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oliverreeds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture
paperback_moon's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping and Death
Moderate: Blood
hannah1734's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Blood
anolissa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Alcohol and Blood
Minor: Biphobia and Gaslighting
krystalg's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Death, and Stalking
claudiamacpherson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is definitely my favorite book of 2021 (so far)! Like The Night Circus (also by Morgenstern), The Starless Sea is slow-paced and beautifully atmospheric, and the setting is as much a character as the actual characters. It doesn't just follow one or even multiple characters, but jumps around between different times and points of view and stories-within-the-story. I loved the meta and how it's a book about books and storytelling and readers. The romance was very much a subplot, which I don't mind at all, but it did feel a bit underdeveloped (my only complaint with the whole book). Despite the slow pacing, I read this book pretty fast until about the last hundred pages, when I stopped for a while because I didn't want it to end!
Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just my judgement of how happy the ending is because I always wish someone would tell me this before I read books):
Minor: Blood, Death, and Violence
imrereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The only reason I gave this 4,5 rather than 5 stars is because I, for the first 3rd of the book struggled with the alternating narrative, going between Zachary's narrarive and the stories in the books. I found it frustrating for a while (not because I didn't love the stories, but because I felt my flow was interrupted), but eventually it stoppes being frustrating and started being just as enjoyable as the rest.
I know I will love this even more upon rereading, and I hope there is an audiobook available. I feel like this book would be perfect for that format.
Moderate: Blood and Death
allisoncc's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Death, and Gore
Minor: Biphobia, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Torture