A review by lighterthaneyre
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

2.75

I really loved the "time loop + WhoDunnit" premise. Unfortunately the way the ending played out, it felt like less than the sum of its parts.

TBH I don't think Anna got much personality defined, so the end wasn't a payoff. Also weird that they pulled "war criminal" out as a justification. Also weird that they made Old Anna and Evelyn the Murder so similar? Idk with so few women in the cast it felt weird

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Multiple chapters are completely derailed by the narrator and author's disgust of fat bodies. Not in passing, it's repeatedly brought up