And Then There Were None

The book made for a pleasant reading, but so far I have found it hard to give more then two stars for the mystery novels I've read.

The story is very short, but luckily to the point. Most of the book is devoted to develop the main plot, exposing enough of each characters past and personality in order to give them life, a somewhat plausible murderer and overall at least one reason for deserving to be a victim of one.

I did not care for the epilogue explaining the whole mystery. It was good, but a little too far fetched. I was expecting something more interesting and exceptional. I would rather have more time dedicated to creating a fearful atmosphere among the characters, giving each of them more presence since they died too quickly.

Also the story made very little room for making me guessing who the real killer was, and when it is revealed there were of course, no way to predict the culprit.