Could this have been any more perfect?? The characters talk like REAL people! The dialogue was funny and authentic and just made me fall in love with all of them. The sex was believable and authentic. And the MMC was interesting and unique, not just a cookie cutter boring cardboard cutout devoid of any kind of personality. I also found the flow and pacing so refreshing. Loved every minute of it and finished it waaay too quickly!
Edit: THANK YOU THANK YOU to whoever here recommended it!
Just finished ‘and then there were none’. That has to be the most ingenious and best mystery book I’ve ever read. I have been sitting here for half an hour trying to compute what I just read. I cannot express in words how bloody amazing it was. You all must read it! Christie really is the queen of mystery. 🤯🤯🤯🤯😭😭😭😭
For those of you who aren’t aware, it is a mystery story where 10 strangers are invited to an island, on which they become stranded, and they start getting picked off one by one. I also thought it was so incredibly chilling, more so than most of her other books too. The way she wove the web of mystery, skullduggery and suspense was masterful. The nursery rhyme also added a sense of impending doom to myself as the reader. Really clever utilisation of dramatic irony. And the ending was just a punch to the balls! I am not surprised in the slightest that this is the highest selling mystery book of all time!
Edit: thank you all so much for the other recommendations. Once I’ve finished all the other books on my list - I’ve got 40 - I’ll get round to all these. They all sound amazing!
Edit 2: I’m so glad I convinced so many of you to pick the book up. I hope you all enjoy it and be sure to return to this post and leave your thoughts when you’re finished! However, I recommend starting on ‘The Murder of Roger Ackoryd’, if you haven’t read any Agatha Christie before - it’s a better introduction to her work. Then read ‘And Then There Were None’.
Edit 3: some people thought i included a spoiler when it wasn’t so to shut them up i’ve removed it. and also, to the trolls: shush.
Edit 4 (god I’m doing a lot of these 😅): thanks to those of you recommended the BBC/Charles Dance adaptation. It was good. I wish they had made it more true to the book, but it was still enjoyable viewing. Charles Dance was excellent. After you’ve finished the book, you ought to watch it. Felt that it wasn’t as chilling as the book, but that might just be because I know the ending lol.
The heroine is all sexy and confident and sOoOoOo quirky and comfortable enough in her sexuality to bone a guy she just met... until she's naked.
So she TRIES TO COVER HERSELF UP, just for him to be all, "dOn'T hiDe FrOm Me BaBy uR bEauTiFuL!"
Ugh. Instant lady boner killer.
I hadn't really read anything about it beyond the blurb in the app and I was assuming it was just going to be like lighthearted romantic fun with some drama between an algorithm-based perfect match and a "real" perfect match.
BUT THEN BRUH. WHAT.
The first few chapters were kind of a slog to me. Damien being hardcore anti-romance and super suspicious of everything was tiresome. Hayden was obnoxiously perfect. I kind of couldn't (& still kind of can't) stand Nadia and Steve.
>!The robot reveal for Hayden made a lot of sense so I wasn't really surprised when it happened. But the plot picked up QUICK after that and I found myself thoroughly invested in everything. I love the way they're approaching the moral aspects of sentient AI technology. Did not expect PB to go there and I am delighted.!<
>!Damien is everything to me now. The personality shift felt a little abrupt but I can't even bring myself to complain about it. Also that diamond scene in Chapter 13 🔥🔥🔥!<
>!When Damien said "It's... indescribable" MY HEART FELL THROUGH THE FLOOR. I still can't believe the emotional wallop that packed. BEAUTIFULLY done but so cruel my god.!<
So yeah. I stayed up most of the night continuing onto Book 2 because I'm invested now. I should have paid more attention to people praising this one. I'm pretty sure it's joined BB and ILITW in my top 3.
I read The Silent Patient, it was alright but but good enough for me, I'm looking for a book that can grab my miniscule attention and interest span
okay for one, HOW are they completely wiped two, I would be willing to pay big bucks for one
pls ty
(ps, pls)
edit: I got three 😎
