#Evelyn Hardcastle

[percyisagoofballmamygoofball]

Just finished reading The seven deaths of Evelyn Heardcastle and boy did I like it? It was a journey, I couldn't figure out the ending the till the very end, even after re-reading the chapters. Maybe I'm just bad at investigations and I would have stayed at Blackheat forever, but JAAA THE PLOTTWINSTING.

I swear I gasped throughout the whole book

May or may not ruined myself the grand finale cause I kept forgetting the names and I was like who's this bitch now?

Anyway I really recommend this book, and if u already read it, read it again cause I'm sure I'm not the only one with a nonexistent memory:)

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[i-do-stuff07]

The Great Triumvirate of Evelyn's

My name is Evelyn and there are three popular books with said name in the title.

The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

The Stolen book of Evelyn Aubrey

The third one is not as well known as the first two which both contain the number 7 in the title (I was also born in the seventh month of the year). I've read Hugo and Hardcastle and I feel empowered knowing that I have only one left.

Just thought I'd stop by and mention this.

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[dude1818]

I read The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton this weekend. Extremely enjoyable book. It's a traditional murder mystery novel in the style of Agatha Christie, except it's also a time loop story

The main character wakes up with no memories in the body of a stranger, in a turn-of-the-20th-century mansion. He has to figure out who he is and what's going on. After he goes to sleep, he wakes up back at the start of the same day, but now inhabiting the body of a different person in the mansion. All-in-all, he has eight subjective days in the bodies of eight different witnesses to solve the titular murder, or else his mind is wiped again and he has to start over. The time limit isn't the only obstacle: there are two other people trapped in the time loop, and only one of them can earn their way to freedom by solving the murder. It's the world's highest stakes escape room

It's a very cool premise. I love how each loop allows him to get into more advantageous positions, or know how to manipulate dialogue trees to new results. It keeps it all fresh as he lives through the events each loop, instead of having a bunch of the same repetitive interrogation dialogue with each character as is common. Plus, each possessed body has its own personality and approach to solving problems, so they get applied to different parts of the puzzle. This character is sedentary and cerebral, so he takes the chessmaster approaching of moving all the other characters around like game pieces. Later he's in the body of a brawler, so he roughs some people up for information and gets in physically dangerous scenarios. Then this body is an actual cop, so he can approach what he's learned so far like clues and draw on previous experience to see how they fit together. It was very neat.

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[boyduroy]

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[corikane]

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Only last month, I read The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo – the similarities of the titles striking a strange chord inside me, even though the stories within are very different. And I must confess that I liked this book better even while it lacks queerness. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is set at an undisclosed time – though it feels like the 1920s or ’30s – at the estate Blackheath of…

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[ram-de]

[Read] Evelyn Hardcastle ~P103

Catched up a bit. And finally got to the parts where the rules of the loop is explained. WHOA!! Okay, not all of it. Just the base of how it works. A murder is happening, someone, perhaps an outsider will relive the day in different host of somebody in Blackheath each day, up to 8 days to cover the hints and reason. Somebody brought that person into the loop (I assume Evelyn herself) and this guy could bring them out of the loop under that rule (and this one is someone called Footman.)

Failure to uncover the truth? Memories removed and back to the first loop, in Bell's body.

I LIKE TIME LOOPS!!!! I LIKE UNEXPLAINABLE TIME LOOPS WHEN IT HAPPENED FOR NO REASON AND I ALSO LIKE EXPLAINABLE TIME LOOPS WITH RULES AND STUFF!!! AGH!!!! I LIKE PALM SPRINGS!!! I LIKE HAPPY DEATH DAY!!!! I LIKE 11:59!!!!! AND OF COURSE... KAGEROU PROJECT!??!?!? WHY HAVEN'T I TRY TO CONSUME MORE MEDIA WITH TIME LOOP TROPES?!?!??!!!?!!?!

Okay sorry. Um.

