All of Agatha: And then there were none
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stonepicnicking_okapiAnd then there were none is one of my favourite books. The plot and misdirection are classic. Vera Claythorne is one of my favourite characters. She and Phillip Lombard are matches for each other. They are sort of different manifestations of the same id.
The best iteration of the book is in audiobook form narrated by Dan Stevens. He does the voices so well. It's amazing. I could listen to it over and over (and I have).
I re-watched the TV version. I have to say I loved the visuals. The island itself and the cast are beautiful and spot-on. The soldiers themself. But the characterization was off (to me). I mean, they made everyone far more overtly odious than they are in the book and I think that undermines one of Christie's points that murderers are just like you and me who think they're good and ordinary and okay people (until they aren't).
But the dressing gowns (in the TV version) I want them all!
So I did two ficlets. One of Bertie Wooster meeting Anthony Marston on that 'fizzing hot day' before the latter heads off to his doom [Egregious]. And a Vera/Phillip PWP [Rather Like to Take You On] which is very much like the last one I wrote last year.
Next up: I may take October (and possibly November) off because I want to get through Plain Bad Heroines but next up is Sad Cypress which I can remember nothing about. So it'll be new to me all over again.
The best iteration of the book is in audiobook form narrated by Dan Stevens. He does the voices so well. It's amazing. I could listen to it over and over (and I have).
I re-watched the TV version. I have to say I loved the visuals. The island itself and the cast are beautiful and spot-on. The soldiers themself. But the characterization was off (to me). I mean, they made everyone far more overtly odious than they are in the book and I think that undermines one of Christie's points that murderers are just like you and me who think they're good and ordinary and okay people (until they aren't).
But the dressing gowns (in the TV version) I want them all!
So I did two ficlets. One of Bertie Wooster meeting Anthony Marston on that 'fizzing hot day' before the latter heads off to his doom [Egregious]. And a Vera/Phillip PWP [Rather Like to Take You On] which is very much like the last one I wrote last year.
Next up: I may take October (and possibly November) off because I want to get through Plain Bad Heroines but next up is Sad Cypress which I can remember nothing about. So it'll be new to me all over again.