A review by sohma4uesugi
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The world was so fascinating. I admit to being disappointed we didn’t get more of it. I wanted more of the families, more about the Creator, more of the knights when they were good, and less of what they became. I wanted so much more Jarrow. I just wanted more. This story held such promise, but the way it twisted between overly complex to overly simplified and back again was jarring at times. I could make out pieces of the end before we got there, but not all of it. Not because I was kept guessing, but because there was not enough footwork left behind. Too many things came out of left field and others were painfully obvious. The end seemed abrupt and wrongly placed. I wanted more. Again. 

Parts dragged so deeply I had to force myself to keep going, bored and distracted. Others had me eagerly turning pages. 

Mani and Hester were interesting and I would have loved to have much more of them and what they went through in the past than what we got. 

The morality of Cai was interesting, but barely touched on. Ramsey disappointed me so deeply in the depths of his cruelty. At the same time his character was flat, too one-planed and I so badly wanted more. I mourned far more for E and Ramsey’s loss of him than I did for Ramsey himself. 

I enjoyed the way different sexualities were displayed and touched on in the books, but there wasn’t consistency.


Overall, this read left me wanting more of the world, but a whole lot less of Devon. 
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