Something to point out. There's a hella lot of characters. I think it's a good idea not to put off reading this too much because imagine how much clues I would picked if I'm not distracted by how I forgot some of the characters?!?!? It's like an ensemble-kind of story. Then I realized how most murder-mystery have an ensemble cast to point and guess and all... UM... I'M EXCITED!!!!

Footman seems like an entity??? I don't mind that. Some higher entity finding amusement in watching a poor human try to solve a murder again and again in an endless loop, it seems.

※This isn't a review it's just my rambling as I read.

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When this outsider were inside a host, how does memory works? They seem to understand some of the butler works when they're inside Collins (the burnt butler), but how come nothing when they're inside Bells?

Why do I feel like the shadowed figure that killed Anna in the morning is going to be this outsider person... I mean, that would be lowkey predictable in time-loop tropes. I mean, think of it. This figure gave Bell the compass. The gambler Daniel took the compass. Somehow it ended up bloody at the graveyard. Like...

There's other people inside this loop! Including this outsider, three of them, in fact! Only one could get out. Okay...

*squeals* ITS A CONTAINED TIME-LOOP!!! OKAY. SO THIS OUTSIDER IS GOING TO MEET THE PREVIOUS AND NEXT LOOP'S ITERATION OF HIMSELF. Ugh I don't know what it's called. Is it the bootstrap time-loop? Like, he can't escape what he's trying to avoid. He's going to be the cause, one way or another.

Also. Each time this guy inside a host, their mind affect the guy a bit. Inchresching...

I confused the Footman and the Plague Doctor. GOT IT.

WHOS GONNA BET THE OTHER TWO IS THE FOOTMAN (him in some despaired messed up state iteration after he's unable to solve get out of the loop since he's the one causing it in the first place) and THE PLAGUE DOCTOR (him before becoming the Footman)

Ok theory broken already because Anna is a looper like this guy. Don't boo me :(

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[tudorblogger]

‘The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle’ by Stuart Turton

Genre: Adult Fiction – Crime / Mystery Published: 2018 Format: Audiobook Rating: ★★★★★ I can’t believe I’d never read this book before. It was a fantastic mystery, full of surprises and plot twists. Although it was a murder mystery, the characters were absolutely central as Aiden Bishop inhabits the bodies of people in the house in an attempt to solve the murder that hasn’t happened yet. It’s…

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“Madness would be an escape”-The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

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also: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

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[stingrayextraordinaire]

Literature Moodboards // The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

The future isn't a warning, my friend; it's a promise, and it won't be broken by us. That's the nature of the trap we're caught in.

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[a-ramblinrose]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge || December 13 || Unexpected Ending:  The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

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[dude1818]

Started reading The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle today (and got about 2/3rds through it in one sitting, since I couldn't it it down). It's a time loop story, and I had an interesting thought

Every time loop story is about the loop that breaks. The main character is told that he's done this thousands of times (which may or may not be true, tbf), but the loop in the book is clearly going to be the one where he breaks free. That's just how these stories work. He's not going to fail and the end of the book won't just send him back to the start

There are certainly stories that have many loops shown on screen, or at least skimmed over, but the story always ends with the final loop. I'm watching Revue Starlight again, which is secretly a time loop story, but the whole thing is that something has broken the loop. We get to see the 0th loop in a mid-season flashback episode, but the main story starts with the loop breaking. None of the 60ish intermediate loops are shown

The closest I've come to see that is something like Hadestown, which is only a time loop on a meta level. The story repeats because we tell it again and again. That's a time loop that can't break, because it's outside the narrative

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[thecozybimbo]

“Do not tell me I disappoint you?” he challenged.

“Oh, indeed you do,”I said evenly. “But probably not in the ways you expect.”

— a curious beginning by deanna raybourn

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[blackscarabfilmz]

Why do I get the feeling that the name Evelyn is about to make a comeback?

