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The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

63 reviews

falltumn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

actual story content is solidly a 5 star, but the way the book is structed is 4.25/4.5 out of personal preference. i highly recommend reading book 1-3 in the order of the short, abstract stories first in Whole, and then reading the rest of the book. i found the constant interrupting of events grating.

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spookily's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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my_plant_library's review

4.5

hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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trishasthoughts's review

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Complicated

The way Erin Morgenstern wrote this book with so many intricacies and its own deeply interwoven mythology is violently genius. It took me a while to work through this one but those last two parts were worth the wait. I got chills all over my body when it all started to come together.

Morgenstern has a really creative way of telling stories. Her narrative style is so unlike anything else out there and so unique from book to book. It makes me excited for what’s next from her.

I loved the world-building in The Starless Sea. Everything is so descriptive down to the minutiae. It made me long to be at the Harbour with the cats and cozy reading rooms and the Kitchen providing endless snacks and coffee. I loved each and every character in this book. Morgenstern even builds sympathy for the villain through different characterisations.

I would recommend this book to absolutely everyone. It’s brilliant!

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saoreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

From start to finish the goosebumps never left me! This book is so dreamy and has a lot of plot twists which can really suprise you in every nook and corners of it. Bees, keys, swords, crown, hearts, and feathers - these themes got me hooked. I love how the story building went throughout the reading process. The mini-tales are definitely my favorite! It captured the essence of love for books and connections (cats also) which is such a precious gift for readers and dreamers alike. Never thought Kat would play a big role for a new beginning. All loose ends weren't cut off, it had its own end tied to perfection.

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dannythestreet's review

5.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

This whole book is a metaphor (but still a book). You are just trying to keep up with all these symbols until you give up and sink into it. That was a wonderful experience for me, the writing style is the best thing that can happen to anyone and the atmosphere of the book makes you never want to get back to the real life. The character dynamic was also just magical and I'm glad I went on this journey with them

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