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The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton
Аноним9 июня 2019 г.Live free or die hard
I used to work in a customer service oriented company and its motto was “not just meeting the expectations but exceeding them”. In a way the expectations for “The Seven Deaths” were too high after such an ambitious introduction. I have always been and still am fascinated by time bending concepts and infinite possibilities they offer (for no reason I’m going to say that “Twelve Monkeys” is one of Pitt’s best movies along with “The Fight Club” and “Seven”. Period.). That is why somehow I feel deceived. I cannot say what exactly I anticipated since I’m not a creator, just a consumer, but that definitely was not what I’ve got in the end. The metaphysical connotations of guilt, vengeance and forgiveness are a neverending source of inspiration but this is what spoiled this particular idea since it brought an effect of rigid seriousness where it did not need to be. And the explanation of the whole thing appeared ... rather plain. As an outcome the book is like running a marathon: the first 10 km you are all enthusiasm and smiles, and the remaining 2 km you hate your life and all you can think of is sophisticated ways of murdering your best friend who dragged you into this crap. Nevertheless it was absolutely worth my attention and my time. The author certainly deserves kudos for his ingenuity, and since it’s Turton’s first novel I feel it would be unfair to judge his overall successful endeavor too hard.
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