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And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
This is one of Ms. Christie's stories that I actually knew a little about before reading it. But honestly I didn't know that much about it apart from the basic premise. I'm glad that this is all I knew going in, because I was left in suspense on what was going to happen next during the reading experience.
I have mostly positive things to say, so I'll get my biggest negative out of the way: I wish that the killer hadn't been revealed. I actually regret reading that last part, and wish I stopped when the investigators were questioning who could've done it. I liked not having a clear answer and being allowed to theorize on my own. It felt like it was being left up to the reader, but then we did get an answer. The solution does make sense and looking back, there were some clues, but I still wish that the solution wasn't there.
But on to the positives. This book was fascinating to me because it's a study on what constitutes murder and the conception of justice. The reader is given details on what each of the ten people did that caused the end of another person's life, and the question is raised whether these people are guilty of murder or not. I really like that because it depends on the reader's sense of morality and right and wrong.
More than that, it plays on human nature. Specifically paranoia and fear, and how we can so easily distrust each other. But it also shows how people can justify their actions and rationalize what they did to themselves. And yes, it's also an exploration of a person's psyche and how they can go mad in high-stress situations.
None of the characters feel particularly fleshed out but I don't think that's the point. It's like watching rats scrambling around in a maze, and we as the reader study what they do and how they behave.
I have mostly positive things to say, so I'll get my biggest negative out of the way: I wish that the killer hadn't been revealed. I actually regret reading that last part, and wish I stopped when the investigators were questioning who could've done it. I liked not having a clear answer and being allowed to theorize on my own. It felt like it was being left up to the reader, but then we did get an answer. The solution does make sense and looking back, there were some clues, but I still wish that the solution wasn't there.
But on to the positives. This book was fascinating to me because it's a study on what constitutes murder and the conception of justice. The reader is given details on what each of the ten people did that caused the end of another person's life, and the question is raised whether these people are guilty of murder or not. I really like that because it depends on the reader's sense of morality and right and wrong.
More than that, it plays on human nature. Specifically paranoia and fear, and how we can so easily distrust each other. But it also shows how people can justify their actions and rationalize what they did to themselves. And yes, it's also an exploration of a person's psyche and how they can go mad in high-stress situations.
None of the characters feel particularly fleshed out but I don't think that's the point. It's like watching rats scrambling around in a maze, and we as the reader study what they do and how they behave.