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Wow, what a doozy this one was!
To start with, the entire story is very convoluted and puzzling. The most basic premise is that a man must discover who killed Evelyn Hardcastle at a party full of socialites and guests. He has 8 days to figure it out, but each day, he wakes up in the body of a new party guest. He will relive the day again and again, each time in a new body, until he can solve the mystery.
If that all sounds confusing... it's because it is. There were so many characters and timelin ...more
To start with, the entire story is very convoluted and puzzling. The most basic premise is that a man must discover who killed Evelyn Hardcastle at a party full of socialites and guests. He has 8 days to figure it out, but each day, he wakes up in the body of a new party guest. He will relive the day again and again, each time in a new body, until he can solve the mystery.
If that all sounds confusing... it's because it is. There were so many characters and timelin ...more
I really enjoyed the premise of this mystery, where our narrator wakes up each day in a different body and has 8 days to figure out the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle before everything resets. Some of the hosts were more enjoyable than others (a few were quite uncomfortable to read actually) and the action could get quite gory at times, but I couldn't wait to keep reading and get closer to solving the murder and the mystery of why Aiden and Anna were stuck in this time loop. However, the ending did
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This has to be one of the cleverest stories I've read in years. The story is a little slow to start, but once it takes off, it's OFF! Imagine you wake up in someone else's body and discover you are trapped into living the same day over for 8 days and in 8 different bodies until you can solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle. If you can't solve it in 8 days, you're doomed to live those 8 days over and over. The deft writing and imaginative, complicated plot make this a surefire hit with those who
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This was a cool read! What a twist!
I couldn't really connect to the characters in this. The concept that the characters never really knew what was going on, made it hard for me to get into the story. However, eventually that stopped mattering to me. (view spoiler) ...more
I couldn't really connect to the characters in this. The concept that the characters never really knew what was going on, made it hard for me to get into the story. However, eventually that stopped mattering to me. (view spoiler) ...more
This may be my book of the year. Delightful locked-room gothic murder mystery, with a twist.
The audio was great!
Jun 26, 2018
Amy Lafleur Meyers
marked it as to-read
Jun 29, 2023
Rachel
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