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Ten
by Gretchen McNeil
Ten people get invited to an island - they are told the reason they are there (a three day house party) - that's not the real reason they are there and the hosts are absent. Of course they all start to die one by one.
Sound familiar?
Yeah almost everything was stolen/lifted/copied from Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None".
"And Then There Were None" is my favorite mystery novel so I thought why not, maybe she updated the premise for a new generation and put some new twists on it. I didn't think I would love it (I didn't) but I thought I would like it and maybe discover some new angles to the classic story.
It's a one star book if you compare it to Agatha Christie.
It's a one star book if you base it on originality.
It's a two star book if you care about characters and their development (they aggravated the crap out of me all the way through the book).
It's a four star book if you care about plotting.
It's a four star book if you care about the tension level and page-turnability.
For me - I'll round it up to three stars but just barely.
I would not recommend this book (I'd recommend Agatha Christie) because it's been done before and it's been done better and Gretchen McNeil really doesn't add anything to the story.
Sound familiar?
Yeah almost everything was stolen/lifted/copied from Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None".
"And Then There Were None" is my favorite mystery novel so I thought why not, maybe she updated the premise for a new generation and put some new twists on it. I didn't think I would love it (I didn't) but I thought I would like it and maybe discover some new angles to the classic story.
It's a one star book if you compare it to Agatha Christie.
It's a one star book if you base it on originality.
It's a two star book if you care about characters and their development (they aggravated the crap out of me all the way through the book).
It's a four star book if you care about plotting.
It's a four star book if you care about the tension level and page-turnability.
For me - I'll round it up to three stars but just barely.
I would not recommend this book (I'd recommend Agatha Christie) because it's been done before and it's been done better and Gretchen McNeil really doesn't add anything to the story.