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A review by lornmari
Eat Your Heart Out by Kelly deVos
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
1) I picked up this book because it had a fat MC who kicks ass- honestly I didn’t have toooo high of hopes for it and perhaps that made it even better. The story itself is told from multiple perspectives (way more than 2) and at first I found that a little irritating. Moving forward in the story however it proved to be a tactful story telling device and really built that necessary connections for the cast of characters.
2) The story primarily focuses on the crisis at hand but it does also try and fit in a romance. Admittedly I don’t feel it really added to the story but I guess it didn’t detract either- though he really could have been left out together.
3) The beginning of the book feels a bit predictable but pretty quickly it takes a twist and if you’re anything like me you’ve pretty much relinquished all control and let the story drive itself- I honestly couldn’t predict much after the first 1/3 of the book.
4) At no point did I have a solid grasp of what the characters looked like. I may have just missed that from their descriptions or their descriptions were pretty sparse. Aside from the book cover I had a hard time visualizing the characters
TLDR; the book was great! A solid “zombie” story with a sizable cast of characters. Is it the best zombie/horror tale out there? I don’t know. Was it a lot of fun and interesting? YES!
2) The story primarily focuses on the crisis at hand but it does also try and fit in a romance. Admittedly I don’t feel it really added to the story but I guess it didn’t detract either- though he really could have been left out together.
3) The beginning of the book feels a bit predictable but pretty quickly it takes a twist and if you’re anything like me you’ve pretty much relinquished all control and let the story drive itself- I honestly couldn’t predict much after the first 1/3 of the book.
4) At no point did I have a solid grasp of what the characters looked like. I may have just missed that from their descriptions or their descriptions were pretty sparse. Aside from the book cover I had a hard time visualizing the characters
TLDR; the book was great! A solid “zombie” story with a sizable cast of characters. Is it the best zombie/horror tale out there? I don’t know. Was it a lot of fun and interesting? YES!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Blood
Minor: Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Pregnancy