'𝑩𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒖𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔'

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I first read this book many moons ago and it blew me away. Having (fittingly) the memory of a sieve, I remember nothing about this book, aside from the concept, and that I loved it. And so, decided on a reread.

Seven Deaths is a murder-mystery with a difference. With time-travel, memory loss and multiple identities. It's such a unique and fun concept and my mind staggers to understand how anyone kept it all in line to write the thing.

On a second reading I was still completely lost. I did think bits might come back to me, I was almost sure I had remembered the end. Nope. Not a bit of it. Didn't solve it the second time either.

I am wondering, on a second read and with a decade more of life through, if dear Turton is a prison abolitionist?! If so, hurrah good sir, me too.

I can't say too much more without huge plot spoilers and I'm going to put this review under a spoiler because even the abolition comment could give it away!