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To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

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coelacanth's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

ennzito24's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I thoroughly enjoyed this book from start to finish. Some parts made me very uncomfortable and others had be completely encapsulated. I just couldn't put the book down! Expect lots of gross scenes and very dark undertones as you dwelve into the mind of a woman obsessed with vultures.

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liannaedgelord's review against another edition

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dark

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

2.0

I don't know, man. It starts out so promising. Early on, it looks like we're in for a slowburn realistic portrayal of someone with mental health issues who's creepy and possessive because of trauma. Then it's like the author gets bored of that and suddenly we're just reading another story about somebody doing murders and talking to dead things because she's crAaAazy. It's ableist but more than that, it's just boring.

raincorbyn's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

paracosm's review against another edition

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4.0

Short but quite good. Grossness is horror doesn't tend to be my thing, but I liked this one.

rhenryreads's review against another edition

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5.0

This book is so horrific and beautiful all at the same time.
It reads very lyrical and almost like poetry, and I devoured it in one night, unable to put it down.
The writing drags you in and the story keeps you there. Just when you think things can’t get worse, they tumble downwards and you just have to sit and watch. Andi starts small and digs her grave deeper and deeper.
Andi is a traumatised unreliable narrator who is obsessive and desperate for both love (from Luna) and understanding for what it would be like to be a vulture.

*spoilers*

I wasn’t expecting the therapist twist but oh my god it was so good, and it was built up from the very beginning. It left me jaw dropped for the rest of the book. I’m so relieved Luna got away, it was a toss up whether or not she’d make it, becuase to be honest I expected Andi to want her to die together.

- “It's been too long, and I need her badly, need her to make me human again.”
Words cannot describe how much I love this quote, it’s so toxic and obsessive but it sums up Andi and Luna’s relationship perfectly.

- Our deaths deserve no other meaning than to be devoured. Our bodies have ruined the earth, it seems only right such bodies should give back to nature, to the animals.
I love this line, it’s so poetic and reminds me of the circle of life.