The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern

498 pages first pub 2019 (view editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
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The Starless Sea is perfect for the reader who longs to step through a painted door and find themselves in a vast, subterranean library where every book is a portal, stories bleed into reality, and their own childhood memory can become the key that unlocks an ancient, starlit war over the fate of imagination itself.

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When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, but they also contain ...

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Community Reviews

4.01
based on 63,918 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 87%

mysterious: 85%

emotional: 42%

reflective: 33%

hopeful: 26%

inspiring: 24%

challenging: 20%

dark: 11%

tense: 11%

funny: 8%

sad: 8%

relaxing: 7%

lighthearted: 5%


Pace

5% of readers chose fast
52% of readers chose medium
41% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

20% of readers chose Plot
56% of readers chose A mix
20% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

51% of readers chose Yes
25% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

80% of readers chose Yes
11% of readers chose Complicated
7% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

82% of readers chose Yes
7% of readers chose Complicated
8% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

20% of readers chose Yes
26% of readers chose Complicated
50% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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