And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie

I have read this book twice already. Once was in my 7th grade PACE class, where we spent an entire semester focussing solely on this book. Basically, I feel like I knew it inside and out by the end of the books. I read it again in my Honors Humanities class my freshman year in college. To be honest, I was surprised how little I remembered. Of course, I remembered the plot and everything, but this book has such a diverse amount of characters that I couldn't remember who died when. Of course -mentioning death isn't a spoiler for this book, it is Agatha Christie after all! This book was interesting and a definite page turner, but also has many characters that are introduced all at once. Because of this, I suggest you dogear when you're introduced to everyone so you can easily flip back and review who they are, just in case.

This book was originally called Ten Little Indians (the title was changed because it is a 'racial slur'). The whole book revolves around a poem/song called Ten Little Indian (Boys) - you will also want to dogear the page with the poem on it. I love this because it makes you feel that you have a sense of knowledge of what will happen, and yet each murder is still a shock. Well. I don't want to give away too much of the book, especially with this being a murder mystery. However, this book did leave me wondering at the end. I still wasn't totally sure what happened, who had planned it, etc. This sense of mystery is what some people love at the end... but I am not one of those people. I prefer finalization and closure.

All in all I give this book 4 OUT OF 5 STARS! Enjoyable, easy to keep up on, but the hanging ending and the occasional confusion makes it rank lower in my book

Still reading:: The Old Men at the Zoo by Angus Wilson