Favorite Book in 2017 and 2018!
In 2017 I had the good fortune of reading an eARC of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. It was my favorite book from 2017. When it was offered through BookishFirst, I crossed my fingers and wished for good luck in being able to win a book copy. To my absolute joy I received a copy and once again lost sleep reading this smart and funny book.
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is going to be a favorite book for me in 2018. Two years in a row!
Plus, I will be purchasing this book for holiday presents because it's a book that deserves an audience amongst my friends and family members. I need to discuss it with other readers. Oh, I'll probably purchase a copy of the book for me as well because The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle deserves a place in my permanent library.
Following is what I wrote about this fantastic book in 2017.
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This is one of the best books that I've read in 2017. It's a smart, intriguing mystery, and I could not put this book down until I finished it.
Aiden, the narrator, is first person, but Aiden is a completely inaccurate narrator through no fault of his own. Aiden and the reader will have to blame the clever author, Stuart Turton, for Aiden's unreliability. This is the author's debut novel, and I am over-the-moon happy to discover him because I'm sure that Mr. Turton's mind and writing skills are going to deliver many more interesting books.
There must be some sadism lurking in Mr. Turton as he tortures Aiden horribly by having Aiden jump from one "host" body to another over different days as Aiden works to solve the mystery of how Evelyn Hardcastle ends up dead in her family manor home in England. The reader gets to participate in Aiden's confusion and anger as well as beatings all thanks to Aiden experiencing the emotions and physical discomforts of his hosts.
It's fiendish that the motley crew of hosts features such unsavory characters as a rapist and a coward. I don't want to divulge too much about the hosts because a lot of the fun in the book is discovering the nuances of these reprobates while Aiden is learning about them. And since I consider this fun, I guess that my mind is just as twisted as Mr. Turton's!
The English manor house itself serves as another character in the book. The physical aspect of the manor house is just as rotten as the deeds that surround the human characters.
"I enter a nursery, the cheerful yellow wallpaper now hanging limp from the walls. Games and wooden toys litter the floor, a weathered rocking horse put out to pasture by the door. There’s a game in progress on a child’s chessboard, the white pieces decimated by the black."
In finishing this book I thought "what in the world have I just read" and "when do I get to read more." Please keep busy writing!
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is going to be a favorite book for me in 2018. Two years in a row!
Plus, I will be purchasing this book for holiday presents because it's a book that deserves an audience amongst my friends and family members. I need to discuss it with other readers. Oh, I'll probably purchase a copy of the book for me as well because The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle deserves a place in my permanent library.
Following is what I wrote about this fantastic book in 2017.
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This is one of the best books that I've read in 2017. It's a smart, intriguing mystery, and I could not put this book down until I finished it.
Aiden, the narrator, is first person, but Aiden is a completely inaccurate narrator through no fault of his own. Aiden and the reader will have to blame the clever author, Stuart Turton, for Aiden's unreliability. This is the author's debut novel, and I am over-the-moon happy to discover him because I'm sure that Mr. Turton's mind and writing skills are going to deliver many more interesting books.
There must be some sadism lurking in Mr. Turton as he tortures Aiden horribly by having Aiden jump from one "host" body to another over different days as Aiden works to solve the mystery of how Evelyn Hardcastle ends up dead in her family manor home in England. The reader gets to participate in Aiden's confusion and anger as well as beatings all thanks to Aiden experiencing the emotions and physical discomforts of his hosts.
It's fiendish that the motley crew of hosts features such unsavory characters as a rapist and a coward. I don't want to divulge too much about the hosts because a lot of the fun in the book is discovering the nuances of these reprobates while Aiden is learning about them. And since I consider this fun, I guess that my mind is just as twisted as Mr. Turton's!
The English manor house itself serves as another character in the book. The physical aspect of the manor house is just as rotten as the deeds that surround the human characters.
"I enter a nursery, the cheerful yellow wallpaper now hanging limp from the walls. Games and wooden toys litter the floor, a weathered rocking horse put out to pasture by the door. There’s a game in progress on a child’s chessboard, the white pieces decimated by the black."
In finishing this book I thought "what in the world have I just read" and "when do I get to read more." Please keep busy writing!