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thedinosaurkid'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
It has all the good mystery traits of his previous book (7 ½ deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle) but with more paranormal-esque things.
Not my cup of tea, but still excellent!
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Violence
Minor: Infidelity, Slavery, Excrement, Alcohol, and War
esme_may's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury
ok7a's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and Colonisation
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Fatphobia, Rape, and Pregnancy
genny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement
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: Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Slavery
horationelson's review against another edition
- Diverse cast of characters? No
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Gore, and Classism
Minor: Body horror, Confinement, Religious bigotry, and Colonisation
tamara_joy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal death, Genocide, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Excrement, Grief, Pregnancy, and Colonisation
bc288's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
arce's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
The explanation is not farfetched and seems reasonable, but I am not completely satisfied with the ending.
Also, what happenes with the other passengers on the island? Do they sail to Amsterdam afterwards?
And I'm definitely not a fan of Sara's solution. I liked neither of the options, but don't have any better on my mind. Vigilante justice is not the right way. Creesjie and Sammy/Hugo shouldn't go without punishment.
I would be interested in the more horror endings Stuart Turton mentioned in the interview at the end of the audiobook.
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Excrement, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Genocide, Blood, Medical content, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and War
tallbox's review against another edition
- 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: Animal death, Gore, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death of parent, and Colonisation
Minor: Pregnancy