A review by cadeunderbooks
The Night Eaters, Book 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

This is a story that embodies my top tier book tag "I'll eat you up I love you so"! It feels both familiar, like I've popped in a VHS tape of my favorite old monster martial arts mash-up flick, but is also a very present (the Covid19 pandemic is a reality here) & modern immigrant family story. Of course, Sana Takeda's art is gorgeous!! It crackles with energy, & honestly I felt like I could hear those creepy dolls clicking as they turned their heads to look at where Ipo had been so casually smoking her cigarette on that decrepit couch. & Marjorie Liu's deft, layered storytelling is a terribly lovely dream, that buoyed me along page by page, because I wanted to know more about this beautiful family & their shadowed legacy. Ooooh, I'm so excited to read the next volume!!
12.14.22