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Les sept morts d'Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

73 reviews

abbs15norm's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-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, Body horror, Violence, Suicide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Classism, Infidelity, Self harm, and Rape

whatathymeitwas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was a really wonderful experience. When I first started it, I wasn't sure how I was going to feel about it, as everything is a bit befuddled and there's a reasonably large cast of characters involved, but it's so well written I was immersed and attached in no time.

This reminded me a bit of the play/TV film "An Inspector Calls." Not necessarily for any real direct reason other than they're both examples of very unique ways to approach a mystery, but that alone must have made the connection. I'll be very excited to watch this whenever they finally get it in series form.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Murder, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, and Stalking

lera_d's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

Best book I've read in years!! The twists, the multiple POVs, the betrayals, the confusion in my brain *chef's kiss*

I had no idea what was happening until the very end and was so confused most of the time. Usually I forsee how the plot will develop, so a book that manages to keep me clueless until the very end ranks very highly in my books (pun not intended).

 

 The jumping betwen POVs was a bit confusing, but if you think about it this is exactly how Aiden felt every morning. I loved the jumping back to the butler and how it sometimes presented clues, but other times caused even more confusion. It was particularly intriguing to see the interaction between the butler and the final host 😬😳.

It did cross my mind what the true nature of this "world" is but I absolutely did not see the revelation of who killed Evelyn 🤯. To be honest, I don't think there were any clues to it, so you might need to be a psychic to see it coming. 

If my TBR pile was not higher than the Empire State Building I would probably re-read it straight away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment, Classism, and Sexual assault

jordangddrd's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Child death, Death, Fatphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use, Classism, and Drug abuse

kjm_x's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Child death, Classism, Confinement, and Violence

elle_dee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Bullying, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Stalking, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Classism, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Torture

laurenleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

Okay wow. This is like nothing I’ve ever read before! The day I started the audiobook, I listened for almost 7 hours straight. It was that engrossing! If you are an Agatha Christie fan but are in the mood for something darker and more complex, you need to pick this up. The plot was a little hard to follow at times (so many characters, so many timelines), but I enjoyed the ride so much. The murder mystery on its own would have been amazing, but Turton added this whole other layer of fantasy. Through that creative plot structure, the book deeply questions identity, morality, and the ethics of punishment. Truly fascinating!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Classism, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, and Drug abuse

leahrosiee's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Most of this book would have been 2 stars for how I struggled through it but it was unlike any other mystery I’ve experienced so it gains another star. Maybe in a different mood or time I would have liked it better. The way the story spirals in on itself is insane and I truly would have never seen the ending coming, which is frustrating and great at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexism, Addiction, Blood, Classism, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Alcohol, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Drug abuse, Sexual content, and Torture

Minor: Abandonment and Self harm

katrinasherise's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I loved this book so much. However I could have entirely done without the significant fat phobia in several chapters of this book. That aside, I was totally engrossed in this story. I love that I didn’t have any clue what the ending would be. I was thoroughly shocked at several points in the story. The story was extremely clever and exciting. And an interesting look into values and morals of character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Ableism, Classism, and Infidelity

One character is a serial rapist. No rape happens in the book but is mentioned during his chapters. One character is FREQUENTLY described in fat phobic descriptors. The story is about murder and several occur including descriptions, blood, guns, drowning, injury, stabbing, etc. lots of drug and alcohol use. Description of a child’s murder. Things that will really spoil the ending/reveals:

Infidelity, children from that infidelity. Murder by suicide and plots of faking a suicide.

afaulkner3e's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

A mind-bending take on the classic Christie whodunnit; but, wrapped up in some Black Mirror techno-thrills. 

The final reveals that

Blackheath is a mental prison

and that

Evelyn is the killer

deliver a solid punch to the the finale; but, the world-building beyond Blackheath could have been more thorough. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Suicide, Blood, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Classism