A review by herasrevenge88
The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

medium-paced

5.0

I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book started off with intrigue, but backed off quickly to give the basics of the world. That made it a little slower in the beginning, but not for long because you already had the draw from page one that made you want to know how we got there. I like the idea that we start off knowing the potential end of the book. The beginning of the book is told from a seemingly omniscient point of view between the elder in charge of the village and the symbiont in her head. There is a decent size cast of characters in this book, but the only part that sometimes would confuse me is when the symbiont would randomly interject. Sometimes I would have to take a second and realize who was talking or what for that matter. This was a very thrilling mystery with lots of danger and secrets all while a looming threat is literally on the horizon. I figured out one of the twists at the end, but not the other so I appreciated that there were a few twists at the end as opposed to one big reveal. If you liked the 7 1/2 deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle I think you will like this book.