Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

79 reviews

llyan's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is my new roman empire fr 

A little bit difficult to get into at first (granted, i did start this at a rough time but picked it up again years after). The best way to get into it is to just sit back and vibe with it, don't think too much about it until you feel like you want to, and you will undoubtedly start using the ol nogging as the story progresses

I don't usually do mysteries but this one felt more like a stream you ride, you don't know where you're going and what are all of these puzzle pieces are for but in due time you will! Love how everything ties together in the end, not because of convenience but more in a timey-wimey I've lived this day before way. Chef's kiss. I had to put the book down and pace my room every time that happened. 

This book wraps up nicely in the end for me, but i can see how it might be frustrating for some people.

for me, the ending was perfect because it wasn't much of an ending in a traditional sense but it sorta allows aiden (or my interpretation is that i am aiden) to decide what happens after leaving blackheath.

 

This book might send me into a reading slump!!!!! or might make me pick up more books because of how great it was. Easily made it on my all time favourite books! Easily 100/10. Will not shut up about it until a friend reads it so i can yap about it!!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Gore

brittaanson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I wanted to love this book, and the beginning really sucked me in with the mystery. The structure is ambitious and intriguing, but by the end, I was confused and unsatisfied. Partly due to the nature of the plot, there wasn’t any deep character development, and as the truth of what was going on was revealed, I disliked the story more and more. The ending has so many twists that didn’t feel completely earned, and by that point I didn’t care about any of the characters. The rules, ethics, and motivations of those driving the story remain ill-defined to me. I didn’t enjoy the violence and aggressive fat phobia in the book. However, I will concede that the cleverness of the overall concept may be enough for someone else to find more satisfaction in this read than I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Murder, Body horror, Fatphobia, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicide, Ableism, and Torture

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Stalking and Rape

juanat77's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Blood, Cursing, Infidelity, Torture, Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Bullying, Death, Body horror, Physical abuse, and Violence

meganm1587's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death and Drug abuse

Minor: Ableism

indy_go_go22's review against another edition

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Rape

cozyfantasyfaetay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Slow start, didn't really enjoy it until I knew the twist. Lots of characters and hard for me to follow 😵‍💫 But maybe better for murder mystery fans.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide

Minor: Classism, Gore, Infidelity, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

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

3.5

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

turrean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A marvel! This was a tightly plotted, tense, thrilling puzzle.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Torture, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gore, and Suicide

jaysaysnope'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

A lot of this books seems opaque for opacity’s sake. It was extremely puzzling, more of an out-and-out mystery than I was expecting, and I actually ended the book with more questions about how this world works. It was well-written and the suspense was compelling, but the author’s ending left me wanting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide attempt, Gore, Blood, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Murder, Gun violence, Child death, and Death

Minor: Rape

shree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Death, Blood, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Self harm, and Child death

Minor: Rape