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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

170 reviews

rachelgj22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

Thrilling and mysterious in the best ways. Hooks you from the very first sentence. Great world building and character depth as the story unfolds and twists and turns 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Alcohol

s3ag0at's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

lemerrier's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use and Self harm

readwithharry's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

i picked up this book while i was house-sitting, and i saw it on the shelf. i was looking for a distraction from my dissertation, and thought that i’d give this a go. it’s not my usual read, but i was looking for any excuse to avoid writing. and this book has by far surpassed ALL of my expectations. 

 a time-travel, body-swapping, murder mystery set in a kind-of-real-but-also-kind-of-fantasy-world, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle was Murder-of-Roger-Ackroyd level INSANE. it’s easy to read, but will squish your brain into a thousand tiny pieces. 

i don’t feel like i can say too much regarding the actual story, as i don’t want to give away anything by mistake. but, i can say that this is one of the most enjoyable, engaging books that i have read in a long time. i read it in less than 24 hours, and i know i’ll read it again. 

also, as a neurospicy person, this novel felt *achieveable*. there are, like, 60 chapters, and they don’t feel very long, so every time you finish a chapter you get a little dopamine hit! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Death

Minor: Drug use and Sexual harassment

pinkupengu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Disorienting by design, this book was interesting yet somewhat overwhelming. There are a lot of characters— most unlikeable for their own individual reasons — and they’re hard to keep track of. There’s a tricky time loop. The story isn’t told in a linear narrative structure. There’s deceit and confusion and the narrator is incredibly unreliable. The conclusion is intense but satisfying — it was hard to get there but mostly worth the trek. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

riverestyx's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Blood, Vomit, and Medical content

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, and Abortion

kaerene's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The Pros: the writing style is very simple to read, the book is set at an /almost/ dilapidated 1920’s mansion, the murder mystery ground hogs day plot line was incredibly intriguing and kept me going for 75% of the book. I didn’t see the final twist right at the end and it fascinated and annoyed me at the same time. 

The Cons: You don’t actually get to solving the mystery and putting in all the pieces together until you’re 75% into the book. It’s too dang long. You get to host 4 or 5 and then flip into someone else on the same day and it just got really old especially when those hosts didn’t find out anything. I predicted one of the plot twists. I felt like the end was rushed and if we didn’t spend so much time stumbling along with a few hosts, it didn’t have to be rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, and Classism

arcticdryas's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use and Fatphobia

Minor: Rape

wackly93's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Alcohol