Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Les sept morts d'Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

72 reviews

calicat42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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

4.75

Every time I finished a chapter I had no idea what to expect in the next one… and I GASPED at the ending. What a rollercoaster it was to get through the book! 

Most excitingly was that I constantly felt like I was the main character living each day as each new “host.” Since you only learn what the characters know, you have no choice but to get into the characters’ minds, experience what they’re each experiencing, and hope that the days aren’t wasted. 
Incredibly immersive. 

My only complaint is that the ending didn’t really feel connected to the rest of the book. Maybe if I went back to read it now I could see the signs and clues better, but sooo much information came out in the last few pages that I got a bit lost in how everything connected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Classism, Blood, Confinement, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Death of parent

stilestastic's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

5.0

i didn’t know what was going on at any point in this book and i LOVED it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Torture, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Murder, Violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Classism, Gaslighting, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gaslighting, Bullying, Child death, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Confinement, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Grief, Medical content, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Drug use, and Sexual assault

kimmy0__0's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I thought this was a very intriguing premise for a book. Until about half way through I didn't make any connections to what was happening and it was a little slow.

I figured out pretty early that this was some kind of prison system, but as for the actual murderer(s) this was a very tangled web.

Overall I thought it was a great read, especially for Agatha Christie book lovers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Death of parent, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Stalking, Cursing, Misogyny, and Rape

bsu2bf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Child death, Murder, Classism, and Rape

Moderate: Fatphobia

k_galloway's review against another edition

excessive fatphobia 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Violence

Moderate: Death and Classism

nini23's review against another edition

mysterious

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Convoluted but not necessarily clever. The fat-shaming, oy! What happened to Phillip Sutcliffe discovered by Charles Cunningham to have the porcelain beak costume in his closet - no reaction whatsoever by Aiden when he meets Sutcliffe. A forgotten loose end? 

What I found interesting I wish the author had elaborated more upon:-
- the influence of the host's personality, impulses and thought patterns upon the mind occupying the body
- the class differences especially the indignities suffered by the maids, stablehands, butlers etc.

The sinister atmosphere is well set up though the answer to this locked door murder mystery puzzle is not something one could have figured out from the clues provided.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Alcohol, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Body shaming

Moderate: Classism and Confinement

amartin48's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Drug abuse, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Body horror, Classism, Death, Blood, Bullying, Alcohol, Murder, Child death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

anni_o's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.5

Thrilling and satisfying mystery! Very interesting concept to solve a case and kept me on my toes until the very end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Classism, Drug use, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual violence and Fatphobia

jhbandcats's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.5

I found this book somewhat overwhelming - it was so convoluted that I felt exhausted reading it. It felt like the author was trying to shoehorn his story into a certain format and it didn’t really fit. 

I liked the concept - a single entity jumping, or thrust into, a lot of different bodies. In that sense it reminded me of Claire North’s Touch. But this book left me with too many questions. I felt unsatisfied reading it, that too much was going on for it to make sense. 

That said, I liked the story. I just wish it had been tighter. 

An aside: I wonder why this is titled The 7 1/2 Deaths whereas the British edition is The Seven Deaths. Perhaps because The Seven Deaths of Evelyn H [Hardcastle] is too close to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn H [Hugo]?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Murder, Violence, Drug use, and Eating disorder