A review by rainpunk
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Alice In Wonderland vibes, and a bit too disorienting for me to really enjoy. I'm still unclear what the antagonist's deal was, and I retrospect I can't really even pinpoint any choices or goals of the main character. So much of the plot was just based around learning the lore of the world, but it felt ungrounded, stakeless, and arbitrary.