A review by sequelmage
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
The writing was decent and very good for a debut novel. I think what really bugged me was the constant flashbacks.  

I don’t mind flashbacks, but this was happening every other chapter and it just took me out the story that was happening in the present. 

I also just didn’t care much for the characters and wasn’t really invested. That may have changed if the constant flashbacks didn’t take up such a significant portion of the book. 

I’d also warn that the book has a lot of misogyny in it and includes things like forced childbirth. I think a theme is overcoming that, but it is there and pretty graphic. I wasn’t really in the mood so that was another reason I stopped reading 
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