"And then there were none" was a very enjoyable read for me this summer. There were so many plot twists and mysteries. What really made me enjoy this book was the use of imagery not only for the beautiful setting but Christie's use of imagery to create suspense. I wish I could be as clever as the murderer, Justice Wargrave. His character is basically the definition of revenge. All the characters on the island were sent there because judge Wargrave wanted them to confess their crimes. They were all criminals but could not be prosecuted by the law because there was not a strong enough case and evidence to prosecute them. Christie is so creative that the poem "Ten little Indians" describes how each of the characters die, but the characters do not know it at the time when they arrive at the island neither does the reader. Wargrave decided that the order that they are killed is based on the torture they must go through for punishment of their crimes. Everything that was included in the book was a mystery even the house. It had so many rooms and so many ways to get around the house which was easy for judge Wargrave to break the Indian ceramics once someone was killed. Christie's use of character development also caught my eye. Each person was a mystery in themselves because the reader doesn't know for sure if they were rotten people or just made really bad mistakes. This book overall was my favorite book to read over the summer.
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