A review by shirarweiss
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I wish I loved this book. I was so annoyed with it and just wanted it to end. I found myself wanting to skip through all the description and get to the plot. The writing felt more pretentious than charming. It reminded me so much of Thistlefoot in its style and format and Mr. Penumbra in its plot. There was so much going on here-multiple stories to keep track of, so many symbols, jumps in time- I’d need to read it again multiple times to understand it all.
The ending was confusing, frustrating, and sad, and a whole fever dream. The romance was.. sudden, confusing, and shallow. My favorite part of the whole thing was the Kitchen but then the bees were so creepy :(  
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