Reviews with content warning for Domestic abuse - The Book Eaters

i read this book in three days, which i haven’t done in a while. it’s a very interesting read with everything crashing down at the end. devon was a little confusing as a character but i think everything cleared up in the last few chapters. a few scenes were a little predictable but still enjoyable. some aspects of the story felt brushed over or pushed aside. overall, it was a good read!

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touchegiantsquid's review

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Brilliantly forces the reader to confront the truth that everything actually does have a price, that perfect is unobtainable, and that living in the real world requires accepting tradeoffs. Even though the main character repeatedly says there's no price on love, the plot reveals there is nothing without a price.

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kurumipanda's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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quihi's review

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dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

I really enjoyed it once I got into it. Unfortunately, it took me two thirds of the book to get really into it.

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unviincible's review against another edition

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dark reflective slow-paced

4.0

For here was the thing that no fairy tale would ever admit, but that she understood in that moment: love was not inherently good. Certainly, it could inspire goodness. She didn’t argue that. Poets would tell you that love was electricity in your veins that could light a room. That it was a river in your soul to lift you up and carry you away, or a fire inside the heart to keep you warm. Yet electricity could also fry, rivers could drown, and fires could burn; love could be destructive. Punishingly, fatally destructive.

a surprisingly heavy book that paints a realistic picture of living within a patriarchy and doesn't flinch away from its themes, which can make it difficult to read at times. kudos to the author for writing some of the most reprehensible men I've ever read, yeesh

I like the use of monsters as a vessel to just tell a story about motherhood. sure, you could tell this story without monsters, but they make it fun and scary! this book was hella atmospheric. a little slower than I'd personally like, but overall good

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