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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

65 reviews

ann_cathrin's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Child death, Car accident, and Gun violence

kazofbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Honestly the only reason this is a 3 star instead of a two star is because I couldn’t guess who did it. The story seemed very repetitive and I struggled to keep engaged with it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Suicide, and Classism

jojo_'s review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Ableism, Death, Murder, Racism, Gun violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Blood, Child death, Colonisation, Terminal illness, War, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical content, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry

nebraskanwriter's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Racism

sabrinalefebvre'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

5.0

This was so good! So glad I read this before my required reading for school

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Gun violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism, Child death, Misogyny, and Confinement

Minor: Antisemitism, Car accident, and Alcohol

scaredykatbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Sexism, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Suicide, Violence, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Car accident, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Abortion, and Suicide

linnybear's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Alcohol, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Medical content

Minor: War

jhbandcats's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This has always been my favorite Agatha Christie novel. I hadn’t read it in over thirty years so I tell myself I read it with a fresh look. I was really pleased with how much I enjoyed it. It’s so cleverly constructed that it keeps the reader guessing till the very end. 

The reader sees multiple points of view and thus has shifting sympathies for the characters (if it can be called sympathy as the characters are so despicable). Seemingly impossible things start happening, driving some of the characters to think they’re seeing ghosts or perhaps losing their minds. For such a short book, it’s very complex. 

I’m about to start The Science of Murder: the Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine, and I wanted a refresher on Christie’s writing style. I’m glad I chose this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Confinement, Gun violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Suicide, Car accident, Classism, and Child death

alexisgarcia'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

4.0

I would just like to say that my review is based solely on the writing, plot, etc. and not the author. The author is extremely racist and I would not have read this if I had to pay for it, I got it from the library. But that aside, I enjoyed the plot and overall concept a ton. However I was able to guess the ending slightly which was disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Grief, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Murder, Suicide, Violence, and Death

izabellareads's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol and Religious bigotry

Minor: Gun violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, Child death, and Cursing