There was so much to love. The Sci fi mystery was
compelling, and the pace was incredible. I think the world building was flawless. The ticking clock of the end of the world mixed with the human drama. The unbelievable world stakes mixed with personal stakes.

I think the strength comes from how the mystery unfolds, How we are never lost, or feel cheated. The solve at the end didn't feel cheap. The Sci fi never overshadowed the mystery or emotion of the characters.

I love Emory. Her mind and her refusal to give up. The writing was also top notch. I loved this.

I Love Stuart Turton, this book was a pleasure and I can't wait to read more. Thank you very much for sharing the book, will make sure to spread word far and wide!

I loved this book - the 7 1/2 Deaths was the first book of Turton's I read and ended up being confused by the end. This one had just enough dystopian element to make it spooky but almost believable. Will be recommending!

I wanted so badly to like this book. It just seemed to drag on and on. I loved The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I knew a Stuart Turton book would be a "locked room" type mystery, and that he usually adds an element where even the characters involved are missing more information than normal. In this case the "locked room" is an isolated island and the consequence for failing to solve the mystery is the extinction of humanity. It feels a little like the show Lost, which I enjoyed at first, but every time I did a progress check on how much I'd read, I thought surely the end was closer than it was.
I didn't care about the characters, I really didn't care about solving the mystery.
Turton gets a lot of points for an original plot, I just couldn't make myself care about the ending.

This book had an audacious scope and mostly delivered across all dimensions for me. I recommend to readers who enjoy complex plots, science fiction, and philosophy.

The plot: The island shelters 122 villagers and 3 scientists from the lethal fog that destroyed the rest of the planet, allowing them all to live in perfect peace and community. Each villager contributes to the success of the group in hunting, gathering, and maintenance up until the nightly curfew, obeying the scientists without question. The group is shocked to wake with no memories and discover one of their celebrated scientists has been murdered. With horror, they realize her death has also triggered a disablement of the island's security system. In a race against the clock, the villagers and remaining scientists have 107 hours to figure out how to keep the fog at bay while identifying the murderer in their midst.

My opinion: I love Turton's stories for the complexity, varied character set, and moralistic overtones. This book blended several genres well including science fiction, mystery, and philosophy, with some heartwarming scenes between characters throughout. The premise was very interesting and well-executed overall but I felt the pacing was a bit too slow in the beginning and too fast in the end. Perhaps this was driven by rapid switches between PoVs with a large character set. The twists were also somewhat predictable for fans of mystery. Overall, I enjoyed this story and recommend readers prepare to read it slowly to keep up with the complex, interwoven character lines.

Thanks NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for this ARC!

I liked this - I didn't love it. I think mostly because I read it while I was sick - so I'm going to give it another chance after I get a physical copy!

"Solve the murder to save what's left of the world."
The Last Murder at the End of the World is a murder mystery and science fiction that will have you turning pages till the very end. The author wrote this book really well and I enjoyed the science fiction part of this. The characters were enjoyable and I loved Emory so much. This book is full of twist and turns that I did not see coming at all. I highly enjoyed reading this book and highly recommend this one to any reader who loves a good mystery or science fiction. Thank you to NetGalley and SourceBooks Landmark for this one in exchange of my honest review of The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton.

Charming and inventive, this book expertly blends mystery with speculative/sci-fi elements, set in a vivid and original world. I'll be recommending it to newsletter readers.

It took me a while to get into this book and figure it what was going on. The best word to describe it is "intriguing." I had to know what happened and who the murderer was--and why--and the mystery was incredibly well done. Very different from the 7 and 1/2 Deaths by the same author. I found myself thinking about the story and the characters weeks after I finished it --the hallmark of a well-written story!

Interesting ideas about one possible (plausible?) post-apocalyptic future. I enjoyed really not knowing where the story might go, while at the same time none of the twists seemed to come out of nowhere.

