April '10 Reading: And Then There Were None

Come on, get reading and posting thoughts, chop, chop...

I'm only maybe 20 pages in at the moment, but so far I'm entertained :) This is my first time reading Christie, so I've been very pleasantly surprised. Is it bad that I was expecting it to be one of those books that sounded interesting and then turned out to be a bit dull once you dug through all of the prose?

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Originally Posted by Nikhar

Glad you liked it. Btw, kindly put a spoiler warning before your post so thta no one accidently ruins their fun of the novel.

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Right, sorry.

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Originally Posted by mkhockenberry

I'm only maybe 20 pages in at the moment, but so far I'm entertained :) This is my first time reading Christie, so I've been very pleasantly surprised. Is it bad that I was expecting it to be one of those books that sounded interesting and then turned out to be a bit dull once you dug through all of the prose?

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You found it interesting already? :D Just wait and see what's coming. ;)

After reading this, I guess, you'll be reading even more Christie's. :D

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Originally Posted by Nikhar

You found it interesting already? :D Just wait and see what's coming. ;)

After reading this, I guess, you'll be reading even more Christie's. :D

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I'm just past the first murder. The method was fairly predictable just knowing the basis of the story and the genere, but that isn't always a bad thing to me. I like to be able to work my mind to the conclusion and not be simply blindsided with something that seems entirely improbable.

I do think I'll look into some nore :nod:

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."
I don't know if I should agree with O.Wilde on this. But for sure this book is well written.
I finished the book in 2 days. That's the problem I have with mystery reading, I won't put it down untill my eyes hurt.
Seeing movie took some exitement out of it. But I was glad that I didn't remember whole thing. So I almost suspect every charachter untill I recalled revealing detail and that killed my fun.

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Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf

*SPOILERS*

How would you guys have tried to survive?

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I think,like general MacArthur, I wouldn't fight if I had something terrible on my conscience. But I would love to see if someone did. i didn't like serial killing idea. I wanted somebody get alive out of that island so bad. Guilty, or no guilty, I don't approve killing for revenge. Leave it to God.

Hey dfloyd, kindly tell us why you thought the book to be a waste of time?

I am actually a bit shocked that you voted the book to be so.

I'm cruising through this book, and I suppose that I'm about halfway through. I wanted to finish over the weekend, but I was too busy with the kids to find time to read:(

Just a few thoughts:

I'm a little intrigued by MacArthur. I don't really think of his character as crazy, though the others seem to disagree. He just seems like a old man who isn't going to fight his fate. Maybe he feels that he deserves whatever it is that is coming his way because of past actions, but I'm actually shocked by the idea of an elderly general who is just giving in.

I'm two murders in at the moment, and I'll confess that I am eagerly awaiting the next. I like the idea of the nursery rhyme being the basis for how each is killed, and I'm curious to see the fourth murder. I'm kind of hoping that it is the one old lady :) I don't have my book with me so I don't remember the characters name, but it is the one who kicked the young girl who got pregnant out of her household and the girl died.

Is the killer justified in his/her murders? These are people who have skirted the law, but they've done horrible things. I would love to say I'm not a vengeful person, but the simple truth is that I would hunt someone to the ends of the Earth for a few select things. Given that I don't know yet if the murderer is personally affected by everyone's crimes, I can't say if they're justifed or not.

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Originally Posted by mkhockenberry

Is the killer justified in his/her murders? These are people who have skirted the law, but they've done horrible things. I would love to say I'm not a vengeful person, but the simple truth is that I would hunt someone to the ends of the Earth for a few select things. Given that I don't know yet if the murderer is personally affected by everyone's crimes, I can't say if they're justifed or not.

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You have to read the end to figure out. I personally didn't like the killer's motive. We can discuss it later when you finish the book :argue::biggrin5:

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Originally Posted by mkhockenberry

This is my first time reading Christie, so I've been very pleasantly surprised. Is it bad that I was expecting it to be one of those books that sounded interesting and then turned out to be a bit dull once you dug through all of the prose?

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I know what you mean. I expected the book to be dull as well. This is my first Christie book and I'm glad I gave it a try. For some reason I always had the idea that Agatha Christie was staid and boring.


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Anyways I kept thinking it was Marsten, it seemed to me that once he's put in the room who's going to check on him and he would have free reign of the place?
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Originally Posted by papayahed

I know what you mean. I expected the book to be dull as well. This is my first Christie book and I'm glad I gave it a try. For some reason I always had the idea that Agatha Christie was staid and boring.

Anyways I kept thinking it was Marsten, it seemed to me that once he's put in the room who's going to check on him and he would have free reign of the place?

:skep:

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I'm hoping to finish today since I've not had time to read this week. The kids will be taking naps, and my husband is gone so no need to feel like I'm ignoring him for a book ;)

I've been very pleasantly surprised.

It feels so nice when people like the book you recommend. :biggrin5:

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Originally Posted by papayahed

I know what you mean. I expected the book to be dull as well. This is my first Christie book and I'm glad I gave it a try. For some reason I always had the idea that Agatha Christie was staid and boring.

Anyways I kept thinking it was Marsten, it seemed to me that once he's put in the room who's going to check on him and he would have free reign of the place?

:skep:

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You've completed it? What did you feel of it? I mean, particularly something good or bad?

And also, kindly put a spoiler warning. It's not much of a spoiler and yet it is.

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Originally Posted by Nikhar

You've completed it? What did you feel of it? I mean, particularly something good or bad?

And also, kindly put a spoiler warning. It's not much of a spoiler and yet it is.

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That's the bad bit about mysteries. Any bit of information is a bit of a spoiler. I accidentally read an earlier post so I know who did it, and it's been the devil of a time trying to forget it.

Thanks for the book nomination Nik :)

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Originally Posted by mkhockenberry

That's the bad bit about mysteries. Any bit of information is a bit of a spoiler. I accidentally read an earlier post so I know who did it, and it's been the devil of a time trying to forget it.

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Yeah, sorry about that.