I have to say, Stuart Theron did an amazing job with this one! He definitely has a creative mind, and he managed to write a thriller in a way I’ve never seen done before! It’s like The Great Gatsby meets The Dinner Party, and I loved it!

As the synopsis states, we’re invited to a party where a murder will be committed, and we have 8 hosts to solve the murder. I really enjoyed how Turton described the thought process behind each of the hosts, and how they all dealt with the situation at hand. It was an interesting perspective to have some characters who were more cunning than others, more physically fit, more ruthless, and who had more connections to the family involved! It was such a creative way to surround the same situation with different perspectives. I’ve never read a thriller like it.

And while I’m continuously calling it a thriller, the description is not as simple as that. In my mind, the “villain” changed faces a couple of times throughout the book, and the way each host viewed different people! I was constantly suspicious of certain characters, and not the least suspicious with others! But within a few chapters my whole perspective had changed! It took me on a wild journey, but not in the same way a regular thriller novel usually does. I was more curious about the journey our narrator was taking, and less wrapped up in who was killing who.

I really love thrillers that make me think, and that I can’t figure out immediately! It makes it more enjoyable to read, because I can’t predict the ending, and it’s a surprise twist with how it plays out. Turton definitely achieves this with The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and I will for sure be looking out for more of his work.

4.5