It's All About Fun discussion

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*jumps in* Can I read with you guys?

Sure, Harry ^_^

We're reading the first 3 chapters and will be discussing them tomorrow. Will that be good for you?

Spamming is allowed kya? *innocent face*

Yes Ipshita :)

Ginny : o-o

What? :O :P

Who all are reading it? :)

Ginny : You sure you don't wanna read it?

Ishi : Me and others I don't know :P

@HP, I want to.... but I don't have time :(

@HP: I soo want to read this but..

Ishi wrote: "Who all are reading it? :)"

Harry, me and an old classmate of mine who's pretty new to goodreads.

Ipshita wrote: "Ishi wrote: "Who all are reading it? :)"

Harry, me and an old classmate of mine who's pretty new to goodreads."

Okay..:)
Have fun! I'll drop in from time-to-time I think :D

Sure. I'd really like that, Missy :D
Or you can join in too if you're not busy :)

@Ipshi: Okay..let me look for the ebook, I'll join, I guess. ^.^

We haven't BRed anything except Last Game manga, have we? :o

True that!

BTW this story is reminding me of a certain Detective Conan episode where a group of friends are invited to an island for a reunion and one by one get killed. The mansion in there was surrounded by a ravine and only a bridge connected the house with the port, and they find the bridge damaged so they get trapped in the house with no way to escape. And it's upto Conan to decide who among the guests is the killer. One of my favourite episode :)

Yeah. It's making me want to re-watch Conan :)

Hmm. Wonder when Harry's going to show up :/

Have you watched Files of Young Kindaichi, it's pretty similar to Conan but the protagonist is a high schooler.

I'm here :)

Finished 3 chapters :) Writing is good :) Can't say too much about the plot as its too early :) But the detailing is excellent, with the poem and it's placement and the soldiers :)

What are your thoughts?

Sorry girls.. Couldn't resist myself and read till chapter 9 :( I tried to stop myself but even in my dreams the suspense is haunting me O_O

It's okay, Harry. I'm having a difficult time stopping myself too. And yes, the writing is good. One thing that I'm really appreciating is that the mystery starts on pretty early. I recently read Strangers on a Train and Gone Girl, and I have to say it took me a long time to really get into those novels unlike this one.

How far have you read?

I haven't read beyond chapter 7.

Just read 3 chps, but I'm already intrigued! I'm the slowest of the lot, I guess. Bear with me please ^.^

That's fine, Ishi.

BTW are you guys supporting any character? I have high hopes for Lombard.
I was right about the person who gets killed first, but I believed the General to be next. I can't believe they haven't figured the relation between the poem and the deaths yet.

I finished up to 12th chapter and I don't think I can survive another hour without resuming :P

Christie has this habit of using poems as plot pointers I guess :) Five Little Pigs has the same trait :)

I like the connection of the poem with the plot to be honest.

Finished!!

I've this strange mixed feelings of happiness for reading an excellent mystery and anger at myself for not finding the killer :/ Loved everything about it :)

@HP: Don't tell me u were up all night finishing it, Bhaiyya :-O :-O :-O

No. Actually it took only an hour more. I was busy with some work and so updated before I went to bed :)

Anyone want spoilers? :D

No one does. Get quiet :P

Acha I'll pm you who the killer is *Innocent face *

Bhaiyya. -_-

Absolutely no spoilers, Harry. Or we might be tempted to chain you to a post or something :P

*peeps in*

Come on girls, read it soon :D :P

Ginny : You are slacking on Boys Life and you're not reading this :( *sighs* What do I do with you Ginny?

@Harry, but I am lurking everywhere na.... who will do that if I read? :P

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I'm done! Wow, I haven't felt this way since reading Sherlock Holmes for the first time years ago. I have become a Christie fan.

Just finished! And mind = blown!!
Can't believe the epilogue...

Has everyone finished? Will discussion take place? ^_^

How many of you are cursing yourself for being so stupid? I'm kicking myself.. The murderer was so obvious but I couldn't guess till the very end :/

I DID have a doubt on the murderer.. but.. well, I marked him as innocent as he predicted one would! :|

Besides the murder of the lawyer! (view spoiler)[How couldn't anyone of them guess that he wasn't dead? They touched him, carried his body to his room! Didn't anyone feel a pulse or something?Also, can mud really be made to look like blood? What about the bullet wound? Armstrong must have been quite a make-artist in that case. (hide spoiler)] :/

Miss Brent still was filled with the memories of that girl in her last moments I'd say.

It was the obvious guilt, even though she consciously didn't feel that, she knew she was responsible for that girl's death.

Guilt is a funny thing. Strikes you at the most unexpected time.

I still have one question! (view spoiler)[Lambord. Why did he act like HE had planned it all? (hide spoiler)]

I had asked Sarbartha the same thing! (view spoiler)[ Lombard seemed the most comfortable with his surroundings. Until the death og the General I suspected him. Then my suspicion shifted to Blore and the Judge, but after the Judge's death, I was sure it had to be someone other than them. (hide spoiler)]

(view spoiler)[I suspected Lombard and Miss Brent in the beginning. But then she died and I suspected Lombard and Judge but the Judge "died". (hide spoiler)]

Nice points :) (view spoiler)[The gramophone record actually was like a Judge's address before starting arguments on a case. And then, The Judge actually held court and saw that if any of them were not guilty. Apart from Miss Brent, all the others had guilt written on their faces. Even though it's difficult to guess the 'how' aspect of the murderer, it should've been fairly easy for me to guess the 'who' aspect :/<\spoiler> (hide spoiler)]

I agree, Harry. The fake shot was a weak point, and it was exactly what prevented us from figuring out the real killer. We were led to believe that it was a thorough check and the person was really dead.

I agree.. That Red Herring was really a red Herring -_-