Finished The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I had flown through the first half of the book but then had come to a halt due to other stuff going on. Picked it back up on Monday on page 180 of 500 and finished it last night (thanks in part to being left waiting in a hospital while my wife under went an endoscopy).
Its a proper page turner, with a lot of twists and turns. Some spoiler-y thougths:
All in all it was a good read, a solid 7/10.
Next up is The Only Story by Julian Barnes
Its a proper page turner, with a lot of twists and turns. Some spoiler-y thougths:
The ending was a little weak, I thought that even though Aiden was under the belief he was changing the order of the day that he was in fact just living it out as normal and would revert back to day 1 with the murder unsolved.
They explain the quantum leap parts of the story in a vague enough way so it doesn't undervalue what has occurred in the story (i.e. its not a dream or a game at the end) but they don't get bogged down in trying to explain any science behind it.
I didn't guess the ending, I did expect twists but just not in how it played out. I didn't pick up on the actual mystery behind it all but I suspect that if i was to re-read it, the clues are probably well laid out.
They explain the quantum leap parts of the story in a vague enough way so it doesn't undervalue what has occurred in the story (i.e. its not a dream or a game at the end) but they don't get bogged down in trying to explain any science behind it.
I didn't guess the ending, I did expect twists but just not in how it played out. I didn't pick up on the actual mystery behind it all but I suspect that if i was to re-read it, the clues are probably well laid out.
All in all it was a good read, a solid 7/10.
Next up is The Only Story by Julian Barnes
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