Compare And Contrast The Faceless One Vs And Then There Were None

There are many differences between my book choice The Faceless Ones, author Derek Landy whom I will be abbreviating to dl and the book And Then There Were None’s author Agatha Christie whom i will be abbreviated to ac. While they both are very good authors the differences are both subtle and obvious. They are both very accomplished writers however more people will doubtless know about ac as she has been writing books for a longer period of time. One of the differences is that ac’s book and then there were none is a single book that has the job of introducing all the characters in one book in a short and shallow way. On the other hand dl has made a series where in book one he introduces all the main people and gradually shores up some of their backstories through later instalments. Even people who are dead still get additional backstory and because of that you never actually know whether or not your …show more content…
In dl’s book the murderer is only known as Batu and they are trying to find out who Batu is and find out why he is trying to kill nearly all of the teleporters. In ac’s book, you don't know who the killer is until the epilogue which makes it a guessing game the whole time as you cannot possibly find out the killer by the facts you are given. It is very fun to constantly be trying to find out the answer for the question of who the murderer is. A third difference is that the faceless ones has a few very gristly murders committed right in front of your eyes whereas and then there were none had all the murders happen where you could only see the aftermath. It is a bigger difference than you would think as the murders have a toll on the character's spirit. When you see the most physically powerful person on the planet be reduced to a ball of crushed bones and meat, it takes a lot out of you. On the other side ac’s book only showed you the corpses with the most violent being one where the man ends with an axe in his