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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
Classic mean girl best friend to the quiet doormat girl, both in love with the same guy... blah. Boring
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4'5. Dios. Ha sido una lectura muy buena, me ha enganchado muchísimo, los personajes son geniales, tenía los nervios a flor de piel y me ha sorprendido muchísimo el final. Sin duda es muy recomendable.
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After reading an arc of Jinxed by Thommy Hutson, I decided to try and read this one because I’m now in the mood for this kind of book. This one was really good. But not quite as good as Jinxed...I loved that one! But I really did enjoy this one, so I definitely think it’s worth the read!! It had me all over the place, changing my mind, as to who was the murderer. I just love these stranded on an island with a murderer books!!! I need another one!!
10 teenagers on an isolated island having a party - what could go wrong? Not too long before people start dying. Great writing and suspense.
It was the person I thought I was - but I only figured it out b/c I had read And Then There Were None.
Excellent book!
It was the person I thought I was - but I only figured it out b/c I had read And Then There Were None.
Excellent book!
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
7.28.20 update: rating changed to 2/5. My opinion on this book is basically nonexistent.
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Edit 2/10/16: Looking back at this and reading my review and remembering the book, I've decided to lower my rating to 6/10.
I had my eye on this one for a while, but didn't have very high hopes for it. Ten is basically a re-telling of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, which is my personal favorite stand-alone novel of all time... which is why I didn't have very high hopes for it.
Because I've read And Then There Were None, I did expect some things that I think would have been a surprise to anyone who hadn't read And Then There Were None. And I think that the changes made to the original story were cleverly done. Even though I wasn't surprised by any of the twists, I didn't figure out who the killer was until just a little bit before it was revealed. I was fairly convinced that it was someone else. So I applaud Gretchen McNeil for that.
Now on to the not-so-great. Until the deaths started happening, almost everything was really cringey. I know that a good chunk of it was purposeful to highlight how obnoxious many of the characters are, but there was definitely some dialogue that I thought was completely stupid. It reminded me why I don't usually read books that deal with teens who are actually in high school. I'll read about teenagers all day long, but when they get into a normal high school setting they just tend to get obnoxious. On top of this, the writing overall was just meh. I usually don't tend to notice how good or bad writing is, but I definitely noticed in this book. It wasn't down-right awful, but it definitely wasn't written amazingly. It was also pretty heavy on the foreshadowing. A little more subtlety would have helped tremendously.
Despite the cringey moments, Ten was very fast-paced, and I ended up finishing it in one day because I was just too curious to see what was going to happen.
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Edit 2/10/16: Looking back at this and reading my review and remembering the book, I've decided to lower my rating to 6/10.
I had my eye on this one for a while, but didn't have very high hopes for it. Ten is basically a re-telling of And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie, which is my personal favorite stand-alone novel of all time... which is why I didn't have very high hopes for it.
Because I've read And Then There Were None, I did expect some things that I think would have been a surprise to anyone who hadn't read And Then There Were None. And I think that the changes made to the original story were cleverly done. Even though I wasn't surprised by any of the twists, I didn't figure out who the killer was until just a little bit before it was revealed. I was fairly convinced that it was someone else. So I applaud Gretchen McNeil for that.
Now on to the not-so-great. Until the deaths started happening, almost everything was really cringey. I know that a good chunk of it was purposeful to highlight how obnoxious many of the characters are, but there was definitely some dialogue that I thought was completely stupid. It reminded me why I don't usually read books that deal with teens who are actually in high school. I'll read about teenagers all day long, but when they get into a normal high school setting they just tend to get obnoxious. On top of this, the writing overall was just meh. I usually don't tend to notice how good or bad writing is, but I definitely noticed in this book. It wasn't down-right awful, but it definitely wasn't written amazingly. It was also pretty heavy on the foreshadowing. A little more subtlety would have helped tremendously.
Despite the cringey moments, Ten was very fast-paced, and I ended up finishing it in one day because I was just too curious to see what was going to happen.
Other than a couple cheesy moments, I enjoyed this book. It's about high schoolers and I wonder how I would have felt about it if I had read it in high school, but it didn't come out until 2012 anyway; I wasn't reading many mystery books at that age. Apparently the story is based off Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" which from what I understand is about adults, not high schoolers, so it makes sense to me that the motivations would be different; I haven't read that, so for me, "Ten" was pretty spoiler-free and full of surprises. I disagree with other reviewers who imply that the plot is not intelligent enough to be enjoyed.