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laravo21's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Child death
jassie_77's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Interessante mysterie, waarbij je heel goed mee kan raden. Het wordt namelijk pas écht helemaal op het einde opgelost. Het taalgebruik is in het algemeen wat verouderd en er wordt heel vaak het n-woord genoemd, ook in negatieve zin. Ik hoop dat dit in nieuwere versies anders is vormgegeven.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs
culown's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Would have liked it better if it didn't use a racial slur every other page
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia, Suicide, Racial slurs, Racism, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Antisemitism
danielap's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Racism and Sexism
Minor: Racism, Sexism, and Suicide
egurgens's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I honestly had no idea who the killer was until the very end of the epilogue. Ten people are invited to this mysterious island by a U.N. Owens, for different reasons. The doctor was to attend to the owner's wife's health. One was hired for a job. The one thing all of the characters have in common is that they are all guilty of murder, but cannot be convicted by the law. Following the pattern of deaths laid out by a children's poem, one chokes to death, one never wakes up, one went crazy, one was cut by an axe, one was stung, one was in trouble with the law, one fell for a red herring, a bear killed one, another freaked out and was killed, and the last went mad and killed themselves. There were only 10 people on the island, and all of them are dead by the end. However, the last person kicked over a chair to kill themselves, and the detectives found the chair upright, standing orderly by the wall. So who could have killed everyone? There was no place to hide from the inhabitants, and no one was left alive on the unreachable island when the detectives showed up. So who could have killed them? The only person who was truly innocent of the supposed murder they committed and wanted to take justice into their own hands.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Racial slurs, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence
kryskross's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs
lichenreads's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
The mystery itself was extremely compelling and well-crafted. However, the constant racism (black and indigenous people were repeatedly dehumanized and there were some heavily antisemitic stereotypes) really took me out of the story and was difficult to read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
its_kievan's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I'm not sure that this deserves to be the most popular mystery novel of all time (fun fact, this is the 6th best-selling book in human history) but Agatha Christie is famous for a reason. The central premise is beautifully simple: ten people are trapped on an island and killed off one by one by an unknown person. Their deaths follow the pattern of an old nursery rhyme, and are carried out in revenge for past crimes for which they were never punished. The writing and characters are a bit too Br*tish at times, and earlier editions of the book are pretty aggressively racist (the book's original title, the central nursery rhyme, and the island it's set on all include the N-word for no particular reason), but it's absolutely worth reading for its creativity and impact on other murder mysteries.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs
Earlier (pre-1960 or so) editions of the book are named "Ten Little N*****s", which is also the name of the nursery rhyme that the killings are based around. The island itself is called N***** Island, which is just lovely. This has been removed in later editions, ie. all editions titled "And Then There Were None".mathrio's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Pregnancy, and Misogyny
rieviolet's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Death
Moderate: Racism, Racial slurs, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Antisemitism, Colonisation, War, Car accident, and Alcoholism