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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

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uv_sensibility's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

2.25

The first 100 or so pages were strong and enthralling. Then the gratuitous fatphobia came in. And then, the myriad of underdeveloped concepts.

I feel like this book could've been so much better if the author split it up into a series. I loved the murder mystery, time-travel, groundhog day concepts. It's a very twisty book, but some of the twists just didn't do it for me. They felt unresolved & medium-rare.

The author has a very strong voice and is great at writing vividly. I felt that his (over)use of dialogue was overdone. Sometimes less is more, you know? Then again, that's down to personal preference.

Also, a bit of a nitpick, but... why does the summary give us the MC's name if he spends the first 100 or so pages trying to find his identity? I feel like that could've been kept secret to naturally unravel in the story rather than have us already know the answer
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It's an easy read despite its length. The concepts are fun and the author knows how to write. But... the twists and turns, characters, and some concepts feel underdeveloped. It could've benefited from being split into a multi-part series. And, once more, was the fatphobia really that necessary?

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shaylashaylala's review against another edition

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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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bill_nai_bxtch's review against another edition

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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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kaylaaa's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

I didn’t like anything but the last 100ish pages. The fatphobia is just grotesque and uncomfortable and inexcusable, and this book has really bad written by a man disease. most women were basically demonized or treated like shit the whole time. and the time loop logic makes NO sense!!!! like i’m sorry the first 300 pages were just not it and the decent rating is solely because the ending was kinda cool.

PS

if evelyn was madeline the whole time does that mean derby assaulted HER? i feel that that is very important and definitely should’ve been mentioned in any way at all. why was she depicted as so cruel?

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skyejay95's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I loved this thing. It’s very hard to keep up with the body switching aspect and there are a lot of characters and details to pay attention to. There is so much going on a once and you pretty much spend the entire novel being confused and putting the pieces of the day together. But this book was riveting. I was captured and interested the whole way through. There were so many reveals, plot twists, and nuggets of info to keep you interested during all the chaos and it was so fun. I did give up trying to solve the mystery like 50 pages in and just let the book take me on a ride and a ride this was. Even when the mystery was revealed i was awed. You can predict nothing in this book bc there is too much to put together and it made it one chaotic, fun time

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avertacnik's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was wonderful! So many twists and turns, and I was kept me guessing until the very end. I don’t give books 5 stars lightly, but this one deserves it!

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