![]() It’s like watching a train wreck, really: you want to look away, but you can’t. Don’t judge the novel on the movie adaptations it’s an absolutely gripping story colored in shades of gray by moral ambiguity and a fistful of horror. ![]() No one had written anything like it before, and reading the book you can see the true, simple brilliance of the plot. While this premise may seem cheesy now, And Then There Were None is arguably Christie’s most innovative book. Who’s killing them–their host, or one of the other guests? Or someone else entirely? And will any of them make it out alive? Expecting a good time, the party quickly goes from awkward to awful as each of the guests start dying off. ![]() If you’ve ever watched Clue, you’re familiar with the premise: a group of strangers are invited to a party at a remote mansion. It remains Christie’s bestselling novel, and the sixth best-selling book of all time. ![]() Although not as popular today as some of Christie’s other books (see above), And Then There Were None made a huge impact when it was first published in 1939. ![]()
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