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Summary: An Amazing Mystery
Review: This book keeps you guessing to the very end. I'd recommend this if it's a rainy day and have nothing to do. It will keep you wanting to turn pages and pages until the end.
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Summary: And Then There Were None
Review: I think this book is by far the best book I ever read. The guessing and all of the excitiment in the book makes you want to read it over and over. I have to say this is the GREATEST BOOK... no questions about it.
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Summary: Read the book first!
Review: "And Then There Were None" is an oustanding mystery story---perhaps the greatest mystery novel ever written. My biggest regret is that when I first encountered this book I could not resist temptation and I peeked at the last chapter before reading the book all the way through. Nevertheless, it is still one of my favorite books of all time.If you are most familiar with this book via the many movies that have been made from this novel, the original book will be a surprise. Most of the film versions have ruined the ending by trying to impose a "happy ending." As a result, most of the power of the novel is severely dilluted. (A notable exception is the recent movie "Identity", about which I will say nothing except that while it may stray from the letter of Christie's novel, it stays closest to its spirit.) Don't go to Blockbuster----read the book first!
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Summary: Good Old School Suspence!
Review: 85 Reviews (as of March 9, 2003)! I must admit to being impressed. "And Then There Were None" is a solid whodunit from the old school. We have all experienced the storyline before, most likely because others have "borrowed" it from Author Christie. The proverbial "mysterious stranger" invites ten individuals to an island. Each has a definite skeleton is his or her personal closet. One by one they die. The plot thickens as the group realizes that the murderer is one of them! This reviewer won't reveal the ending -as some fellow amazoners have!- but I believe it is plausible. The resolution certainly completes the circle. ATTWN has the added value of being highly readable. No doubt many have consumed it in one sitting, pulled along by the momentum. There are two soft points to ATTWN. 1) The reader must accept the initial premise that the ten accepted a mysterious invitation from a complete stranger and 2)its' brevity precludes the development of any of the characters. A few of these were "characters" in their own right! Another 30-50 pages would only have bolstered the suspense. Those who like mystery/crime/ murder novels should not be disappointed. With 80 novels and 14 plays to her credit, Ms. Christie is a low risk author, especially at paperback prices. A final word of warning: Do not be fooled, as this reviewer was, by the classic 1945 movie version with Barry Fitzgerald and Walter Huston. Though equally satisfying, the endings are NOT the same.
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Summary: My All-Time Favorite Book
Review: How many times have I read this book? Fifteen'? Twenty'? I really couldn't tell you. I read this novel for the first time in the 6th Grade and have read it countless times since. The amount of plotting and planning Agatha Christie had to do in preparing to write this book boggles my mind. It seems that every time I read it I discover some new, subtle clue to the killer's identity that I missed before. It's not a traditional Murder Mystery, where the reader is privy to everything the detective sees and hears. There is no detective, so the book is written in an omniscient third-person style that frustrates some readers who think they can solve the crime using standard Murder Mystery logic. I recommend you approach the book as a thriller, just relax and enjoy the sweet frustration this book brings. Oh, yeah' and anyone who claims they knew who the killer was before the final pages is either lying or made a lucky, unsubstantiated guess.
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Summary: An EXCELLENT mystery story!
Review: THis is by far my favorite mystery story! and it's an excellent buy at this price! I recommend it to everyone!
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Summary: Mysterious Murders on a Mysterious Island
Review: I read the book, And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie. This Book is very interesting the whole way through. There is never a dull spot. I like how the author made it that the ten people who were tricked into going to a mysterious island are all strangers. It is also interesting how there is a poem all over the house about ten indians and the murders follow how the poem goes. This book kept me interested because i always wanted to know who the murderer, but when i thought it was one person, that person would be murdered. Out of all of the books that i have read, this is one of my favorite. I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes mystery books.
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Summary: Interesting plot
Review: Each of the ten guests are invited by U.N. Owen to spend a weekend at Indian Island which is located one mile off the coast of Devon. None of the guests know anything about U.N. Owen but they take the offer anyway. When everyone arrives at the island, U.N. Owen is no where to be found. No one is on the island except Mr. and Mrs. Rogers which are the guest's butlers (they are included as the ten guests). Anyway, each of the ten guests spend a little time to get to know one another, and get settled into their rooms. And in each of the ten bedrooms a framed poem hangs on the wall entitled Ten Little Indians. It says: Ten little Indian boys went out to dine;
One choked his little self and then there were nine. Nine little Indian boys sat up very late;
One overslept himself and then there were eight. Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon;
One said he'd stay there and then there were seven. Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks;
One chopped himself in halves and then there were six. Six little Indian boys playing with a hive;
A bumblebee stung one and then there were five. Five little Indian boys going in for law;
One got in Chancery and then there were four Four little Indian boys going out to sea;
A red herring swallowed one and then there were three. Three little Indian boys walking in the Zoo;
A big bear hugged one and then there were two. Two little Indian boys sitting in the sun;
One got frizzled up and then there was one. One little Indian boy left all alone;
He went and hanged himself and then there were none. This is pretty much how the entire story goes. Each of the visitors die off one by one (each dying in a way somehow related to the poem) until there are none. After the first death occurs, all the guests prepare to leave on the boat which is supposed to come each morning to deliver food and other goods, but the boat comes once (to bring all the visitors to the Island) and never comes back again. From the very first night all the guests arrive, strange things start to occur. First, they hear a gramophone that accuses each of the guests of committing murder (which for some of the guests is a surprise) and then someone actually dies the first night. At first, everyone thinks the people die from committing suicide, but later they realize that's not the case. Someone (one of the guests) is indeed the murderer killing all the houseguests, one by one. And the horrible thing is that there is no chance of escaping the Island because the boat will never return. Who is the murderer killing all of the house guests? Will anyone on Indian Island make it out alive?
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Summary: Good Old School Suspense
Review: 395 Reviews (as of March 9, 2003)! I must admit to being impressed. "And Then There Were None" is a solid whodunit from the old school. We have all experienced the storyline before, most likely because others have "borrowed" it from Author Christie. The proverbial "mysterious stranger" invites ten individuals to an island. Each has a definite skeleton is his or her personal closet. One by one they die. The plot thickens as the group realizes that the murderer is one of them! This reviewer won't reveal the ending -as some fellow amazoners have!- but I believe it is plausible. The resolution certainly completes the circle. ATTWN has the added value of being highly readable. No doubt many have consumed it in one sitting, pulled along by the momentum. There are two soft points to ATTWN. 1) The reader must accept the initial premise that the ten accepted a mysterious invitation from a complete stranger and 2)its' brevity precludes the development of any of the characters. A few of these were "characters" in their own right! Another 30-50 pages would only have bolstered the suspense. Those who like mystery/crime/ murder novels should not be disappointed. With 80 novels and 14 plays to her credit, Ms. Christie is a low risk author, especially at paperback prices. A final word of warning: Do not be fooled, as this reviewer was, by the classic 1945 movie version with Barry Fitzgerald and Walter Huston. Though equally satisfying, the endings are NOT the same.
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Summary: The Greatest Book
Review: This book was very clever and has a great ending. Once I started reading this I seriously couldn't put it put back down.
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