And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie weaves a unique and intriguing mystery in And Then There Were None. I didn't find the deaths contrite and I loved the use of the nursery rhyme to give clues not only to the reader, but the characters in the book. Modern mystery writes could certainly use her works as a beacon of how to write true mystery with well developed characters and plot twists that leave the reader guessing. What seems obvious is often not, what seems insignificant is of major consequence and that is how a mystery should be. Certainly a "good read!"

A slow burner... very knives out, clue, who done it. If thats your thing, this books for you. Personally, it bored me.

Very good read, I enjoyed it.

Before reading this book, I had heard a lot of hype about it from fellow teachers and students and I had always heard that Agatha Christie was the queen of mystery. I unfortunately was kind of disappointed by the lack of detail in this book. I loved the ending where it all comes together and I love the riddle woven throughout. Those aspects bumped up my rating for this one. I guess I was just expecting more.

Based on what I had heard before picking this up and given other mystery/thrillers I have read before, I thought there would be more character development, more finger pointing, more mystery and description of everything that happened. But there were some parts where it just felt like "and oh, btw, he's dead." Honestly without the riddle, I might have stopped reading. But the riddle definitely brings it all together. What is going to happen to every character and who is the mastermind behind all of this horror?

I first had to write down who everyone was so I could keep it all straight and then as they started dropping like flies, my suspicions changed several times. I ultimately guessed wrong so the ending was really awesome. I guess I would have to say that I understand why this book is a classic and I would definitely recommend it to people but for me, considering how much I love mystery/thrillers, this one was just middle of the road.

Amazing. Never saw it coming. Makes sense why this is a classic.