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[ram-de]

[read] Evelyn Hardcastle ~P34

Um. I know I haven't finished Good Omens yet. I was distracted by a lots of romance books which I try to be discreet reading about because. Yea. Let's just say I know a bit more about hockey now and oh wow sportsmanship sure can be spicy💀

So, I put aside Good Omens. Impulsively searched up books to read since I was lowkey feeling like I'm about to spiral into a certain genre to read exclusively so before I went too deep, I tried to look for something else. Not too out of my comfort zone (I wasn't too keen in sci-fi, but time-loop hits a bit of a comfort tropes), so I did. And after several minutes of judging the book from it's cover (💀) and reading summaries, i was... Locked into this. The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (or 7 1/2 in UK, I think). It's about a woman being murdered, and some guy (idk who) have to found the murderer. Time loop is involved, since the guy keeps being out into a different person each loop, presumably to know more about the situation.

it seems so intriguing. And only when I read a measly 11 pages I was reminded of a certain other media. Umineko... YEA... YESSS!!! I haven't read enough but the premise is just✨ and I'd like to savor my time reading it, I'm excited!! This is a preloved book I brought online and the scent, the yellowing paper, the slightly crumpled pages it's lowkey endearing like😭??

AHH I don't know what I'm writing. I'm just excited to start. It's a hella thick book and idk if my brains have the capacity to think and absorb everything lol but I don't mind taking my time!!

P.s. I want to read reviews and look through tags but I think I'll do myself a favor and not spoil myself this EARLY. AAAAAHHHHH

Also. The title reminds me of another title of the book, Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo who I know is mad popular because I've heard talks about it. I may or may not be wanting to put it on to read sooner or later

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This feels like playing a detective game😭 Though I don't play a lot of games so I don't know. But like, in my head I can visually imagine a visual novel interface, a text box, a menu for memory recollection, important information. And now, let's say I'm at the phase to inspect my surrounding!! The room, what clue can I gather from knowing my belongings? (I use first POV because idk who this guy is.)

So. This one, I'm occupying the body of Sebastian B-something.

Oh?? There's going to be a packed cast... An ensemble!! Though idk if all going to appear and make appearance or be any of significant. 20 cast for what I assume the event that the murder took event, and 30 more. I'M EXCITED

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If I kept writing thoughts with this pace I'd end up with dozen of post about this book lol

I LIKE IT..... AHHHHH the suspense. the mystery. there's a lot of clues laid out here and there. a backstory. i don't think i'm still anywhere near finishing the introductory phase of what's the story want to tell though.

A person inhabiting Sebastian Bell's body woke up to a woman being chased by a man in coat. This person calls out, 'Anna', and froze a bit before the man in coat shot her. Scared shitless, the man hands him a compass, told him where to go. He arrived at the mansion. Foreign figures, strangers. Daniel Coleridge welcomes him, Doctor Dickie checks on him, and he met one of the son of the house, Michael Hardcastle. A bit about how his family invited people for a party, a lot showed up but talks about them in an annoyed manners. This guy also discovers that his arms, has been slashed, assumed to be acquired in acts of self-defense. Someone is out to chase get him. End.

What I understood.

The guy is not Sebastian Bell. He felt foreign in his body. Memories isn't coming back.

The Hardcastle family is made up of burgoise folks. The Lord of the house moved here because of his failing in politics. I don't remember.

The mansion is located pretty far from crowds and the city. It's surrounded by forests.

Michael Hardcastle is the (youngest) younger Hardcastle? His brother older by two year were murdered when Michael was 5. The perpetrator is two figures, one known and the other unknown until now.

Michael seems like a fun character to read!!! He's easygoing, lively and he was close with Sebastian. Though knowing this story is about murders and all, I can imagine him being killed soon (probably not since that's his sister role!!!) but surely partake in some shady acts.

A guy helped the Hardcastle by avenging? beating up? one of the perpetrator. Ted S-something. He was awarded back then and now he's a snob.

I still don't know who is inside Sebastian's body. The story is told in his POV, but amnesia and all.

I can't make any guesses for now. There's barely anything enough to assume. I feel like even if I do guess stuff I'd feel stupid later on haha

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