Thank you for an ARC of the latest Turton gem! As always with his books, it was an incredible mind-fuck. Go in a as blind as possible!

Stuart Turton writes very unusual books. They are twists on typical books. He builds a murder mystery and adds layers and then he twists the story on its head until you hardly know what is up and what is down. This book is no exception with genre bending twists. It is a post apocalyptic world with a deadly fog covering most of the earth, except for a small island with survivors. There is a mystery to be solved, suspense, and then everything you know is turned upside down. I found it to be a quicker read than his last two novels but no less compelling.

My thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks for an early ecopy. My opinion is my own.

I found the POV to be really unique and added to the already-engaging atmosphere. I did find the cast of characters to get a bit jumbled, but I understand that is necessary for a murder mystery! All in all I thought the book was a good thriller murder mystery, set against a unique post-apocalyptic setting.

This book was absolutely amazing. It took me a minute to remember which character what who, because there is a lot BUT the story was completely original and had me guessing what was going to happen until the very end. I loved every minute of it too.

An intense read that blends a whodunit mystery in a dystopian future. When the lead scientist and creator of this idyllic and protected island is found murdered, the countdown begins. With only hours to figure out the truth, before the protective shield around the island falls, Emory is appointed to figure out the case. This book had a lot of ebbs and flows for me, but I got into the second half of the book it was hard to put down.

Outside the island is a fog that kills all living things. On the island, there is a murder that must be solved in order to save the world. 122 islanders and their elders (or scientists) have lived in harmony for hundreds of years. They are content in their work and their rules from the elders. When one of the elders is brutally murdered and their security system wipes away everyone's memories, it is up to one villager to discover what happened before the mist fog kills them all.

This was a puzzle I'm not sure still that I have worked out but it was fun trying to keep ahead of the investigation, while also trying to work out what exactly was going on on this bizarre island.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC! This book kept me engaged with short chapters and an intriguing premise. Things didn't pan out plotwise as I had thought and I found it to be a bit underwhelming. Overall, the book was interesting and engaging, but fell off about halfway through.

On a remote island at the end of the world, 122 villagers and 3 elder scientists exist in idyllic harmony, shielded from the great fog that swept the earth and destroyed humanity in its path. While it's not the most conventional community, the villagers enjoy the structure of their life on the island; farming, fishing, completing tasks for the scientists. Always an early curfew.

Then one day, the villagers awake to an unimaginable crime: Niema, their chief scientist and beloved elder, has been murdered. As Niema's death gives way to a whirlwind of hysteria and suspicion, a far greater danger looms in the horizon: somehow, her death has lowered the island's world-class security system, and the fog is drawing near. Unless her murder can be solved, the island and all who live on it are doomed to the same fate that met humanity those years ago.

If you're even a bit confused by the summary of Stuart Turton's latest, know that's precisely how I felt going into the book. Like in his astounding debut "The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle," Turton draws his readers in here with a sense of sinister unease; something is not what it seems. However, despite my best efforts, I never felt like I fully got my footing in "The Last Murder at the End of the World." The world of the island felt clunky and odd in ways that "7 1/2 Deaths" did not, and--no spoilers here--a mix of 1st and 3rd person dialogue throughout the story only added to my confusion. Having been plenty intrigued by the premise, I wanted so badly to love this but the execution simply wasn't there.

Overall I really enjoyed this book! I appreciated the twists even if I saw them coming, and how it really wasn't about the murder in the end, so much as the community we made along the way. That feels like a lazy high school response, but it IS actually the vibe of the book. You almost live in this village along side everyone.

At the end of the day, the book just confirms people are kind of the worst and that the planet will go on without us. The story raises some questions regarding AI and collection hive brain (boy did it take me a minute to realize THAT) but -- similar to the other Stuart Turton book I've read -- you really have to ride the vibe.

I heard very good things about this author. The pacing was a little difficult to deal with but overall it was a decent read. It kept me hooked for the most part but was slightly a struggle at some parts.