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adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was really close to a perfect mystery. I feel like it wobbled just a bit at the end, but the beautiful prose and well crafted mystery at the center make it well worth the read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Murder, Classism
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse
Minor: Ableism
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Classism
Minor: Addiction, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Alcohol
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As sete mortes de Evelyn Hardcastle foi um livro que recebi boas referências no booktube e, no geral, não decepcionou. Foi um bom mistério com uma dimensão especulativa que, apesar de eu ter previsto uma das revelações, especificamente que Michael, irmão mais novo de Evelyn, estava por trás da morte da suposta irmã, me surpreendeu com os principais plot twist. Não previ que a verdadeira Evelyn estava viva e se passando como a camareira Madeline e na verdade ela havia arquitetado todo o plano em conluio com Michael para que a falsa Evelyn morresse a deixando livre para começar outra vida. Também não previ que o protagonista, Aiden, estava numa prisão em que a sentença dos condenados era desvendar o crime para conseguir o perdão. É claro que se for olhar muito de perto é possível achar alguns buracos no enredo, mas a história foi tão intrigante que não me importo. O livro ainda colocou alguns questionamentos importantes, por exemplo, quando um criminoso é digno e pode receber o perdão? No caso de Anna, uma assassina condenada que cometeu vários crimes horríveis, mas mudou com o tempo que passou presa no time loop. O protagonista tinha razão em perdoar os crimes que Anna cometeu até contra ele mesmo e lutar para que ela obtivesse a liberdade? É uma boa reflexão. O principal ponto negativo do livro para mim foi a fatphobia do autor que ficou clara e evidente sempre que ele se referia ao noivo de Evelyn, Lord Ravencourt. As descrições dadas do personagem me deixaram desconfortáveis como leitora. O livro é atmosférico, repleto de personagens desagradáveis e intrigas entre eles (apesar de haver alguns personagens “agradáveis”), com mais de um mistério no centro. Houve o mistério da morte de Evelyn, mas também como isso estava relacionado a acontecimentos do passado como a morte de Thomas, irmão de Evelyn e Michael que foi assassinado quando criança, e o desaparecimento de um garoto do estabulo na época da morte de Thomas. Amei o clima e cenário montado, a trama me entreteve e até surpreendeu até o fim. Contudo preciso descontar alguns pontos pela evidente fatphobia. Dou 4.75 estrelas.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual harassment
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.75⭐ rounded up
After reading the blurb, I was hooked. I really love a good mystery.
I enjoyed how this was written, in broken pieces where you try to piece the information together the same time as Aiden. What put me off was the gross fatphobia, I felt it was unnecessary and was there just to make that particular character as gross as possible via fat shaming.
I thought I'd had some sort of grasp of whodunnit but the end twists were a surprise, not all in a bad way :D But also the way the book ended left me with a lot more questions than I had before the revelation, more in the spoilers.
Ok so, if those "murder mystery settings" are the sort of "rehabilitation for prisoners, why it was obvious that even if they would have changed and atoned and all, they still would be stuck in the loop, why?
Also <i>how</i> they were made. Was it magic? some sort of Matrix setting? Some sort of Minority Report future crime prediction?
Who were the people in the plague doctor outfits?
They also said Aiden volunteered to go in. How? Did he search yellow pages and phoned some dude?
Who were the "supervisors"?
Now that Aiden and Anna are out, will they remember the place, do they get some sort of start money?
<img src="https://blog.innmind.com/content/images/2023/03/i-have-so-many-questions-smallfoot.gif"/>
After reading the blurb, I was hooked. I really love a good mystery.
I enjoyed how this was written, in broken pieces where you try to piece the information together the same time as Aiden. What put me off was the gross fatphobia, I felt it was unnecessary and was there just to make that particular character as gross as possible via fat shaming.
I thought I'd had some sort of grasp of whodunnit but the end twists were a surprise, not all in a bad way :D But also the way the book ended left me with a lot more questions than I had before the revelation, more in the spoilers.
Also <i>how</i> they were made. Was it magic? some sort of Matrix setting? Some sort of Minority Report future crime prediction?
Who were the people in the plague doctor outfits?
They also said Aiden volunteered to go in. How? Did he search yellow pages and phoned some dude?
Who were the "supervisors"?
Now that Aiden and Anna are out, will they remember the place, do they get some sort of start money?
<img src="https://blog.innmind.com/content/images/2023/03/i-have-so-many-questions-smallfoot.gif"/>
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Murder
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Rape
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder
Minor: Blood
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a unique and engaging whodunit that plays with body-hopping and time travel in an interesting way. I really enjoyed the way twists were revealed, especially when "villains" were revealed to actually be Aiden in a later host. It takes a certain kind of brilliance to keep track of all these narratives and clues. I will say that the ending was quite lackluster and dissatisfying, as I felt it wrapped up rather quickly. I wanted to know more on the rules of the prison/mystery thing and the Plague Doctor. I just felt like the resolution wasn't as cunning or complicated as the rest of the novel. However, I did enjoy it, and the characters were interesting enough (didn't like the rapist or the fatphobic stuff, though). It also felt like some characters didn't get the proper conclusion either, like Cunningham or Felicity. But I did enjoy it overall.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Child death
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Blood, Alcohol
Minor: Body shaming, Mental illness, Rape