Friday, February 24, 2012
Ending!
Personally, I hated the ending. I really didn't like how we didn't get to find out who the killer was all along. Maybe it was implied that U.N. Owen was Vera Claythorne because she was but the last "little soldier" but I still feel like there could have been a better conclusion. It was left really open ended. I was also very surprised when Vera hanged herself at the very end of the book. It didn't make sense to me that she would go through all that trouble while she was on the island to stay alive and at the end, take her own life. It is logical because she probably wouldn't have been able to get off the island anyway but it was still a little bit strange to me. I think the ending was very creative with Armstrong running away, being found dead, Blore being found dead, and then Vera shooting Lombard but I would have liked to have found out who it was that sent all of them there and was slowly killing each of them off.
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The end of the book came as a complete surprise to me. I suspected that Vera Claythorne would kill herself at the very end, however I did not anticipate her shooting Lombard before that. Though it did not mention who the killer was in the end, the epilogue following the story explained everything. From reading this, it becomes known to the reader that Wargrave was the killer. It explains that from Wargrave's perspective the killings on Indian Island were not crimes but rather acts of ultimate justice. He was not killing for his own self-interest; rather, he was simply doing with his own hands what he did through the agency of law while he was still a judge. Overall, I really enjoyed the book. Though it was an easy read, it was extremely exciting and I am glad I had the opportunity to blog about it.
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