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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
5.0
One of the most hyped books of previous years and now that I've read it myself, I can definitely say that it was an amazing, wild ride from start to finish.
Thrillers/mysteries aren't my fave genre, that's why I usually read them as e-books, since I don't necessarily want to display them in my bookshelves. This one though, intrigued me so much that I really thought deserved to be read as a physical book! We follow the story of a man who wakes up everyday in a different body, reliving the same day again and again, trying to solve Evelyn's murder.
If I had to describe this book with one word, that would be: clever. This book is the epitome of cleverness, the plot is so intricately woven that the last few chapters -where everything is revealed- will have your brain scrambling to follow through with the revelations.
It takes a bit to take off, I would say that the first 80 pages are the slowest, in order to get the reader into the mood, but as soon as the action picks up, it doesn't let you rest one bit!
One thing I wanted to note though and sadly that's a negative thing. This book suffers from a severe case of fat phobia. One of the hosts is an overweight man and even though the author tried to make an antithesis, a slow-moving body, with a lightning-fast mind, I found it quite revolting that it went to such detailed descriptions of the character's aversion to the body he inhabited. It could be way more delicate, if you ask me.
Overall, it's a book I thoroughly enjoyed, a book I will be reading again and maybe this time I'll try my hand at annotating it, since the first time around I didn't have the time to do so!
Thrillers/mysteries aren't my fave genre, that's why I usually read them as e-books, since I don't necessarily want to display them in my bookshelves. This one though, intrigued me so much that I really thought deserved to be read as a physical book! We follow the story of a man who wakes up everyday in a different body, reliving the same day again and again, trying to solve Evelyn's murder.
If I had to describe this book with one word, that would be: clever. This book is the epitome of cleverness, the plot is so intricately woven that the last few chapters -where everything is revealed- will have your brain scrambling to follow through with the revelations.
It takes a bit to take off, I would say that the first 80 pages are the slowest, in order to get the reader into the mood, but as soon as the action picks up, it doesn't let you rest one bit!
One thing I wanted to note though and sadly that's a negative thing. This book suffers from a severe case of fat phobia. One of the hosts is an overweight man and even though the author tried to make an antithesis, a slow-moving body, with a lightning-fast mind, I found it quite revolting that it went to such detailed descriptions of the character's aversion to the body he inhabited. It could be way more delicate, if you ask me.
Overall, it's a book I thoroughly enjoyed, a book I will be reading again and maybe this time I'll try my hand at annotating it, since the first time around I didn't have the time to do so!