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jjelliacee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Sexual harassment
laurataylor's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Rape, Violence, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, and Death
mrslsmith's review against another edition
4.75
Minor: Blood, Rape, Colonisation, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Gore
diana_raquel's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Mystery thrillers are not my cup of tea. My reading tastes tend to be directed toward classics, fantasy, and contemporary. However, I loved the previous book of Turton.
After The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, I had an idea of what I would find in this book: a murder mystery full of details that wouldn't make sense until the final chapter, with an influence of speculative fiction. Well, I didn't get my speculative fiction influence. And that's okay. What I got was so much better. What I got was a murder mystery (somewhat) historical full of details that only made sense in the final chapters.
This was a really good book, with a solid structure. The characters were well developed and you never really know what they're thinking and what they might do next, which only made the narrative more compelling. And, as usual, my theories were all wrong, but then only made the narrative more interesting.
I think that the only thing that I wasn't a fan of was the pacing in the early chapters. They seem to be dragging and dragging. I understand the need to set the scene and the characters in a murder mystery but I think that this part could be done in fewer stages/pages.
Overall, I liked it and recommend it to murder mysteries lovers!
Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Animal death, Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Rape, Slavery, and Infidelity
horationelson's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Graphic: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Violence
Moderate: Classism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Gore
Minor: Body horror, Colonisation, Confinement, and Religious bigotry
tallbox's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Colonisation, Child death, and Vomit
Minor: Pregnancy
vkitoria's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Gore
Minor: Rape
literaryrevisited's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Rape, Misogyny, and Murder
saffire_sky's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.75
Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny
Minor: Death, Sexual content, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
aviery's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Death of parent, Excrement, and Vomit