However, I found myself emotionally drawn to each of the five main characters in the story and I came to understand that the sparse writing style may have been a metaphor for the life from which these children were torn. I don’t know if that is by design or is simply the author’s writing style but being a lover of more literary fare, I was tempted to walk away. My first observation is that Five Little Indians is simply written. But the book, with its gorgeous cover, sat on my table willing me to pick it up and after a couple of weeks I did. I just wasn’t ready at that moment to immerse myself in what I was sure would be another heartbreaking tale that illustrates man’s tremendous capacity for cruelty. The first time I read the synopsis of this book, I put it down.
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