A review by sarah_lamper
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

5.0

My first Agatha Christie book so I didn’t really know what to expect. The writing was not what I expected. I thought it would be complicated, longer sentences. Instead it was much shorter sentences and pretty easy to read. Because I wasn’t sure what I was getting into and wasn’t prepared for that writing style it took me a bit to get into it but by the end the writing flowed easily and I was so into the mystery I couldn’t put it down. I’m not one who reads or watches a lot of murder mystery so I’m not good on knowing what’s a cliche or not. But this book seems far from it. At no point did I truly know who the murder was. I narrowed it down fairly well but then gone book tricked ME. But it’s funny bc if I had bothered paying EXTRA attention and thinking about it I probably could’ve deduced it. I noticed little sentences or things mentioned and yet let them fly by me. Which is good bc it means it was THERE. It wasn’t a truly random thing with no lead up or hints. I’m just not smart enough/experienced enough to get it.

My only complaint was in the beginning it was really hard to keep track of all the characters. I kept having to flip back and forth to their introductions to keep track. Plus each character goes by 3 different names which made it difficult as well. But I got it towards the end.

Overall, great story, couldn’t put it down. I just HAD to know.