Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Les sept morts d'Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

116 reviews

tiemzahra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A mystery with a touch of magical realism. My most favourite genre/sub-genre in one book. 

 

Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed over and over again, and Aiden Bishop had to identify her killer to stop the cycle. The days will keep on repeating, but Aiden will wake up as eight different guests and seeing the situation from different point of views to solve the case. 

 

This is a totally unique story and it will captivate you from the start. The story is complex, but I like it that way. The twists keep on coming, but it will be natural and not forced. This book has included magical realism in the plot lines, with a lil bit of sci-fi, so further explanation on why/how something happened had no needs to be explained. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, and Fire/Fire injury

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

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

3.5

CW: imprisonment, violence, gore, blood, death, death of a child

The Good:
• Unique storytelling device
• Interesting mystery

The Bad:
 • Lackluster worldbuilding
 • Too many twists

You Might Like this if You Like:
• Agatha Christie 
• Time travel 
• Sherlock Holmes 

At its core, I think that this is a really fun mystery with a unique premise. As the story unfolds, the time loops begin to make more and more sense. Seeing a mystery from so many different angles really helps to fill in clues and makes the hunt for answers feel more dynamic. All of the hosts give fresh voice to the main character, but I would have liked for their characters to be more distinctive in their narration. Some of the differences feel more like telling rather than showing. 

I did feel like the world building beyond the primary setting was incredibly underwhelming. The explanation that's given is lackluster, and I honestly would have preferred to not get any answers about the world outside the estate. 

Additionally, I feel like the end of the story has too many twists. It starts to feel like there are too many endings, and the story just keeps going. Some twists work and make sense (or can even be guessed by the reader) but it just keeps going and going. 

I would have liked a tighter plot without so much of the other stuff. Overall though, I had a lot of fun with this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

mamaquiereleer's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.75

The way every detail in this book is important to the plot and everything is revealed in the end still has me in shock. This book was fantastically written as well.  I couldn’t put this book down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape

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, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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