A review by just_an_avocado
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Starless Sea has to be my favorite book of all time! It is the most masterful example of a book about stories. Our main character Zack is in grad school and wanders into the library one day, picks up a book of stories and finds one about himself, after which he is whisked into a mystical realm of mystery and magic and mythology. Erin Morgenstern has such a way with words. She is the most exceptional writer of this generation that I’ve read from! This book is so unique and whimsical and enchanting. I want everyone to read it, just try it. Not everyone will love it (it’s too obscure to appeal to everyone), but when the right person finds it, they will be forever changed- just like I was. This was one of those books that left me in awe, that made me sit back and think: Oh, so that’s what a book can be. That’s what a story can do. This is what literature is for. It’s for changing lives and minds. It’s for changing people. And that’s what this book did. It changed me. And I can’t wait to read it again and discover myself all over again.