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sequelmage 's review for:
The Book Eaters
by Sunyi Dean
DID NOT FINISH: 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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny
Moderate: Gun violence, Pregnancy