Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Les sept morts d'Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

357 reviews

julalbert56's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.25

Wow. This book was such an experience. It kept me on my toes the entire time, and I did not guess a single one of the twists. Minus some points for the fat phobia.

I also had a hard time believing Aiden would want to help Ana out so much after he remembered that she murdered/tortured his sister. Just seems like a bit of a stretch, but I guess, you know, “rehabilitation”.

Overall, a really enjoyable read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicide, and Violence

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

classical_learner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

I’ve never so passionately put “It’s Complicated” for the book review questions. 
I was feeling a 4.25 star rating for this book until I hit chapter 53…and things got WILD. 
I was not smart enough for this book, but I’ll be thinking about it for a long time. Fascinating hints at the outside world at the end (#AlwaysReadAuthor’sNotes).
As Kuzco says, “Oh yeah, it’s all coming together.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

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

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

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

2.5

To relate it to a movie mash up, take Being John Malkovich and pair it with Knives Out with a dash of unexplained world building sci-fi time loop situation. 

Premise was quite good, but the execution suffered.  It dragged in the middle and the wrap up at the end wasn’t very satisfying because it left so many questions unanswered.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, Stalking, Drug use, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Ableism, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Self harm, Body shaming, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

shawniejo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Medical content, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

Moderate: Torture and Suicide attempt

Minor: Rape

sgillenwater's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Fatphobia

33vee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

whatsie's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, and Gun violence

Gun violence:

One or more character(s) are killed or injured by shotgun, and the description of the aftermath can be graphic

Knife violence:

One or more character(s) are killed or injured by bladed weapon, and the description of the killing can be graphic

Implied sexual violence

A character is said to have raped in the past and his present thought process is described, though I don’t think he acted upon his desires through the course of this story