A review by lazygal
The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern

5.0

Best read in one session: it's that immersive. The imagery here is incredible, but occasionally the world building fails (so many corridors, so many levels). At times this is like a series of short stories, only they've been cut up and intertwined and sometimes you're not sure whose story you're reading about and when you are. Granted, this was an ARC and perhaps in the finished version readers will get more of a clue about that! I did keep thinking about the movie version and how in many ways "The Russian Ark" felt like an appropriate template. As for the characters, they're almost beside the point. Given that this is about stories, and stories about stories, the occasional flatness doesn't matter.

eARC provided by publisher.