tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730322.post793547191162622365..comments2024-01-02T00:48:13.255+00:00Comments on Rosario's Reading Journal: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, by Stuart TurtonRosariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13015659149421085931noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730322.post-77553711394399397242019-03-01T23:06:41.774+00:002019-03-01T23:06:41.774+00:00I read this book because my youngest was listening...<br />I read this book because my youngest was listening to it, and she had all the questions, and wanted to discuss the book with someone. Almost concurrently, my middle daughter read it, because a voracious-reader friend had recommended it as a good read. <br />So middle daughter (and friend) both really enjoyed it - but youngest daughter was really bothered by a number of things (for instance, she takes issue with the title, because she doesn't think seven is the number), and perhaps that primed me to read the book in a certain light. <br /><br />I found it slow to start off with but, after the initial set-up, it was definitely readable. But - avoiding spoilers as best I can - and accepting that everything in the book is possible in this universe - I thought the overall explanation made no sense - that it was a terrible (in both senses of the word) method to employ to achieve their stated aims.<br /> <br />And I had a number of questions. I do think some of them might be answered in the text if I reread carefully, because it is a complicated story, but some of it doesn't make sense to me. <br />To give just one non-spoilerish example - there's a painter who we meet towards the end of the book, who is employed to paint something. To what end?<br />Interestingly, when I did get to chat to my youngest, our snag lists were different - I had never even wondered if seven was the right number and, frankly, I still can't work it out. <br /><br />I think mostly we both were just bewildered that no-one else seemed as perplexed by the story as we were.Marianne mcAnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3730322.post-64896886663655068282019-02-28T15:26:36.059+00:002019-02-28T15:26:36.059+00:00I am so glad to see this review because I was torn...I am so glad to see this review because I was torn about whether to read the book. It seemed almost inaccessable, not really a good thing for a story, but you actually enjoyed it. My library has it so I will no longer be intimidated. Thanks!Darlynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896852319570632032noreply@blogger.com