Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

115 reviews

lilcassieg's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Torture, Blood, Child death, Death, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Rape, and Mental illness

csbraun'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

This author sends you on a scavenger hunt in multiple pov’s in the best way. As soon as you think you have it figured out, something else happens that changes your mind. You won’t know until the end. One of the view books I couldn’t predict what was going to happen at any point. Starts a little slow for some but definitely worth getting past the first bit.

philosopher_kj's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol

Minor: Torture

shadowmuse's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.0

The book is well written which is why I'm giving it 2 stars. It's just not one I'll ever read again and through the middle it was a slog that I debated stopping reading multiple times. 
It may just be even in the end I didn't find the main characters likeable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Suicide, Blood, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Addiction, and Murder

ging090803's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Great read. I would recommend it absolutely but be prepared to read it. It's pretty confusing. With the time loop that I still dont really get it even after reading it and the supernatural (?) background, it is easy to get all mixed up. Otherwise, the story is very addictive and I just wanted to continue to read to know what would happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Violence, and Alcoholism

emct's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Rape

iamaprettyflower's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Drug use, Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Self harm

placeholder13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Classism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Torture, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Rape, Misogyny, and Alcohol

cozyfantasyfaetay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

Slow start, didn't really enjoy it until I knew the twist. Lots of characters and hard for me to follow 😵‍💫 But maybe better for murder mystery fans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Classism, Gore, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

crimsonsparrow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.75

Time travel meets murder mystery meets Face Off... This has got to be one of the most complicated, convoluted detective stories I've ever experienced - in the most interesting and unique possible way. I didn't care how it ended; it was a fascinating ride. 

I was especially intrigue  by the author's ingenious use of a unique, first-person narrative and meta-narrative.  It had both both a science fiction feel and a psychological thrill without compromising the best character qualities of the MC.

The only reason it's not a perfect 5:  I would have liked some of the details to be more meticulous. Some things that seemed important up-front ended up a tad slap-dash in the end.  It got a little rushed at the end.  And the final explanation was not terribly well-supported or as well-developed as so many other aspects of the story. I absolutely recommend it, though, if for nothing else than novelty's sake

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Animal death, Child death, and Gun violence