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Title: And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie Audio Renaissance) by Agatha Christie, David Horovitch ISBN: 1-55927-734-3 Publisher: Audio Renaissance Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 2 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (481 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant
Comment: This book is so brilliant. This is probably Agatha Christies's greatest novel; and yet there is no trace of Hercule Poirot. The reason for this becomes clear as you read the novel.
Ten uncaught murderers are invited to a luxury island by the ethereal U.N. Owen. They are all alone.
Then they are murdered, one by one by one by one...until they are all dead. Yes, ALL. How, you ask? That's what's so brilliant.
Before reading this book I thought The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was Christie's best mystery. But unlike that novel, and unlike most of her "great" novels (Orient Express, Nile), here there is no trick plot. Everything is precisely what it appears to be. And that's what's brilliant.
I can only compare it to a master conjuring trick, which you can puzzle over forever before it is finally revealed.
The writing quality is also brilliantly atmospheric; and unusually for Christie, the characters here are unforgettable and realistic. There is nothing lightweight about this novel - you can tell Christie really took this one seriously.
Rating: 3
Summary: Hold your breath; this book is cunning and dark...
Comment: This book will have a grasp on you as soon as you open it. Ten strangers, a curious assortment of men and women from different walk of life, are summoned as weekend guests to a private island off the coast of Devon by a mysterious man U. N. Owen. Each guest identifies common relations with Owen and yet Owen is unknown to them. It is a pre-announced murder spree. One by one, the house guests fall prey to an unknown, myseterious killer in the house, according to the scheme walled up in individual guest room-the rhyme of ten Indian boys. This is a book that fills up with suspense, panic, and thrill. As more house guests fall prey, the remnants escalate vigilance but also distrust. Speculation and doubts roam in of their mind. And only the dead are above suspicion. This is definitely a page turner. I finish the book in a day, with perspiring hands, accelerating pulse and a cloud of speculation in my mind. Good read. 3.3 stars.
Rating: 4
Summary: Agatha Christie proves the killer isn't always obvious......
Comment: Agatha Christie has been an expert at tricking readers into finding a murderer. And there is no exception in this book. Christie was an author with big brains. This book features a murderer using the 'Ten Little Indians' poem to kill ten guests gathered around from mysterious letters. In the beginning, it starts up with each character introudcing themselves, thinking of what they would be doing.
It is a great book: and the killer isn't who you think until you get to about the 3rd person. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was because some of the characters were beyond crazy. A previous Christie book I'd read: the dialogue was more calmed and stretched out, while this was all in a rush. That shouldn't stop you from buying the book, though. Another reason I gave this only 4 stars was because the killer was pretty obvious by the end. It has happened in some of the other Christie books, but there was also more to the story.
But, in the end: you cannot put this book again. I'd thought someone else was the killer, and someone else had the motive, but it seems that was definitely true. Christie models her books like professionally carved sculptures. Just remember: the obviously stated isn't always obvious.
Overall Rating: 4.6/5
Pros: Very great book, you can't put it down, based on the Ten Little Indians poem
Cons: The dialogue is stretched out, and everyone is frantic, and frightened so much, the killer is obvious
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Title: Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0425173755 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0425173895 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie ISBN: 042513024X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: June, 1993 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0425173739 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 10 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Murder Is Announced by Agatha Christie ISBN: 0451201191 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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