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A review by sophs_mood_reading
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Holy moly what a whirl wind adventure that was!
Open on a 1920’s English country manner estate, where someone is running for their life from a killer and you are trying to help them, although you don’t know where you are or who you are. Imagine then finding out you are actually there to solve a murder that hasn’t happened yet (don’t bother trying to stop it) and if you don’t you wake up the next morning as one of the other guests and start the day again.
This was a fantastic premise for a murder mystery, slowly seeing clues be pieced together from reliving the same day but as different people and even changing some things along the way.
I loved how every “host” our MMC took over exhibited some of their personality traits especially as the week moved along and we had more interesting and devious characters.
I must admit I did get a bit lost at times with all the different names and characters. Even with the different accents and voices in the audiobook.
I loved the twists and turns of the book and I did not guess at all the ending (the killer or how and what they got into the loop in the first place).
Open on a 1920’s English country manner estate, where someone is running for their life from a killer and you are trying to help them, although you don’t know where you are or who you are. Imagine then finding out you are actually there to solve a murder that hasn’t happened yet (don’t bother trying to stop it) and if you don’t you wake up the next morning as one of the other guests and start the day again.
This was a fantastic premise for a murder mystery, slowly seeing clues be pieced together from reliving the same day but as different people and even changing some things along the way.
I loved how every “host” our MMC took over exhibited some of their personality traits especially as the week moved along and we had more interesting and devious characters.
I must admit I did get a bit lost at times with all the different names and characters. Even with the different accents and voices in the audiobook.
I loved the twists and turns of the book and I did not guess at all the ending (the killer or how and what they got into the loop in the first place).