the courts had failed. Through this dilemma, Christie forces the readers to ponder whether seeking justice outside the law is morally acceptable, especially for cases in which the courts have failed.
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Summary: Christie's best novel
Review: Agatha Christie wrote many mysteries, but And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) was her best. This is a masterpiece of plot and suspense. Some of her other books may have more memorable characters, or a charming, charismatic, quirky detective, but this book stands alone as her literary monument. It has plot, atmosphere, suspense, irony, economy. Highly recommended to any reader of mystery fiction.
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Summary: this thing is nuts
Review: i love this book man. we had to read it last year for this class and i actually liked it. it was suspenseful and i never woulda guessed the killer who he was. amazing
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Summary: A True Classic!
Review: Agatha Christie is at her best in this novel. It is the story of 10 seemingly unrelated people who are lured to an isolated island under false pretenses. A copy of the poem "Ten Little Indians" is posted and there are 10 figurines representing each Indian. Soon, deaths begin to occur and each time a figurine is smashed or disappears. The guests soon come to the conclusion that nine of them will die and the perpetrator is the only person who will survive. They begin to regard one another with suspicion and they all fear for their lives. Each person has a secret to hide and each has been directly or indirectly responsible for the downfall of another human being. This cleverly crafted novel will keep you riveted and puzzled at the same time. It is definitely one of Agatha Christie's best works.
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Summary: Amazing...
Review: Known as the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie lures readers into a world of deadly deception with her famous novel And Then There Were None. She is renowned worldwide for her genius mystery plots that are entwined with thrill and surprise for the reader as they learn more about her characters. Her literary works include Murder on the Orient Express, The Man in the Brown Suit, and The Seven Dials Mystery.
In this novel, ten strangers turn up to visit Indian Island, a place right off the coast of Devon and a constant in newspapers; yet, when they arrive, their host, whom none of them seem to know, isn't there. Accusations of past murder for each guest surface, and one by one, a guest gets murdered in correlation with lines from an old nursery rhyme about ten little Indians. The island is searched for the murderer, but they discover no one is there but themselves; the conclusion is drawn that one of them is the murderer, but as the deaths increase, the number of possible culprits dwindles. The reader becomes the only person sane enough to uncover the killer's identity.
Memories linger within each of the guests' minds, and as their fears of death grow stronger, so does their conscience of the past. Fear and suspense are beautifully portrayed in this novel because as the novel progresses, it becomes easy for the reader to adapt a character's emotions of fear and guilt. The familiarity developed between the reader and characters makes this 275 page novel seem like 50 pages whether read by savoring each accusation or gobbling up each suspicion. It is as though this book embodies all elements of a classic mystery, yet it is tinged with the madness of the characters' own twisted consciences, making the perfect combination for a gripping plot.
With haunting suspense and a chilling ending, And Then There Were None deserves five out of five stars. When the murderer's identity is revealed, every piece of the story fits like a perfect puzzle, a literary marvel that could only be achieved so gracefully by Agatha Christie.
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