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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

83 reviews

danicrids's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Sexual harassment

shakakan's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse and Fire/Fire injury

sofiya's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The first thing I'd like to say is that I listened to this as an audiobook, which I think proved to have some advantages and disadvantages. The main advantage is that the reader did a great job at making the different characters sound different, which both made it enjoyable and clearer. The disadvantages were that this book requires a lot of focus and attention to details, which are even more difficult to maintain while listening rather than reading.

I enjoyed the book and the concept was interesting- and I love it when both the audience and the main character are in the dark about what's going on so they can learn more together. I also sped through the end because I got into it then.

I do wish that the book had featured female hosts in addition to male ones because I think it would have given the story a bit of a break between the characters (assuming that makes sense)? Lucy/a maid would have been a great perspective to have in my opinion.

Also, the ending was lackluster, unfortunately. I did at one point guess Evelyn to be Thomas's killer, but I wasn't absolutely sure, so I didn't mind her being the "bad guy", but I do wish it had been a bit better executed. I also thought that throwing in Anna as a notorious killer and having Aiden chose to be with her was a bit strange, and the ending gave me optimistic 1984 vibes (which is... weird).

Overall, the book was pretty good. I think I might re-read it eventually knowing all the facts now and see what I pick out as I read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

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

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

Really gratuitous fatphobia

li_ar_t's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment

magca's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death

flik's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

strawberrybex's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

cool premise and decent execution but i really hate the like. ending/concluding premise/reveal of how it all worked and like what it meant

however i am a sucker for a time loop

spoilers for the ending~

like i saw this post on tumblr a while ago that said “What is a haunting but a memory? A trauma? The house saw something terrible and now every night it plays it out, again and again, trying to understand.” (via chetungwan) and i think that that would have been a far more satisfying reveal at the end than like. an advanced psychological torture prison or whatever tf
i think it would have taken more work esp to work in the other loopers but like. hhh the reveal was genuinely so disappointing and i’d like more of a ghostly haunted premise than like. what the story ended up being abt

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape

CONTEXT FOR CONTENT WARNINGS

because the main character’s instincts and thought patterns change with the host body he inhabits, he has some rape-y thoughts in one of the host bodies. it’s weird and gross but it’s resisted and condemned by the character despite the impulse.

Frankly I don’t really agree with it as a psychosocial explanation for why people commit sa but again, at least it’s not acted on and is condemned.

aquakerwitch's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

I really wasn’t enjoying this book for ages. I found it difficult to get into and the fatphobia when the narrator was inhabiting a fat body was astounding and put me off a lot. The last third, however, I found much more gripping and the end satisfying, if a little cheesy and preachy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Torture

laurahuskinson's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

I am so confused with the ending. I started the book off being confused, thought I understood what was happening half way through and now I have no clue. I didn’t pick up on any of the clues that are supposedly in the book! There were so many moments when I had to reread what I had read to figure out what had happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Rape, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infidelity

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