And Then There Were None

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Book Review

And Then There Were None is a book about 10 strangers who were all invited to the island by a man who had a sick desire to kill, but also had a deep respect for the law and justice. To feed both his obsessions, he invited people who were guilty for killing other people, but did it in a manor that they couldn't be proven guilty by law, to Soldier Island. So he devised a plan where justice could be satisfied, and he would get to fill his hunger to kill. In the end, the guilt of there actions took over their judgment and decisions.

The story had a clever plot line and made you think you would know the next move, but then turn in a different direction. It also hid the identity of the killer very well, but once you go back and read it is where you see where the subtle hints were dropped about who it really is. A very good read and I book I would recommend other people read.

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I came back to my room after I found the body of the last person left on the island other than myself. How could I survive here by myself? There was no way off! I was in a deranged state, and complied with the unspoken orders of whoever it was doing these horrendous things to us here on the island. I positioned myself, and kicked away the chair. Leaving no living person on Soldier Island.

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"You can go to the rock Cyril..." "That was what murder was- as easy as that! But afterwards you went on remembering... She climbed up on the chair, her eyes staring in front of her like a sleepwalker's... she adjusted the noose around her neck. She kicked away the chair..."

Guilt will eventually consume you.

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WHAT?!

Everyone is dead! How can this be? I haven't killed a single soul on this island! I must be going crazy! It's the guilt, just like Wargrave told me. It's getting to me. All I can think of is Hugo, Cyril. There's no way off this island! I'll go mad here by myself with all these dead bodies! I'm already going mad! What am I going to do...?

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"None of us are going to leave the island. That's the plan. What, perhaps, you can't understand is the relief!" "The relief?" "Yes. Of course you're very young... you haven't gotten to that yet. But it does come! Now there's this blessed relief when you know that you haven't got to carry the burden any longer. You'll feel that too, someday..."

Guilt is a driving factor in a lot of things

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The Sad Truth

Some of the group that are still alive have accepted that they are going to die. Everyone is spilling there darkest secrets to these people who we've spent less than a week with. Turns out several people actually did commit the murders they were accused if that first night. And no one was afraid to admit it. One was actually relieved to think he was going to die, and be able to take away the burden of his secret. I am determined to get off this island.

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Slowly Starting to Understand

That's it! I had noticed an old nursery rhyme from when I was younger, framed and hung in the guest room I was staying in upstairs. Apparently there was one in every room. It was about the 10 little Indians, and the figurines on the dining room table represented the 10 Indians from the nursery rhyme! As each one of us died, a figurine would disappear. This was all a sick game! We were the 10 little Indians, and each murder had something to do with how the Indians left in that rhyme. Our numbers are dwindling.

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How Strange

When we arrived on the island, I noticed little figurines sitting in the middle of the dining room table. I could have sworn there were 10 when we arrived, but when I went into the dining room for lunch the next afternoon, I noticed only 7 sitting in the middle of the table. Odd.

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This is Doc. The first three deaths while we were on the island had something to do with medicine, and it didn't look good for him. Especially since no one knew anyone else there from Adam. He was definitely someone to keep an eye on and some distance from. Until, with later deaths, evidence proved he couldn't be the killer. He was a nice man and I was glad we were able to have someone who knew something of medicine there on the island with us.

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Another!

Just as I'm waiting for this boat to arrive another person drops dead! It looked as if he choked on this drink, however Doc insists there was cyanide planted in his glass. I'm certain someone here is trying to kill us all now. The only question is, which one of us is it? And who is worth trusting?

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What's Going On?

We've been here only one night, and by morning there's already 2 people dead. I'm definitely not going to stick around and watch everyone else here be picked off! If only the boat that delivers supplies would get here already! Then I can make my escape.

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This was the grand dining room we got to dine in, only once altogether. Soon after dinner was one the first victims life was taken. Crazy to think such a beautiful room could belong to a place used for such sadistic reasons, isn't it?

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This is it. This is the horrible island where so many people died due to a crazy man trying to bring "justice" to others who had died. This little game of his, only makes this mysterious island so much more famous

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"Oh, yes. I've no doubt in my own mind that we have been invited here by a madman- probably a dangerous homicidal lunatic."

While the person who invited them there may have been a lunatic, that person also had dirt on everyone else spending their days on the island. Which when that dirt was leaked, will cause for some very guilty party members.

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Comparing Letters

I really hope that by all of us comparing the letters we received it will get us closer t figuring out who the Owens are and what they want to do with us. If it has anything to do with that message that was played I'm not sure I'd want to stick around!

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Emily Brent and Vera Claythorne having a "chat"

Vera: Well aren't you going to tell everyone what really happened in your case?

Emily: No, I know what happened that night, why should I need to share with everyone else?

Vera: Why, you do know that sounds skeptical. Everyone one of us has been able to explain what happened on all the nights mentioned. Why are you withholding the truth about yours?

Emily: Simply because it is none of the others business. I think I should head off to bed soon actually.

Vera: Are you not telling us because what we heard on the gramophone was the truth? Did you really kill that girl? Or is there more to it?

Emily: I can tell you all about that night and how if anything I actually saved that girl, but you all will still just makes your own assumptions now won't you?

Vera: I suppose but it would be nice to hear your side of the story, put our minds to rest that you're not a murderer. Especially since everyone is a little shaken up after that message!

Emily: I've spoken my mind already and I have nothing to tell you! Why should I explain myself to a bunch of strangers who don't know me or that girl?

Vera: I suppose, if that's the way you feel about it. But don't be surprised then when people sometimes find you suspicious.

Emily: Goodnight Miss Claythorne.

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My name is Vera Claythorne. I've been invited to soldier island to be Mr. and Mrs. Owens secretary. I was formerly a nanny and engaged to Hugo. However everything changed with Cyril, the child I was to watch out for, died. As time goes on I like staying on the island less and less and don't trust anybody.