Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

67 reviews

parkerknoll's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

Out of all the murder mystery books I’ve read, I’ve never experienced this type of tension and intensity. Unlike others where the story is presented in front of you, this book draws you straight into the story. Every chapter you are figuring out so much but so little at the same time. Every murder mystery should include time loops.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

davidrb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

I waffed on what to give this, but I decided that despite my reservations, this thing slaps beyond belief. It completely shifted my perspective on what a good mystery can be, and what a good book can be in general. It was engaging, and I have a feeling I'll get even more out of rereads, but it also has a solid heart: more than I thought it would. Do yourself a favor and pick this up! It's fun.

Points deducted for being kinda slow to start (took me a few tries before I got into it) and a weird, prolonged section of fatphobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

raemow's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

2.0

This concept had so much potential.. and was executed so poorly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Infidelity, Gun violence, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Child death, Body shaming, Blood, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

happylilfaerie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

Such unique storytelling, I see a lot of people didn't like it and found it confusing but if you go in knowing it'll be a read that requires you to keep your brain switched on, refer to the map and character list at the start and even tab different parts to refer back to then you'll have a very engaging fun experience. One of my favourite reads of this year.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Fatphobia, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Torture

plumquin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, Child death, Body horror, Torture, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Self harm, Infidelity, Grief, Drug use, Drug abuse, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Addiction, and Confinement

abigailkokitus's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

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

3.5

The first thing I'd like to say is that I listened to this as an audiobook, which I think proved to have some advantages and disadvantages. The main advantage is that the reader did a great job at making the different characters sound different, which both made it enjoyable and clearer. The disadvantages were that this book requires a lot of focus and attention to details, which are even more difficult to maintain while listening rather than reading.

I enjoyed the book and the concept was interesting- and I love it when both the audience and the main character are in the dark about what's going on so they can learn more together. I also sped through the end because I got into it then.

I do wish that the book had featured female hosts in addition to male ones because I think it would have given the story a bit of a break between the characters (assuming that makes sense)? Lucy/a maid would have been a great perspective to have in my opinion.

Also, the ending was lackluster, unfortunately. I did at one point guess Evelyn to be Thomas's killer, but I wasn't absolutely sure, so I didn't mind her being the "bad guy", but I do wish it had been a bit better executed. I also thought that throwing in Anna as a notorious killer and having Aiden chose to be with her was a bit strange, and the ending gave me optimistic 1984 vibes (which is... weird).

Overall, the book was pretty good. I think I might re-read it eventually knowing all the facts now and see what I pick out as I read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Infidelity, and Gun violence

fronkiekong's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? No

4.75

Trying to wrap my head around the fact that this was a debut novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Really gratuitous fatphobia

flik's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Body shaming

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, and Violence

laurahuskinson's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

I am so confused with the ending. I started the book off being confused, thought I understood what was happening half way through and now I have no clue. I didn’t pick up on any of the clues that are supposedly in the book! There were so many moments when I had to reread what I had read to figure out what had happened. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Infidelity

Read the blurb before reading the book, it makes things a little clearer