preoccupiedbybooks's Reviews > And Then There Were None

A fantastically written mystery, which kept me guessing the whole time, and managed to surprise me with its ending!

My first Agatha Christie book smashed it! What a genius!

I thoroughly enjoyed this whodunit, and could not for the life of me figure out what was going on. Admittedly, I'm not great at figuring out who the villain is, but this was spectacularly written, and had me scratching my head! More importantly, the ending was great, it had me saying whaaaaat?!

At first I thought I would be overwhelmed with the amount of characters introduced, but they were all vividly different, so it was easy. They were all pretty unlikeable characters, but that didn't matter at all, in fact I quite enjoyed that.

I have nothing else to say, that hasn't been said before, so I will just end this with,
“Ten little soldier boys went out to dine; One choked his little self and then there were Nine. Nine little soldier boys sat up very late; One overslept himself and then there were Eight.
Eight little soldier boys travelling in Devon; One said he’d stay there and then there were Seven. Seven little soldier boys chopping up sticks; One chopped himself in halves and then there were Six. Six little soldier boys playing with a hive; A bumble bee stung one and then there were Five.
Five little soldier boys going in for law; One got in Chancery and then there were Four.
Four little soldier boys going out to sea; A red herring swallowed one and then there were Three. Three little soldier boys walking in the Zoo; A big bear hugged one and then there were Two.
Two little soldier boys sitting in the sun; One got frizzled up and then there was One.
One little soldier boy left all alone; He went and hanged himself and then there were None.”

😍 😍 😍