The Competition

  • A Tale Dark and Grimm
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • Airborn
  • And Then There Were None
  • Counting by 7's
  • Divergent
  • Ender's Game
  • Freak the Mighty
  • I Am Number Four
  • Malice
  • Murder on the Orient Express
  • Stargirl
  • The Hobbit
  • The Maze Runner
  • The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B
  • Wonder

Thursday, 10 April 2014

"And Then There Were None"..but me(Clarie)! -By Agatha Christie


Ten strangers are drawn to the famous mansion on Soldier Island off Devon Coast, by someone none of them have met. Their host, U.N Owen, never shows up. When a recording they listen to on the first night accuses each guest of having a murderous past, they slowly open up about their stories. Being hunted down by the ideas in an old poem, and their paranoia growing, will anyone survive their unknown killer? Or will there be none?

That is my little teaser of the book, ”And Then There Were None” by Agatha Christie.  I hope this will be sufficient bait to hook you on the idea of this murder mystery, which is probably one of the best I have ever read!  Perfect for those people who love a puzzle and don't mind some spine tingling ideas to bring them along.

My favourite part:  I love how the author made the story line so complex and peppered with unexpected events.  I would not have been able to come up with that storyline in all of my born days! I just can't stop thinking about all the planning it would take to do that.

If I could change something as the author:  I would definitely get rid of some of the old-style language. I’d find it hard to understand at times and I did have to ponder on what was meant. It somewhat took away from the whole experience. Not to mention, it took about 50 pages for the storyline to pick up speed. You really need to push through to get to the juicy stuff, but once you're there you wont stop.

3 comments:

  1. Okay, I totally want to read it now! You are a phenomenal writer Claire and I love your title! I hope it moves forward in the smackdown!

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  2. Very well written Diz! I wish more people would readclassic books like this, because they are in for more of a surprise than they could imagine! Glad that you liked the book.

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  3. Okay Claire I hate to do this, but I totally disagree. I actually like the beginning and don't think it's boring. I love learning about who each character is. Make sure in the beginning you aren't thinking to hard trying to solve the murder before you know the characters. Glad I got the chance to read And Then There Were None!

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