And Then There Were None By Agatha Christie: Intrigue

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Frightening. Creepy. Intrigue. These emotions dance around in your mind as you read this sinister murder mystery. The tension was almost tangible as you read every page and paragraph of the eerie, terrifying novel. However nightmarish the book was, it was truly a exciting and thrilling adventure. Ten people were invited to stay on a famous island off the coast of Devon, Indian Island, which was said to be bought by a wealthy man named Mr. Owen. On the very night that the odd assortment of guests arrived, people started dying. The guests died one by one until there were none left. This marvelous mystery novel is called “And Then There Were None,” written by Agatha Christie. Everything about this book was perfect, including the main conflict, …show more content…

This mystery novel is third omniscient, so the author knew all of the characters feelings, and that made the book more enjoying because you could follow what everyone was thinking. But then when one of the guests did something that seemed suspicious, the author did not disclose their emotions, and that helped keep the tension and mystery in the book. The one thing that the author struggled with was spending time with and introducing each character. As a reader, you know about certain characters more than others. For example, the author told almost all of Vera’s emotions, but we barely know the thoughts of Tony Marsten. We also knew a lot about General Macarthur and Dr. Armstrong’s past, but we knew close to nothing about Mr. Rogers or Mrs. …show more content…

At first, I did not think the clues were effective, but in the end they all made sense. Sometimes, I was slightly frustrated with the novel because the clues were continuously jumping around from person to person and I had no idea who was the murderer. Although the clues were challenging to understand, they all made sense when Justice Wargrave was confirmed as the man who killed the guests (262). The clues made sense after reading the manuscript Wargrave wrote (261-275). His “death” was the most mysterious because everyone had gone up to Vera’s room when she screamed, so it was possible that he faked it (197-201). He even had a bullet wound atop his head, and no gunshot could be heard (202). It was also very suspicious when Mr. Blore died mysteriously by a marble clock falling on him and mangling his skull, when there were only two people on the island, and they were sitting on the cliff (232). But a subtle clue that Justice Wargrave the murderer was that he took control of the situation, which made him appear to be

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