Hello there readers! Today I have brought you a book review. Is that it? No! There are also a lot of laughs you will get. Don’t miss the funny story at the end of the blog!!
The book which I will be reviewing today is called “And then there were none” written by Agatha Christie. It's a murder mystery and thriller. You might be thinking why do I like mysteries so much? Well, does any other genre make you work your mind like good old mystery does?
The Plot
Ten strangers are invited on soldier island by an unknown host. Among these are a doctor, a judge, a detective, a mercenary, a spinster and two servants, a highly decorated general, a common man and a former governess. They are greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Rogers and their Butler. They said that the host, ‘Mr. Owen’ will arrive the next day. All of them think they are here for a good time, some think they are here to meet old friends, some think they are hired as a secretary and some think they are here to look after the people and the place. There is a nursery rhyme hanging in each one of their rooms called ‘10 little soldiers’ The poem describes how each one of the soldiers met an unfortunate fate one by one. Things take a dark turn when someone accuses them of a murder committed by each one of them which was never uncovered in the past through a voice recording during a luxurious dinner. Soon, one by one, guests are found mysteriously dead. The Remaining guests think that they are murders and are being carried out by one of the guests. The most eccentric aspect of these events is that the guests are dying exactly how the soldiers were dying in the poem hanging in their room…..
The Review
There is not much to say about this book, it is written by the queen of mystery herself! The plot is the most unique one I have ever encountered. Yes, all mysteries hold you on the edge of the seat but this one will not let you sit down and take a breath. The plot might seem a little violent to some but the plot is really interesting and gripping. The suspense is not simple enough to guess and will make you work your mind like a motor! Of course, kids below 12 years of age might not find it very interesting and it might be a little violent for them. It is worth a read!
The perfect nightmare
You know how sometimes things just line up to make your day a nightmare. This was such a day for me. My name is Avyaan and I live in Ahmedabad. Let me tell you what a roller coaster ride my day was.
“Why is the truck’s engine making so much noise”? I asked the turtle who was driving my truck. I woke up realizing it was just my alarm going off and I was dreaming that the alarm’s noise was the truck’s engine. “I will sleep for five more minutes, I thought. After I woke from my extra five minute sleep, magically it had been 45. Now, I shall turn into the flash. I brushed my teeth, took a bath, got ready and had breakfast all in 15 minutes! “This has got to be a world record”.
As I was leaving the house, Snow was sitting there blocking the door. Snow is my white cat. I wanted a scary black cat but then my sister Advika showed me this movie about a witch who terrorized people in the form of a black cat. I totally did not keep the lights on that night, I am very brave, but I am not taking any risks. The last thing I need is a witch in my house. Imagine you are in the shower and the witch turns you into a mouse, I will be trapped in the bathroom forever and my own family will trap me in a box thinking I am a mouse. I don’t want to be a mouse, how will a mouse break my video game records? I tried to move snow but I got scratched instead, I had accidentally stepped on the poor cat’s tail. I kind of deserved those scratches. "Why is snow so grumpy all the time"? When I finally got to the bus stop, it had left. “Of course,” I sighed. I had to walk to school, stepping in at least a bazillion puddles. I got to the school and guess what? I forgot it was class photo day and I missed it. The teacher was mad. Very mad. She assigned me extra homework. On top of that, there was a Math test.” I have prepared for this one, I should get at least 90%”. When I saw the question paper, my heart did a double flip. What is this! WHAT IS ALL OF THIS! All of it looked like random symbols and letters to me. I had not done these chapters. These were in the deleted syllabus! I told it to the teacher and she showed me the list. There were two columns, one was ‘deleted’ and the other was ‘syllabus for test’. “Looks like you goofed up, Avyaan” said the teacher. She was right, I did not see the title and did the deleted syllabus. “Well, all I can do is pray”. So I sat there praying my mom would not turn me into human pudding. It was an MCQ test and I had an idea. “If I tick all a’s or all b’s at least some would be correct. I read on the internet that a’s and b’s have higher probability, I just ticked all a’s. When we got the results, I got a big fat zero, turns out no a’s were correct and 14 out of the 40 b’s were correct! Those were the passing marks! I could have passed if I ticked all b’s, but I made the worst choice. At least I know that the Internet is authentic. Every cloud has a silver lining.
When I got home, I was grounded for three days. “Perfect” I thought. I sat there in my room that day knowing I had to do it for three more days. I saw all my friends going for a paintball fight festival which happens once a year, “Looks like i have to wait another year, this is the worst time to be grounded!” Ahhhhhh.
“This day is a perfect nightmare! What is going to happen next? A world war? Squirrels taking over the planet? They could, you know, we humans cut down their trees. You think they will sit quiet? I think they are plotting something, the other day that squirrel was staring at me, they are making a plan. I know it”
“Staying in my room makes my head go cuckoo. I am thinking of random stuff.”
“I will turn on my computer and kill time, I know I am not supposed to but who is going to know” I said to myself. I turned it on and the WIFI was not working! I was ready to punch my computer but that would only get me grounded more. At least I had snow with me. “Come here kitty” She turned around and left through the kitty door. “The last ray of hope has been extinguished. I shall perish forever in the dark dungeon of boredom. “Wow!” I thought, “Being alone turned me into Shakespeare.”
I started hearing the truck’s engine again. I woke up. “It was all a dream”!
Well the dream took 45 minutes cause now I was late. It was class photo day and I had missed it. I didn't even want to get up and look at my syllabus for the test.
“I will lie in my bed, until this curse of bad luck breaks.” The squirrel that I see everyday was staring at me again. “Take over the world, I don't care,” I said.
“At least the squirrel world won’t have tests I can fail, class photo days I can miss and alarm clocks which sound like trucks.
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