By: Agatha Christie
Genre: Murder
Mystery
Pages: 264
Published: 1939
Told In: Third
Person
“Movie” Rating: PG-13
Compare to:
The Mystery of the Yellow Room,
Gaston Leroux
The Sign of Four,
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Stranger is Watching,
Mary Higgins Clark
In a nutshell:
10 strangers are trapped alone on an island, accused of
murder by an unknown host. One by one they are killed, following the lines of a
nursery rhyme.
What you may enjoy:
This book keeps you guessing. Christie set up the perfect
mystery without revealing the secret of it all until the very end. If you want
a classic with a surprising ending, you’ll love this!
What you may NOT
enjoy:
It is difficult to keep track of all of the characters in
the beginning and the story starts off a little slow. By the time the mystery
really starts to build, some of the specifics get confusing.
Warnings:
Violence and Disturbing Images:
Man chokes and dies; man killed with an axe (mentioned); man
slaps woman; dead woman’s face described; man bleeds from gun wound in the
head; man’s head crushed; drowned bloated body found; woman hangs herself.
Language and Profanity:
Damned (29xs); damn (9xs); damnable (3xs); God (15xs); hell;
ass
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