My rating: 5 of 5 stars
If Agatha Christie and Steven Moffat decided to have a literary baby together this novel would be the product. That's about the best description I can give. This book was both extremely creative and original; at the same time you feel that you're running a mental marathon in the dark. With a title like
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
it's hard not to be curious as to what the content might be. How does one die 7 1/2 times?
Aiden Bishop wakes up one morning to find himself at Blackheath House with little to no memory of anything else. Even crazier is that Aiden is not in his own body and he will never be able to return to his former life until he uncovers the identity of the murderer of Evelyn Hardcastle. It is predicted that Evelyn will be killed every night for eight nights. Everyday is a race against the clock to track down Evelyn's murderer who is one of the many residents at Blackheath. All of them Aiden must inhabit to know their true intentions. Even if it means having to discover the absolute worse.
Think of
The Murder on The Orient Express
only Poirot has the POV of all of the suspects. I was intrigued from the very first page, but there was a great deal of back and forth going on as well. Just as you were getting somewhere with one person's story, time ran out and you were back to someone else. As the week progresses more of Aiden's past life is revealed and it only gets stranger and more unreal with each passing day.
As a whole I enjoyed the book. It definitely merits a re-read! It was unique in its telling and certainly had a wide variety of characters and personal stories. And if life inside of Blackheath was bizarre nothing can prepare you for the life outside of it.
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