Reviews

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

albertdedi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• 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

sadhbhprice's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

booksandchocolate's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

3.0

deeb659's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

lara_marie_s's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Im so sorry for giving that book two stars...
First of all: I loved the idea... Book eaters, mind eaters and how their society works. The author did build a very awesome world! 😍😍
The problem is with the description of emotions feelings and thoughts. There's only one time where Devon's feelings get described deeply. The lack of emotions and thoughts makes it very difficult to connect to the characters. Looking back there's no character I really liked.
Also the romance part was weird. They talked about five times to each other about escaping. So no deep talk. And suddenly they love each other deeply and can't live without one another? It didn't make sense to me🙈
Overall 2/5 ⭐

libraty's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

anapaolapena's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No

3.75

ever_unread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

sferguson's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

brinastewart's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

The first 80% of the book was excruciatingly long. The premise is interesting but the execution needed some work. When it finally picked up, I was there for it. However, now that the bookk is finished... I have questions and I think that if we cut the first 2/3 of the book down, we could have addressed the issues.

I really had higher hopes for this book but cannot stand those long and drawn out stories that take so  long to have the story pick up.