Review: And Then There Were None By Agatha Christie

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Four days…10 people…1 murderer... And Then There Were None. This book includes action, twists, murder, and mystery. Ten strangers find themselves as weekend guests to an island called the Indian Island off the coast of Devon. There host an eccentric millionaire, Mr. Owens also know as unknown is nowhere to be found. The only element the guests have in common are their wicked past that they are all unwilling to reveal. For all will be murdered, one by one they'll perish, before the week is over there would soon be none. And Then There Were None, written by Agatha Christie, she was not only a screenwriter, novelist, playwright, and a poet, she was mystery’s #1 bestselling author, you will discover the conflict, imaginary setting, all the fascinating characters, and the technique of the book all in this essay. The conflict is there is this murderer (Wargrave) that has planned the deaths, cover-ups, and …show more content…
What I unquestionably admired is that she did not just give us all the clues at once, she made it so that she wants us to keep reading. For example the characters she gave us a lot information about them, but not all at once (whole book). The reason the reader felt like this was effective is because it slowly and gradually feeds us the information that we need to know about the book, having it all spread out made me want to read and finish the book(whole book). which I did and LOVED it. Rather it being all of the information would have made it boring and dull, especially if they gave who did the murdering right away instead of waiting till the end like they did. In conclusion And Then There Were None written by Agatha Christie was overall a great book, including its conflict, imaginary setting, fascinating characters, and technique however the amount of characters could of changed. I give this book over all ten out of ten. This book provided it

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