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A review by sunbirdbooks
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
A chilling tale picking apart the nature of complicity and preservation, be it of self or culture in which eerily familiar monsters devour literature and make minds into a meal. An almost perfect debut with slight pacing inconsistencies; a new all time fave.
Graphic: Trafficking, Gaslighting, Murder, Medical trauma, and Sexism
Moderate: Pregnancy, Trafficking, Confinement, and Rape
Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, and Torture