And Then There Were None...

Agatha Christie...Talanted and, definitely, not an average person.

I can honestly say that Lady Agatha is my all-time favourite writer for sure.

I found out about her and her works when I was pretty young, I think I was still going to the kindergarten. I was watching the movies based on her novels with my BIG BIG family not quite understanding what's going on there. When I grew a bit I became interested in different kind of puzzles, secrets, detective stories...One world: quests. That was the time when I got back to Agatha Christie's bibliography.

The first novel by "The Queen of Detectives" that I read was The Mysterious Affair at Styles

and than the "obsession" started.

I love most of her works, I have some that I single out...But my most favourite novel is, definitely, "And Than There Were None" (Ten Little Niggers).

I read it when I was 13. I still remember the process. I was home alone, laying on the sofa, the weather outside was severe. I was really scared, I had the feeling that something horrible is happening behind my back, goosebumps all over my body...Yeah, although I was at home, the atmosphere was creepy. But all this feelings didn't prevent me from reading the book. Maybe they even made me finish it as soon as possible:  it was too interesting to pause.

I find "And Than There Were None..." genius and I don't pitch it strong. 

First of all, I love the "Locked room" detective stories. There is always an opportunity for the reader to pursue his own investigation (I mean this is why I love reading that kind of stories) . The plot is simple and extraordinary in the same time. The characters are so different. I feel like they're alive...I feel their fear, confusion, suspicion. But I don't like them as people...Who would like cruel people or murderers? 

Lady Agatha loved using the nursery rhymes in her stories. This one is no exception. And the way she used the "Ten Little Soldiers" makes the novel even more interesting and exciting. Killing the way it's said in the rhyme was the most shocking part.

Did I have my own suspect? Yes. I think all the characters where my suspects through the story. Several times I even thought that there is a stranger on the island. In the end when there were 3 people left I thought "Where all this murders supernatural?! No way, it's Agatha Christie! I'm sure she has and explanation!" When there was only Vera left...well, all I can say it was a massive brain attack! :D I was super confused, I couldn't understand what just happend...I thought that maybe I've omited some very important details! But the letter in the end made everything clear...At the begining everything seemed impossible, in the end - extreamly simple! That's what I call genius! Show me one person who would tell you that the "serial killer" was Justice Lawrence John Wargrave, especially after he died in the middle of the novel...So...

The ending was super unexpected, mind-blowing, ingenious...And really creepy (Walking Dead,huh?).

And special "Bravo!" for the details.