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The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

Start date: January 1, 2024

Finish date: January 31, 2024

Discussion: November 2025 Group Read

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Jan 05, 2019 Linda Martin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, crime, families, gaaaaaah, horror, magical-realism, mysteries, 2019, suspense

This book is frenetic, unpredictable, and deep. The author wanted to write like Agatha Christie, but it morphed into a Christie-meets-videogaming kind of scenario, trapping characters into a game forcing them to solve a murder. If they can't solve the murder they will be trapped in the game forever, so what does hell look like? Maybe this is it?

As the author wrote:
If this isn’t hell, the devil is surely taking notes.

It starts with a nameless man waking up in the forest where immediately he sees ...more

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Jan 23, 2020 Danielle rated it it was amazing

Just when you think you have the solution...you find out something else that changes your mind.
Such an imaginative story, I really hope there are sequels!

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Nov 04, 2019 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

Very fascinating and imaginative! This book requires an open mind and a sense of adventure.

Personally, this book was right up my ally. I was huge Quantum Leap fan in the 80's and I love murder mysteries!
What I loved about this book is I had no idea what was going on. It was not an obvious "Ok, I know who is responsible for all this drama" half way through the book like most of the mysteries I have read this year. As a matter of fact I can't even compare this book to any of the psychological mys ...more

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Sep 07, 2020 Kerrie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

While I found the final solution a bit disappointing, the real pleasure is in the journey to this end point. I was immediately sucked into our main character(s) dilemma - waking up in the woods with no memories and a possible murder. The twists and turns keep coming in this novel & it kept me hooked throughout.

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Jan 04, 2019 redatt rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: detective, recs, 2019, mystery

That was a fun ride. A some sort of murder occurs on some sort of groundhog day and is solved by some sort of quantum leaping Sam Beckettish type character.

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