Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

69 reviews

readwithde's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This may well be the best old-fashioned mystery I have ever read.

Though I didn't care much for the meta reasons for the story

-- why Aiden was there, what the Plague Doctor was trying to accomplish --

I even loved that there was a reason behind all the madness and that it made sense. It was such a snapshot on how people can change and become different. 

As for the actual mystery, as soon as I figured one thing out, another surprised me. Though I didn't agree with all the choices of the characters, they were a consistent welcome within a constant flux of other characters. 

If you loved Knives Out or the Poirot books, this book is for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Suicide

plumquin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, Child death, Body horror, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Self harm, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Addiction, and Confinement

fronkiekong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? No

4.75

Trying to wrap my head around the fact that this was a debut novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Really gratuitous fatphobia

aviery'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Grief, and Rape

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

tsantoro1217's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

I have never read a book that made me audibly gasp as much as this one. The twists are INCREDIBLE, and I felt like my mind was being blown again and again literally every 3 pages, especially once it hits half way. Every time I thought I knew what was happening, Turton said NOPE, yet it all made sense in the end. My only problem with it was that my brain sometimes felt too small to comprehend all the hundreds of moving parts and tiny details that were important to remember throughout the whole book -- even though the whole book technically happens over 1 day. Still, the constant crazy twists, the compelling mystery and world-building, and the amazing writing deserves 4.5 stars. Not to mention it's my favorite combination of science fiction/fantasy/still slightly realistic/impressive characterization. Wish I could read it all over again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape and Grief

valpyre's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

[audiobook]
2.5 stars

i gotta say, the immense fatphobia and ableist language pretty much soured this entire book for me. 

i found the parts past the halfway mark the most interesting, basically most of the parts where things are being revealed and bishop collected concrete information. but overall this was super tedious to me, even with the reveal/explanation of the bigger picture. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Torture, Grief, Drug abuse, and Blood

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

lovely_lisa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death

Minor: Rape

musewithxara's review against another edition

mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

texassizedreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

I thought the premise of this novel was really unique, and it kept me guessing until the very end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Rape