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Ten by Gretchen McNeil
3.0

I read this on the tail end of re-reading "And Then There Were None" (book club pick) to get a comparison and of course it goes without saying Christie is superior. Not that the book wasn't suspenseful but it was but in a sense it was like reading a horror movie. Meaning none of the characters, even the main one were particularly sympathetic so you didn't get a connection to any of them really. And it doesn't end like the Christie one does I guess because that may be considered too "dark" for teenager standards but the murders themselves were pretty gruesome.

I kind of guessed the killer but the reason why was a surprise if somewhat clichéd. Overall it's a quick enjoyable read but not necessarily something I would re-read again. Although if I do end up becoming a teacher something I may have in my classroom library for kids to read since if nothing else it may encourage them to read. ^_^