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A review by marleyreads
The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton
4.25
I don’t know why this took me so long to read! Nearly a month for 500 pages is a long time... I guess Christmas came in the way (and bad sleep). Anyways, finally!! After reading Evelyn Hardcastle and absolutely loving that book to bits and sending everyone a message to read this book, I was really looking forward to him publishing something new! If you like some Agatha Christie merged with Sherlock Holmes kind of crime/detective cases fused with some delicious fantasy elements and sickly good characters, pick up a Turton book!
Going into this I was expecting a page turning, delicate detective story with some historical elements and a touch of ‘what-is-going-on’ moments, and Turton really delivered. The main story is on a ship in the 1620’s going between Indonesia and Amsterdam, a route known to be dangerous and long. The people on it, ranging from nobles and musketeers to commoners and ship-crew, all have one mission; to get to Amsterdam in one piece. But, low and behold, someone on the ship has another idea!
Going into this I was expecting a page turning, delicate detective story with some historical elements and a touch of ‘what-is-going-on’ moments, and Turton really delivered. The main story is on a ship in the 1620’s going between Indonesia and Amsterdam, a route known to be dangerous and long. The people on it, ranging from nobles and musketeers to commoners and ship-crew, all have one mission; to get to Amsterdam in one piece. But, low and behold, someone on the ship has another idea!
There are so many plot twists to this story, and it truly came to such a cool ending. I sort of realized it but sort of didn’t think that it was possible, but anyways, I love Turton’s way of writing a story. The way he gets those small elements and details we need to investigate, but also give us that big Poirot ending where everyone is gathered and we get to know who the killer is. I think my only issue was actually managing to keep track with the characters due to the constant changing of titles vs. names😅 This was a four star for me, but it’s only because Evelyn Hardcastle really got me along and I could not put it down, while I had some issues getting into this story.
Going into this I was expecting a page turning, delicate detective story with some historical elements and a touch of ‘what-is-going-on’ moments, and Turton really delivered. The main story is on a ship in the 1620’s going between Indonesia and Amsterdam, a route known to be dangerous and long. The people on it, ranging from nobles and musketeers to commoners and ship-crew, all have one mission; to get to Amsterdam in one piece. But, low and behold, someone on the ship has another idea!
Going into this I was expecting a page turning, delicate detective story with some historical elements and a touch of ‘what-is-going-on’ moments, and Turton really delivered. The main story is on a ship in the 1620’s going between Indonesia and Amsterdam, a route known to be dangerous and long. The people on it, ranging from nobles and musketeers to commoners and ship-crew, all have one mission; to get to Amsterdam in one piece. But, low and behold, someone on the ship has another idea!
There are so many plot twists to this story, and it truly came to such a cool ending. I sort of realized it but sort of didn’t think that it was possible, but anyways, I love Turton’s way of writing a story. The way he gets those small elements and details we need to investigate, but also give us that big Poirot ending where everyone is gathered and we get to know who the killer is. I think my only issue was actually managing to keep track with the characters due to the constant changing of titles vs. names😅 This was a four star for me, but it’s only because Evelyn Hardcastle really got me along and I could not put it down, while I had some issues getting into this story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Death, Incest, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault