Diez negritos

Hardcover

Spanish language

Published April 22, 2007 by RBA Editores S.A. (Molino).

ISBN:
978-84-473-5410-8
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3 stars (3 reviews)

Diez personas sin relación alguna entre sí son reunidas en un misterioso islote de la costa inglesa por un tal Mr. Owen, propietario de una lujosa mansión en el lugar a la par que un perfecto desconocido para todos sus invitados. Tras la primera cena, y sin haber conocido aún a su anfitrión, los diez comensales son acusados mediante una grabación de haber cometido un crimen. Uno por uno, a partir de ese momento, son asesinados sin explicación ni motivo aparente. Sólo una vieja canción infantil parece encerrar el misterio de una creciente pesadilla. Agatha Christie publicó esta brillante novela en 1939, superando una vez más las expectativas de sus más fieles seguidores. Con Diez negritos, la «Reina del Crimen» da nuevamente una vuelta de tuerca a su método: en esta ocasión, el detective no es otro que el lector, y será su propósito averiguar las claves de la intriga. …

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Still Interesting

3 stars

It's been a long time since I last read this book, and I remembered liking it. I don't think I caught all the ways in which the movie Clue either references it or uses it as a guide for their detective spoof before, and that was partially the reason for why I wanted to read it again.

I still very much like the idea that the point of the book is to target those who cannot be touched by the law or who haven't done something that can be considered "criminal." It really feels, particularly in an age where so many people in specific positions view themselves as untouchable because they're either "not doing something illegal" or the law refuses to do anything about them, like a concept we should be revisiting in our narrative fiction.

This novel is enough to bring me back to detective works, something which I've …

Non mi è piaciuto

2 stars

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Review of 'And Then There Were None' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I am so behind on bookclub, still catching up. I finished this before the main selection because I am a longterm Agatha Christie fan. I just love the style of her who-dunnits that keep you guessing until the last minute. It's not her best book, but it's full of suspense as soon as the murders begin. It could maybe have been streamlined to begin on the island, because the exposure to the ten characters of the story was a bit clunky and not that interesting.

Fast read, good book, would read again.