2019/01/19

BOOK REVIEW:
THE SEVEN DEATHS OF EVELYN HARDCASTLE BY STUART TURTON

Title: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Author: Stuart Turton
Published: 2018
Language: English
Pages: 528
Rating: 4/5


Summary:
Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed tonight - and every night until Aiden Bishop can figure out who the murderer is. Doomed to live the same day again and again, the only escape is to solve the mystery, but no one and nothing in Blackheath is exactly what it seems.


Review:
This was such an exciting and thrilling book!

Reading this is exactly like trying to put together a tricky puzzle where you can't see what the picture is until the very last piece. The plot is incredibly complicated and no one would blame you if you got a bit confused in points, but I found the further into it I got, the more manageable it was (I suspect it's meant to be this way). Most of the characters are incredibly interesting, although there are a lot of them so it requires a bit of concentration to remember them all.

It's a book that needs you to pay close attention because there is never a moment of peace, which in some stories can be a bit draining, but in this it's only fun because you constantly want to learn more and you want to figure it out. It's a story that sucks you right in and I especially loved the setting and the dark atmosphere. There are also parts in here where you learn something shocking and creepy about this place that freaks you out, but you can't stop reading!

It's not a book without faults - the ending was perhaps a bit too much and felt slightly rushed, not all the characters are well-developed and it is perhaps a wee bit too long and too perplexing - but for a debut novel, this is extraordinary. It's a complex novel that I admit can be slightly confusing if you're not vigilant, but it's worth making a bit of effort to get lost in.
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