Wow, what a roller coaster ride of a read, and in a good way too! I loved how as a reader you were just thrown into the story, trying to figure out what was going on right along with ‘Aiden’. Even knowing the premise of the book you still felt li,e you were learning and figuring out everything right along with him. And the idea of so many different ‘hosts’ was done amazingly, especially as the story progresses and more is leanrned about how to make the most of each day. Just such a uniquely mysterious read! And I can honestly say I would have never guessed the mechanism behind the ‘loops’ either, which is always such a pleasure to me. I will definitely be recommending this one!

An extraordinarily unique mystery which follows one man as he inhabits 8 different "hosts," all 9f whom are witnesses to the murder of Evelyn. To be freed, he must solve the crime. Others are trying also and only one can be freed. These are the basic rules and the story expands from there. Beautifully intricate, we slowly unravel the interwoven observations and experiences in each host as the skills of each push the story forward. I highly recommend. The best mystery I've read in the last few years.

This book was SO GOOD! If you like mystery/crime stories with the little "extra", go read this book. The one advice I would give you is to go into it with an open mind and don't research too much beforehand. All you need to you know is that Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed at a fancy gala thrown by her parents and our protagonist is trying to save her. She has been murdered hundreds of times and he is doomed to repeat the day of her murder again and again, his only escape is solving Evelyn’s murder. This book was clever, original, and intrigued me from the very beginning. Go read this book!

Full review to come when the book is published.

The premise is original and creative, and if you're not paying attention, you might get confused. There's so much happening in this book, and I commend the author for not only creating it, but articulately weaving all of it together. On the downside, there were a lot of unanswered questions and potential plot holes, and I felt frustrated for a majority of the book because there was a lot to be explained. And then when I got those answers, they weren't quite what I was expecting. I felt a little cheated by the ending.

I just finished this book this morning and I am impressed.

This book starts in the thick of the plot and makes you feel you are right there with our character, watching as the home of the Hardcastle’s gets prepared for a party to celebrate Evelyn’s return.

How the story unfolds and how Turton writes the scene and builds on them is amazing throughout this book. The characters building in their dimension as the investigation continues however the plot as it goes can be a little mind boggling, however it is truly worth it and so well worth working through.

This book is like Inception crashing an Agatha Christie and it makes for a wild ride of a read. I would highly recommend it.

This was a weirdly wonderful (wonderfully weird?) book. I don't even know how to describe it. The narrator, a guest at Blackheath, is given the task of finding out who is going to murder his host's daughter. Only he is not one guest but eight of them. Every morning he wakes as a different guest and has to re-experience the same day as a new person, while trying to solve a murder that has yet to happen but will happen by the end of the night, bumping into all of his other selves and leaving clues for his past selves, etc., along the way. It is confusing to try to explain! It was really captivating. At first, I did not think I was going to like it. The narrator wakes with no memory of who he is or where he is and goes bumbling about that day trying to figure out what is happening, and it's not until the second day when he unexpectedly wakes as a new individual that I really got into the book. What a concept. I was very much drawn in by the end. I don't know if I 100% loved the ending, but the whole thing was just so unlike anything I've ever read that I am giving it 5 stars anyway. Definitely one of my best books of the year.

This is one of the best books that I've read in 2017. It's a smart, intriguing mystery, and I could not put this book down until I finished it.

Aiden, the narrator, is first person, but Aiden is a completely inaccurate narrator through no fault of his own. Aiden and the reader will have to blame the clever author, Stuart Turton, for Aiden's unreliability. This is the author's debut novel, and I am over-the-moon happy to discover him because I'm sure that Mr. Turton's mind and writing skills are going to deliver many more interesting books.

There must be some sadism lurking in Mr. Turton as he tortures Aiden horribly by having Aiden jump from one "host" body to another over different days as Aiden works to solve the mystery of how Evelyn Hardcastle ends up dead in her family manor home in England. The reader gets to participate in Aiden's confusion and anger as well as beatings all thanks to Aiden experiencing the emotions and physical discomforts of his hosts.

It's fiendish that the motley crew of hosts features such unsavory characters as a rapist and a coward. I don't want to divulge too much about the hosts because a lot of the fun in the book is discovering the nuances of these reprobates while Aiden is learning about them. And since I consider this fun, I guess that my mind is just as twisted as Mr. Turton's!

In finishing this book I thought "what in the world have I just read" and "when do I get to read more." Please keep busy writing!

Can't wait to read this my book with my library discussion group!

Sometimes "high concept" can put you off, but don't let it in this case. It's a tricksy, twisty, novel that requires work, but pays out in a gripping plot. One of the most satisfying mystery novels I've read in a long time.

To begin with, I couldn't put this book down. Literally. I began reading it while in hospital a couple of days ago. I kept rereading sections because I didn't want to miss a thing. What a marvelously, brilliantly crafted book. A Groundhog's Day at concept with an Agatha Christie feel. Beautifully written with weirdly crafted, perfectly imperfect characters - such depth! It was like picking them apart layer by layer. Just when I thought I had it figured it out, BAM!, plot twist.

Absolutely incredible book. I plan on rereading it and recommending it to everyone I know.

**Thank you to the author/publisher/Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for a fair and honest review**

Here is a review by Priya: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2160829431

My brain is melting!

Devilishly clever and a work of pure f****** genius.

I can't even begin to fathom how to review this one without any kind of spoilers so I'm not even going to try. For a start I'm still working through the puzzle that is this enigma - like a rubix cube in book form just when you are cheering yourself quietly for getting all the blue squares on one side you realise you still have yellow, red and green to go and any attempt to get all of those behaving properly naturally unravels the blue and puts you back where you started.

There are many things I loved about this one - Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day with a splash of Conan-Doyle type dastardly plotting, plus a hint of the Dr Sam Beckett all within an old school setting , with quirky, believable and engaging characters. As if that wasn't enough this twisted tale of murder and skulduggery doesn't end up all caught up in itself leaving the author floundering for a resolution that makes sense (hey we've all read THOSE books) but rather messes with your perception of things then turns it all around into an intelligent and thought provoking finish.

Like I said - a work of pure f****** genius.

That is all.

I was honored to read the advanced copy. I have to admit that I got confused at times with all the back and forth time travel. That be said, the main characters, Aiden learns a bit of information with each chapter. The first person narrative works very well with book, it often doesn't with others. The plotline in mind bogglingly intricate. This author had have put a huge amount of time into keeping everything straight. This book was edited well and was well written. Once I got past the first chapter, I couldn't put it down.I gave this book 4 stars because the beginning was weak and I was disappointed with ending.