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And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

28 reviews

faygof9's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Great book, way better than Murder on the Orient Express and I wish I had read it first. The movie Clue is likely somewhat based on this story as it reminded me of it often. I read the beginning on ebook as I had a hard time keeping the characters straight on audio, then switched between them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Antisemitism, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

midwifekt's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Colonisation

Moderate: Alcoholism, Racism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical trauma and War

mayr3adsab00k's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

ilariasroom's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Agatha Christie really does live up to the hype. It’s true, I did not see that coming. Also, using an old nursery rhyme to dictate the nature of multiple murders… that’s peak literature I must say. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Blood, Religious bigotry, and War

rieviolet's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Car accident, Colonisation, and War

honigbar's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The lead up was very very well done, however, I personally felt the ending was very cliche and boring. But the ending is my only issue with the book.

I just feel the "I'm a killer because I'm a psychopath" is very boring reason, and it would have been a million times better if Vera had been a killer out of grief by her past mistakes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was fine. I’m glad I finally read it because it was interesting( I was obviously spoiled for this because of movies and like retellings) but it is a really good twist. I didn’t love how it was revealed though. Also I can’t let it go how problematic the original was. Obviously I’m not going to say what the original title was but it’s disgusting. I would look into it. So with an original title like that some of the racist elements are still in here. As for classics this one was actually very easy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racism, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Colonisation

keen's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Terminal illness, and Grief