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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Sexism
Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Minor: Medical content and Pregnancy
purplepenning's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Gore, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Sexism
Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Rape, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Infertility, Abandonment, Body horror, Vomit, Cursing, Drug use, and Gun violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, and Trafficking
booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Devon is a part of a reclusive lineage of people in the Yorkshire Moors who are called Book Eaters. Where their main sustenance is a good novel. Women are coveted and rare among their people, yet are treated like cattle. Married off 2-3 times in their life time to keep the book eater lines going.
That’s where we find Devon Fairweather, one of the young book eaters of the Fairweather clan. Girls are raised on books like fairytales while boys are able to learn things about the world. But even at a young age Devon learns hard truths about being a woman in the book eater society. Especially after having a child who is of a rarer bread… one who consumes human minds.
This book was a brilliant look at the trauma of motherhood, what it means to be a mother and how far you will go for your children. Dean captured this so well, along with spinning a horrific tale of monsters. I really enjoyed the nerdy references peppered throughout the book as well.
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Blood
Violence
Murder
Alcohol
Gun violence
Drugging
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Violence, Misogyny, and Sexual assault
Minor: Gun violence, Abandonment, and Blood
caseythereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
- THE BOOK EATERS is part adventure tale, part gothic mystery, part horror story and I loved it.
- I loved that it not only gave us the gothic manor tropes but also the claustrophobia of being a woman born into an impossibly patriarchal system. Watching Devon try to navigate her love for her children with her need to break free and be her own person was heart wrenching.
- It's not super obvious from the summary, but this book is also queer! There's some nice sapphic longing from Devon, as well as an asexual secondary character.
Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Violence
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Trafficking