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A review by rinitealeaf
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
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
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 and Murder