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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
8/10. while there were a lot of reviews complaining about the repetitive nature of this storyline, i’m a sucker for a good murder mystery where people are killed off one by one. i enjoyed the twists, suspense, and trying to figure out what the heck was going on. the end actually did catch me off guard. i thought up a lot of different scenarios, but that was not one of them. the only thing i disliked was the very end, like literally the last three pages. so many people were dead, they literally just burned a guy who killed nine people, but they did not seem as panicked or traumatized as any normal person would be. how are they about to just sit in front of a burning boat and kiss, or “the one beautiful thing to come out of this terrible night was that it brought me to him”. like bestie what. other than that i really liked this book, such a quick read too!
I enjoyed Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, so Ten was recommended to me as a readalike. Ten was a quick, suspenseful, and action-packed read that kept me on the edge of my seat. It explored themes of revenge, friendship, and loyalty. I didn’t really connect with the main character, but that’s probably because this novel is more plot-driven than character-driven. Nowadays I tend to prefer character-driven stories, but back when I was a teen I’m sure I would have LOVED this book. I was really into Fear Street and Nightmare Hall books and watched a ton of horror movies with my friends (Scream was my favorite!). If you’re a fan of mystery and horror, give this one a try.
Superb! Read it practically in one setting and enjoyed it as much as the R.L. Stine's I read in high school. Great, fun read.
Pretty classic thriller/slasher in the best and worst sense, in that you know who the characters are and what they stand for. There is other stuff going on here that I definitely want to blog soon.
this was on my tbr for over 10 years and i'm positive that 2013 me would've loved this
It was terrifying and mysterious, but it was so good!
Although it started a bit slow, the story really picks up like a steam train. By staying with one narrator, it was easy to believe that everyone was a suspect. It was a thrilling mystery that kept me captivated to the end.
You remember that time you and your friends went to an exclusive island party and got trapped there during a raging storm and were murdered one by one for reasons unknown? No? Well, Gretchen McNeil's TEN harkens back to the days of SCREAM and I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. Like real life, only better ... because you're not actually on the hit list of a serial killer.
* Originally posted at www.firstnovelsclub.com
* Originally posted at www.firstnovelsclub.com
The use of the word "Esk*mo" is jarring for a book published in 2013, a time where we--as readers and hopefully as writers--should already know that it is considered a slur. Was there no other way to convey the same imagery? If this is just a small detail and I'm nitpicking, it shouldn't also be so big that it can't have been changed.
This book was pretty much the same plot, just different characters as And Then There Were None. I didn't like that it was pretty much copied, but the book was suspenseful and kept me reading