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TW/CW: suicide, mention of suicide, murder
3.5 ☆s
I’m classing as a “modern-day And Then There Were None (ATTWN) retelling, because that’s basically what it was. There were ten, of course in both books. They were all invited to a secluded little island, and they all had done something “bad” in their pasts and the killer was deranged and decided to take it upon himself to bring justice on to them.
I definitely did think it was Minnie, but I should’ve known it wasn’t her because in ATTWN, we think the judge is dead, but it turns out to be him the entire time. Although, I did kind of suspect Ben.
Now, of course, in ATTWN they all end up dead, because the judge ends up killing himself at the end of the book, too. If you’ve seen the BBC ATTWN TV adaptation, Philip Lombard and Vera Claythorn run away together, but they all die in the book.
The murderer: Claire Hicks’s brother, Tom, who killed the real Ben and took his place.
In this book, the only ones left are (obviously) Meg and T.J.
Kumiko was electrocuted.
Gunner was shot.
Nathan, Kenny, Vivian, Lori, and Minnie were murdered by Ben (Tom) as well.
Jessica and her friends were invited to another party by Tom; Tom hacked into her Facebook and sent the invites.
This wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read, but it wasn’t the worst. The writing definitely could’ve been a little better, and I personally think that it would’ve been better if it had been written in first person instead of third. I kept getting confused by all the “shes’” and at the beginning kept getting Meg and Minnie confused, but all in all, it was a pretty good book and I enjoyed my time reading it.
3.5 ☆s
I’m classing as a “modern-day And Then There Were None (ATTWN) retelling, because that’s basically what it was. There were ten, of course in both books. They were all invited to a secluded little island, and they all had done something “bad” in their pasts and the killer was deranged and decided to take it upon himself to bring justice on to them.
I definitely did think it was Minnie, but I should’ve known it wasn’t her because in ATTWN, we think the judge is dead, but it turns out to be him the entire time. Although, I did kind of suspect Ben.
Now, of course, in ATTWN they all end up dead, because the judge ends up killing himself at the end of the book, too. If you’ve seen the BBC ATTWN TV adaptation, Philip Lombard and Vera Claythorn run away together, but they all die in the book.
The murderer: Claire Hicks’s brother, Tom, who killed the real Ben and took his place.
In this book, the only ones left are (obviously) Meg and T.J.
Kumiko was electrocuted.
Gunner was shot.
Nathan, Kenny, Vivian, Lori, and Minnie were murdered by Ben (Tom) as well.
Jessica and her friends were invited to another party by Tom; Tom hacked into her Facebook and sent the invites.
This wasn’t the best book I’ve ever read, but it wasn’t the worst. The writing definitely could’ve been a little better, and I personally think that it would’ve been better if it had been written in first person instead of third. I kept getting confused by all the “shes’” and at the beginning kept getting Meg and Minnie confused, but all in all, it was a pretty good book and I enjoyed my time reading it.