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katemccrea1's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book dug into what the consequences of people following the norms of the times were, and if they were responsible for the consequences of those actions. Were they just the catalyst, or did they ultimately hold blame for what happened because of events they set in motion. Very good, intense read.
cgilly8904's review
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
acy_c's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
maddie_c's review
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
michellereadatrix's review
3.0
Three Agatha Christie books in 1 ... And Then There Were None, Crooked House, and Endless Night.
Christie will never be my favorite author, but drawing room mysteries will never be my favorite genre either, so...
I joke that you should do a shot every time Christie is racist. Don't come at me. She was a product of her time, and the original title of And Then There Were None could not be any more eye-poppingly horrible. I've never read a Christie novel without a racist moment or moments. I accept these are the price of admission, or baked into the cake, or something.
I did like that each novel was genuinely different, felt genuinely different, than every other novel. That's amazing, really. Crooked House was my favorite, but I would say Endless Night holds up the best in having tropes and twists that would still be used, and work, today. At the same time, this is what also makes it perhaps most predictable -- the things you would assume in a modern novel are the things you can assume here, making the murderer so obvious that you immediately dismiss this person as being too obvious. And then, yeah. Even with that, I appreciated that there was clues I missed. I figured out the general thing, but there were other details in plain sight I only got when it was all laid out.
And Then There Were None was my least favorite, and felt the most dated for me. I cared about and rooted for no one, which in all fairness makes sense as everyone was meant to be a villain. Still, none of the characters came alive for me, and it was the epitome of plot at the expense of character, and I'm a fan of character above all.
Christie will never be my favorite author, but drawing room mysteries will never be my favorite genre either, so...
I joke that you should do a shot every time Christie is racist. Don't come at me. She was a product of her time, and the original title of And Then There Were None could not be any more eye-poppingly horrible. I've never read a Christie novel without a racist moment or moments. I accept these are the price of admission, or baked into the cake, or something.
I did like that each novel was genuinely different, felt genuinely different, than every other novel. That's amazing, really. Crooked House was my favorite, but I would say Endless Night holds up the best in having tropes and twists that would still be used, and work, today. At the same time, this is what also makes it perhaps most predictable -- the things you would assume in a modern novel are the things you can assume here, making the murderer so obvious that you immediately dismiss this person as being too obvious. And then, yeah. Even with that, I appreciated that there was clues I missed. I figured out the general thing, but there were other details in plain sight I only got when it was all laid out.
And Then There Were None was my least favorite, and felt the most dated for me. I cared about and rooted for no one, which in all fairness makes sense as everyone was meant to be a villain. Still, none of the characters came alive for me, and it was the epitome of plot at the expense of character, and I'm a fan of character above all.
mouseinmypocket's review
5.0
This set of novels by Agatha Christie includes: And Then There Were None, Crooked House, and Endless Night. It's was quite enjoyable for me to reread ATTWN and CH. Tho, I have some issues with ATTWN because of the original title/content of the novel. The updated title and story are very interesting, but I still find it hard to get past Chrisite choosing "Ten Little Niggers" as the poem to base one of her mysteries on. Even at the time of writing, I feel this had to be offensive.
Crooked House was a nice reread, tho I'm a bit bothered by the Mamie character, which is so obviously a caricature. Something I didn't notice when first reading the novel years ago. And something I probably would have failed to notice again if I hadn't been rereading it back to back with ATTWN.
Endless Night was amazingly good. About partway thru, I had an idea of what might happen, but it didn't happen how I expected. I wasn't expecting a marginally untrustworthy narrator.
Crooked House was a nice reread, tho I'm a bit bothered by the Mamie character, which is so obviously a caricature. Something I didn't notice when first reading the novel years ago. And something I probably would have failed to notice again if I hadn't been rereading it back to back with ATTWN.
Endless Night was amazingly good. About partway thru, I had an idea of what might happen, but it didn't happen how I expected. I wasn't expecting a marginally untrustworthy narrator.
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