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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

154 reviews

artstitute's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was full of twists and turns, some of which I found more compelling than others.

The big twist that the whole plot was some cooked-up punishment a la Black Mirror kind of felt unnecessary to me. It didn't ruin the rest of the book, but it introduced a lot of moral quandaries that I don't think added much. OTOH, the Evelyn twist? IMMACULATE.

All in all, though, I definitely couldn't put it down and I would recommend it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Torture

kaelablue's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

i’m finished the last 3 hours of this audiobook high and gang im gonna have to reread (also have the book #adhd) but i feel like this book has more twists and turns than anything i’ve ever read. i am quite high though. but like? the mystery was prison anna was a war criminal evelyn was the maid and also a mass murderer? and the implications of like. who is a person. and who is more or less than one? like. dimensionally. and it was also like. if u were to throw yourself into a space time loop to kill a war criminal (that killed your sibling?) would that make you evil too? like
i don’t actually know i’m not qualified to make those calculations with any sort of accuracy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Body horror

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Gore, and Ableism

Minor: Drug use

shaylashaylala's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Rape, Blood, Gaslighting, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

kaitthelibrarian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Rape

beckyg1016's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Every puzzle piece draws you closer to the answer, but not in the way you think.
My advice: Don't try too hard to solve it, play along with the main character as the story unfolds - the ending is worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Blood, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Classism

bill_nai_bxtch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Child death, Toxic friendship, Rape, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Classism, Death, Grief, and Sexual assault

fraise's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Blood, Classism, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Death, Toxic friendship, Gun violence, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Minor: War and Death of parent

amicamerlo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Murder, Classism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

bek_p87's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

You may look at the blurb for this book and sarcastically think, "A man caught in an endless loop, reliving the same day over and over: how original." But you'd be wrong (or right, minus the sarcasm). 

Each day, Aidan Bishop awakens in the body of someone new in the isolated rundown country estate of Blackheath, and is given until 11pm to solve a murder. His task is simple - find out who is responsible for Evelyn Hardcastle's death, and he is free to return to his own body and his own life. But the people he inhabit have their own secrets and their own minds, and as the day unfolds over and over, Aidan discovers there isn't just one mystery to solve on this stormy day, but many. 

I loved this book. I was enthralled and each twist and turn kept me engaged until the very last page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use

chrnclesofnadia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Difficult to get into but all around rewarding

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Rape, Addiction, Death, Gore, Sexual harassment, Blood, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Suicide attempt, Torture, Classism, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Animal death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence