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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

October 20, 2019 by Ellesfena Leave a Comment

I didn’t really like The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle at first. In fact, after a few chapters I put it down and decided to read something else. But then I found that I couldn’t stop thinking about it, and even now, 2 days after I finished it, I’m still thinking about it. Somehow this book, in which there wasn’t a single character I liked or any ending I could picture that would’ve satisfied me, wormed its way into my psyche and if I […]

This post is a grab bag of fiction

Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

A Lily in the Light by Kristin Fields

The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

September 5, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

So I’ve got three fiction novels to review here — all of which are kind of hard to classify, which is how they ended up here… (4 stars) Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah I didn’t really know what to expect from this one, but I ended up really liking it. The writing was lovely and the characters were very realistically portrayed. “If she’d learned one thing in the last two years, it was that life could be hard enough without adding […]

Who Are You?

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle* by Stuart Turton

July 2, 2019 by Carriejay 1 Comment

Bingo Square: Reading the TBR In the crumbling country house of Blackheath during a party, Evelyn Hardcastle takes her own life. Except she didn’t. And it’s on Aiden Bishop to find out what really happened. Only instead of a straight forward murder mystery he’s stuck in a time loop, living the same day over again but in different host bodies, able to see events from different perspectives and question guests about their whereabouts. But there are others trapped in the same predicament and only one […]

Fun closed murder-mystery with a lot of men

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

January 29, 2019 by tillie 3 Comments

I am so annoyed at this book. First of all it was way too long. It should have been edited down, not just for length but also several times there was language so floral that it took me completely out of the mystery. I mean stuff like this: “Thankfully, the leaves and twigs are so demoralized by the earlier rain they don’t have the heart to cry out beneath my feet.” Shut up. Just say what you mean. Urh. And every.single.character was a man. And […]

It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey

The 7 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

January 28, 2019 by melanir Leave a Comment

This was reviewed recently on Cannonball Read and it piqued my interest enough that I not only purchased it, I moved it way up the TBR pile. It is an excellent novel that is let down by it’s execution. The concept is great, the theme is thought provoking and well executed but there are moments where the plot needed tightening and there is one section where the gross prejudices of the author come out in ways that almost stopped me from reading (and stopped many […]

Marry Groundhog Day With Clue and Quantum Leap…and then do weird stuff

The 7 and 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

January 16, 2019 by Melina 2 Comments

Aiden wakes up not knowing who he is or where he is…he’s told three rules: Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11 pm. There are eight days and eight witnesses that Aiden will physically inhabit in order to find clues. He can only leave Blackheath House once he can tell “them” who killed Evelyn Hardcastle. This book sounds amazing, right?!? And it was recommended by a person whom I really like and admire her taste in books so I was excited to read it and […]

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