A review by funsized327
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? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Lyric, gorgeous prose
Dreamlike, surreal imagery,
Lots of cool ideas

Yet, plot meandered, 
Slow! This should have been shorter,
Some parts really dragged

And the characters
Just kinda wandered around
And nothing drove them! 

It is fine if a
Character is static, but
They have to want things!

Too many ideas
That I don’t think connected 
As well as they should

If it was just a romance 
That would have been fine, but that 
Also didn’t work!

I wanted to love
this, but characters felt stale,
And plot did not work

I usually like
These kinds of stories,
With meta ideas

But with this story,
It couldn’t come together 
And felt pretentious 

I think you could tell
This kind of story real well
But this wasn’t it