Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

492 reviews

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, and Child death

lexilovealways's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

turtaile's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fatphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Classism and Child death

annafieldsforever'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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Rape

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Ableism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Animal death, Confinement, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Rape, and Kidnapping

mythicca's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

 Super cool concept and delivery!

 Although it did have some moments that seemed to drag, I loved the different perspectives, and plot twists!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Violence, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment and Drug use

softanimal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

A novel way of approaching a murder mystery. I liked some of the characters but I think I prefer to really adore the investigator in mysteries. At first I found myself frustrated by the characters that were not astute enough to pick up on clues I felt were obvious. I put together a lot of the big pieces on my own and then the middle of the book seemed to lag behind. I also struggled with the overt ableism and fatphobia and veiled homophobia in one section of the book and graphic imagining into the mind of a rapist in another section. I do appreciate a mystery story that you can solve from the information provided and that the final missing piece is slotted into place at the very end was satisfying. But the other elements plus some heavy handed soap-boxing made it feel simultaneously icky and trite for me overall. This is one of those books that upon completion I think, "Gee, I really wish this had been written by a woman."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, and War

carlymarie17's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.25

Super fun murder mystery!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Gore and Blood

pixifredd's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Fatphobia, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

marissa_roo's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A very unique concept, executed fairly well. Far beyond your average who dunnit with a good pace and not too much repetition. Hard to follow if you can't read it all in a short period.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder