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The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
by Stuart Turton
3.5 stars
WHAT WAS THE DEAL WITH THE FOOTMAN.
BLOG || INSTA
Okay. I liked this book.
But I’m going to start this out with saying I can not figure out what in the world was happening with the footman. He was there, doing all of these things, but had no context. Never learned his name, anything about him, NOTHING. I literally knew he was hired by another character and that was it. I know he’s a side character, but he was so frequently involved (and in the mind of the main character) that I really wanted some back story. I think I was supposed to hate him, but I became so indifferent from lack of information.
Now, momentarily, back to things I did like.
Y’all, this book is trippy. I am SO impressed with the way the author kept up with the timeline and all of guests at Blackheath. I was surprised at how easily I kept up and things made sense. Serious kudos for keeping things straight.
What also impressed me was that I didn’t figure out the final twist! I had surmised most of the story, but then things started breaking down even more and that last reveal moment had me like WHOA. There was never a lot of fingers pointed at one person so it made it difficult to nail down who I thought was the murderer. I honestly can’t believe that many people died. Totally insane.
Okay, back to the last frustrating bit I had.
There was no background to Blackheath itself. When the “boss” (trying to remain spoiler-free and as vague as I can) showed up and gave the narrator the low-down, it left me hanging. Who came up with this idea? How does this idea work? Is there magic involved? Also, WHAT TIME PERIOD ARE WE IN?
Unfortunately, I was left with more questions than answers which is why I had to knock off a few stars.
Overall audience notes:
- Fiction/mystery (thriller? maybe a little)
- Language: The use of b*tch was used once
- Romance: kiss, a very little detailed morning after scene
- Violence: guns, knives, physical beatings, poison, murder (a lot of murder)
- Trigger warnings: some implication that one of the hosts has raped/sexually assaulted multiple women
WHAT WAS THE DEAL WITH THE FOOTMAN.
BLOG || INSTA
Okay. I liked this book.
But I’m going to start this out with saying I can not figure out what in the world was happening with the footman. He was there, doing all of these things, but had no context. Never learned his name, anything about him, NOTHING. I literally knew he was hired by another character and that was it. I know he’s a side character, but he was so frequently involved (and in the mind of the main character) that I really wanted some back story. I think I was supposed to hate him, but I became so indifferent from lack of information.
Now, momentarily, back to things I did like.
Y’all, this book is trippy. I am SO impressed with the way the author kept up with the timeline and all of guests at Blackheath. I was surprised at how easily I kept up and things made sense. Serious kudos for keeping things straight.
What also impressed me was that I didn’t figure out the final twist! I had surmised most of the story, but then things started breaking down even more and that last reveal moment had me like WHOA. There was never a lot of fingers pointed at one person so it made it difficult to nail down who I thought was the murderer. I honestly can’t believe that many people died. Totally insane.
Okay, back to the last frustrating bit I had.
There was no background to Blackheath itself. When the “boss” (trying to remain spoiler-free and as vague as I can) showed up and gave the narrator the low-down, it left me hanging. Who came up with this idea? How does this idea work? Is there magic involved? Also, WHAT TIME PERIOD ARE WE IN?
Unfortunately, I was left with more questions than answers which is why I had to knock off a few stars.
Overall audience notes:
- Fiction/mystery (thriller? maybe a little)
- Language: The use of b*tch was used once
- Romance: kiss, a very little detailed morning after scene
- Violence: guns, knives, physical beatings, poison, murder (a lot of murder)
- Trigger warnings: some implication that one of the hosts has raped/sexually assaulted multiple women