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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
this book is pure whimsy and mystique. it did at points feel like a chore to continue through the journey but the lore intertwining with the story kept me going. i would pay crazy money to live in the fantastical world that is the cat-filled museum of books known as the Starless Sea
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Lyric, gorgeous prose
Dreamlike, surreal imagery,
Lots of cool ideas
Yet, plot meandered,
Slow! This should have been shorter,
Some parts really dragged
And the characters
Just kinda wandered around
And nothing drove them!
It is fine if a
Character is static, but
They have to want things!
Too many ideas
That I don’t think connected
As well as they should
If it was just a romance
That would have been fine, but that
Also didn’t work!
I wanted to love
this, but characters felt stale,
And plot did not work
I usually like
These kinds of stories,
With meta ideas
But with this story,
It couldn’t come together
And felt pretentious
I think you could tell
This kind of story real well
But this wasn’t it
Dreamlike, surreal imagery,
Lots of cool ideas
Yet, plot meandered,
Slow! This should have been shorter,
Some parts really dragged
And the characters
Just kinda wandered around
And nothing drove them!
It is fine if a
Character is static, but
They have to want things!
Too many ideas
That I don’t think connected
As well as they should
If it was just a romance
That would have been fine, but that
Also didn’t work!
I wanted to love
this, but characters felt stale,
And plot did not work
I usually like
These kinds of stories,
With meta ideas
But with this story,
It couldn’t come together
And felt pretentious
I think you could tell
This kind of story real well
But this wasn’t it
This novel single-handedly slammed me into a reading slump. Throughout reading it I just wanted so badly to finish it, to be done. The world that Morgenstern builds in The Starless Sea belongs to a 5-book YA Fantasy series rather than a singular, often confusing book. It’s a beautiful setting, and a really redeeming point for this otherwise flat narrative.
I loved the storytelling but the ending was supremely unsatisfying!
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I struggle finding appropriate words (and rating) to express fully how I feel about this book. As a sibling to The Night Circus, it certainly lived up to the built up expectation. At the same time, it was just so different.
The prose was, of course, to die for. Every sentence felt like another drop of the Starless sea finding its way in my mouth, eyes, ears, everywhere. It was like drowning. In the nice way.
The characters were very memorable and I found myself oddly attached to whatever Zachary and Dorian had. Theirs was a case of instalove in my opinion and while I do not enjoy the troupe, I suppose it plays well with the themes of Fate if not Time,provided who is actually pulling the strings . They had such a sweet attachment to one another and I cannot help but be happy about the way things developed for them in the end. That does not stop me from feeling robbed of more interactions between them though.
I adored the amount of stories within the story. It was like reading a fairy tale, or about loving fairy tales, which in a way it was I suppose. My favourite has to be either "The Girl and the Feather" or "The Inn at the Edge of the World" and I was so delighted when the second one was relevant to the development of Zachary's story as well.
I have a lot that I love about The Starless Sea. I also have things I am less satisfied with.Particularly, the ending. The narrative introduces multiple metaphors and mysteries, but I felt a lot of them were not fully or well explained. The last three chapters were satisfying but also rather rushed. Perhaps if Morgenstern had allowed herself to write a sequel that would not have been the case. I would hold on to the hope of her returning to this world again. Someday. Hopefully. This may mean that just as Allegra, I am bad at letting go. It certainly means that.
I suppose the only thing I am left with is waiting for the next Erin Morgenstern masterpiece in a few years or so.
The prose was, of course, to die for. Every sentence felt like another drop of the Starless sea finding its way in my mouth, eyes, ears, everywhere. It was like drowning. In the nice way.
The characters were very memorable and I found myself oddly attached to whatever Zachary and Dorian had. Theirs was a case of instalove in my opinion and while I do not enjoy the troupe, I suppose it plays well with the themes of Fate if not Time,
I adored the amount of stories within the story. It was like reading a fairy tale, or about loving fairy tales, which in a way it was I suppose. My favourite has to be either "The Girl and the Feather" or "The Inn at the Edge of the World" and I was so delighted when the second one was relevant to the development of Zachary's story as well.
I have a lot that I love about The Starless Sea. I also have things I am less satisfied with.
I suppose the only thing I am left with is waiting for the next Erin Morgenstern masterpiece in a few years or so.
This book was so mesmerizing and beautifully written UGH.
Took awhile to get into it. I don’t think I was a fan of how she went back and forth between the Sweet Sorrows book and Zachary’s story. It was cool how everything came together and had a purpose in the end, but reading it at the time felt pointless (if that makes sense?)
Once I was halfway through I just couldn’t stop! There was mystery and magic and lovely, poetic phrases, and perfectly sarcastic and innocent characters. Still trying to interpret the ending - maybe I’ll get there someday!
Took awhile to get into it. I don’t think I was a fan of how she went back and forth between the Sweet Sorrows book and Zachary’s story. It was cool how everything came together and had a purpose in the end, but reading it at the time felt pointless (if that makes sense?)
Once I was halfway through I just couldn’t stop! There was mystery and magic and lovely, poetic phrases, and perfectly sarcastic and innocent characters. Still trying to interpret the ending - maybe I’ll get there someday!
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
Yes