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I just finished my September 2019 reread for my IRL book club, and I am still in love with this book! Also, I just came up with a completely different theory on what the “7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle” REALLY means, and I’m so curious to know if I’m right. It’s horribly spoilery, and it’s behind spoiler tags at the end of this review. All the stars! Review first posted on Fantasy Literature. Debut author Stuart Turton’s The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, originally published earlier this ye...
wow. this book is wild! i swear, i spent the majority of the story whispering ‘what the heck is going on???’ to myself over and over. i still dont even think i know what i just read, i just know i really enjoyed it. this is a ‘whodunnit’ unlike anything i have read before. mainly because of how ambitious it is. there are so many characters, each with their own role and secrets, which creates multiple plot layers and forces different outcomes for various events, all while a murder is trying to be...
fulfilling my 2019 goal to read (at least) one book each month that i bought in hardcover and put off reading long enough that it is now in paperback."Funny how things repeat, isn’t it?"i have read a lot of books, but i have never read anything like this. that’s one of those glib clichés; the book-blurb equivalent of picking a tattoo from the wall, but in this case, it’s the absolute truth. it’s a baller of a debut—an intricately plotted and wholly satisfying mix of sci-fi and mystery; their dif...
Holy crap on a cracker! First chapter and I’m in crazy town! Well. That went downhill fast! I’m totally in the minority here! I usually love this kind of strange book. But I had to slog through this book. Seriously, I need to start dnfing because time is precious! Sigh!! I’m happy for almost ALL of my friends that loved this!! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
Well this is awkward. Ok so please don’t @ me, I really wanted to like this. I’ll take part blame - I didn’t realise the time travel element was quite so heavy, if I had then I’d probably have skipped it. Too much moving between characters at different parts of the day leaving each other notes and I’m sat here like what? There are way too many characters. Even with the list in the beginning, it went straight past enjoyment to just hard work. The big twist at the end wasn’t even much cop. It migh...
🖤 Too little information and you're blind, too much and you're blinded. 🖤The above-quoted line perfectly captures the mindfu literary puzzle that is The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. Let's not beat around the bush here, this book is bloody FANTASTIC!I have never been so excited about being so confused whilst reading a book.Turton is a Master. This was completely original, completely out there and completely compelling. I was fully absorbed in every moment and most pleasantly CONFUSED.There
4.5 So much fun!
Reading The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle left me MIND BLOWN!🤯 What an intricately layered and amazing plot. If you haven't read this one yet, please jump into this book blindly and savor every moment. At times you will feel like you are flailing in the water, drowning in confusion. Just keep reading, treading through the chapters as you go. Grab hold of the bits that are sent your way and store them. It will all make sense in the end!I thought I was prepared for Turton. I read carefully, gi...
Well, yikes.Here are the things I knew about this book before starting it:1) Its original title (and current UK title) was The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, which, in pure coincidence, is very very similar to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and was therefore changed in the US. (I think this is awesome.)2) It’s a murder mystery with quite possibly the coolest conceit of any book ever. (I think this is awesome.)3) It’s teeming with gratuitous fat shaming. (I think this is one of the less a...
I really can't express how much I hated this book. It felt like I was taken in, because it promises a lot up front, but it does not deliver. Too many characters, too much going back and forth between the same scenes with no clear road map made my head hurt. 512 pages of confusing gibberish later I thought there might be a stunning conclusion to wrap it all up neatly, no, that was way too much to hope for. Many of my smart Goodreads friends did not finish this, I wish I could have been among them...
”How lost do you have to be to let the devil lead you home?”The answer is VERY! Considering that our MC has no memories and wakes up in a totally foreign body this doesn’t really come as a surprise though. I guess we’d all be scared if we’d experience something like that. I mean at first Aiden doesn’t even know his own name, all he knows is a name that dropped from his lips before he witnessed a murder. What a way to start your day! And this is just the first one. 8 days.8 different hosts. A hug...
