Saturday, July 14, 2018

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton    512 pages    read an e-galley

At a gala party, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed.  Again. She's actually been murdered hundreds of times and each day, Aiden Bishop has been too late to save her. Doomed to repeat the same day again and again, Aiden's only escape from this place is to solve Evelyn's murder.  However, he's hardly ever the same person twice, waking up in the bodies of different people over several days. If Aiden's not sure who he is, how can he find Evelyn's killer?

This is an atmospheric, intricately plotted and completely, deviously original story. Set in the early 1920s, the book reads like a Gothic tale, with characters who are darkly plotting against one another. The idea of having Aiden wake in different people's bodies really throws off any sense you might have of timeline until Aiden gets his own bearings. It's an interesting way to pace a story, for sure. That being said, if you put this book down partway through, don't wait too long before picking is up again because it can be difficult to find your own bearings (much less figure out who Aiden is)!.

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