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The Starving Saints
by Caitlin Starling
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
The Starving Saints follows three women who have been trapped in a castle under siege and starving, all trying make it out alive.
I wish I had enjoyed this more, sapphic characters + cannibalism + magic all sound like the makings of a fantastic book, but I was so utterly bored. It felt like it took a million years for anything to actually happen and even when it did, each scene dragged for long.
There is something really interesting and underlying here, it just never quite made it to that point for me.
Thanks to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
I wish I had enjoyed this more, sapphic characters + cannibalism + magic all sound like the makings of a fantastic book, but I was so utterly bored. It felt like it took a million years for anything to actually happen and even when it did, each scene dragged for long.
There is something really interesting and underlying here, it just never quite made it to that point for me.
Thanks to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Death of parent, Classism