The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle in Bound Together

Feb 18, 2018 PattyMacDotComma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy-folk-myth-super-magic, mystery-crime-thriller, arc-netgalley-done

5★
“The hunt begins in half an hour and I can’t miss it. I have too many questions and most of the answers will be carrying shotguns.”

Who is this “I” with the questions? My dad told me he’d read about a man whose dementia got so bad that he got up one morning, looked in the bathroom mirror, and said “Who the hell are YOU?” The reason he told me was that he had dementia, but he was a long way from that point.

Our narrator is having trouble recognising himself. At one point he thinks:

“. . . this bla ...more

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Nov 20, 2018 ☮Karen rated it it was ok

Shelves: hoopla, audio, read-in-2018

Like Groundhogs Day and Life After Life, this book drove me mad. I should have learned my lesson with those. I am dazed and confused most days anyway...don't need a book to compound the problem. For those who enjoyed it, wow, I envy your patience. I wonder how many times Day 2 was repeated? Thought the end would never come.

I wouldn't recommend the audio version. ...more

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Dec 09, 2018 Irene rated it liked it

This was a unique approach to the traditional murder mystery. At an isolated estate with guests gathered for a ball, Evelyn Hardcastle, the young adult daughter of the family is killed. The narrator must solve the crime. But this is no ordinary world; the day of the murder is repeated in an infinite loop as the narrator spends it in the body of 8 different guests of the family. If he does not solve the murder by the end of the 8th day, his memories will be erased and he will begin the cycle agai ...more

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Jan 28, 2019 Wendy rated it liked it

Shelves: 2019-reads

I think my head is still spinning from all the twists and turns that make up this story. I feel like I just put together a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle where I can see what the picture is supposed to be, but I don't have all the pieces in place. (BTW, I absolutely love doing jigsaw puzzles!)
The author mentions in the interview at the end of the book that this is like an Agatha Christie murder mystery with time travel and Quantum Leap thrown in. That description is right on the money. I felt like I w ...more

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Dec 29, 2018 Katherine rated it liked it

Giving this a 3 is generous on my part. I normally stop after around 50 pages if I can't get into it. Not sure why I kept reading until I finally finished. Was it the outstanding reviews it got. Who knows? ...more

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Aug 21, 2021 Meera rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery

I think I would have liked this book more if it had been shorter. The first half dragged for me but I liked the second half more as the primary mystery took off. I liked the concept of it, which was very unique, but at the same time, there was quite a bit of this world left unexplained that made me feel like the author didn’t want to bother with it. So while I did like this book, I am not sure that I will try another book by him. I prefer more fleshed out background in my mystery/other genre ble ...more

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Jan 31, 2019 Christina, Join Me on Storygraph! rated it liked it

Shelves: audio-book, 2019

This was tedious. Few likeable characters and it couldn't really hold my commuting attention. So happy to be finished but I did think it a clever concept and I was curious about the resolution. ...more

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