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A review by sagicarrius
How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
3.0
I really wanted to like this based off premise alone. And I think I liked where they were potentially going with this one, it just never quite hit the mark. One, I really hate to say this about these characters because obviously they’ve experienced their own horrible trauma’s but I didn’t like any of the characters, nothing about them made me really care. Two, this was not a smooth version of magical realism. I would be reading along, relatively invested in what was going on and then the fantastical parts would just absolutely snap me out of the story. Three, by the end of the sessions what was the damn point?! Honestly, even more so after the twist is revealed, what really was the whole point of the book?
Now having said all that I do not think this is a bad book. It kept me entertained enough that I finished it in about three sittings. The writing style (besides the awkward magical realism parts) was good and I liked how the tone of the writing changed according to which woman was telling her story. As weird as it sounds, I thought Ashlee’s POV was the most entertaining, I could hear her much more in my head then the other’s. I also think a lot of the right people could really love this book.
Now having said all that I do not think this is a bad book. It kept me entertained enough that I finished it in about three sittings. The writing style (besides the awkward magical realism parts) was good and I liked how the tone of the writing changed according to which woman was telling her story. As weird as it sounds, I thought Ashlee’s POV was the most entertaining, I could hear her much more in my head then the other’s. I also think a lot of the right people could really love this book.