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The Book Eaters
- Narrated by: Katie Erich
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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The Book Eaters
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Publisher's Summary
THE NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A gorgeous fantasy horror – a book about stories and fairy tales with family and love at its dark heart…
Hidden across England and Scotland live six old Book Eater families.
The last of their lines, they exist on the fringes of society and subsist on a diet of stories and legends.
Children are rare and their numbers have dwindled, so when Devon Fairweather’s second child is born a dreaded Mind Eater – a perversion of her own kind, who consumes not stories but the minds and souls of humans – she flees before he can be turned into a weapon for the family… or worse.
Living among humans and finding prey for her son, Devon seeks a cure for his hunger. But time is running out – for her family want her back, and with every soul her son consumes he loses a little more of himself…
This is a story of escape, a mother’s savage devotion and a queer love that will electrify listeners looking for something beguiling, thrilling, strange and new.
Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke, and Let the Right One In
Critic Reviews
"Some novels are intended to be devoured in one sitting. Such is the case with Sunyi Dean’s The Book Eaters. Innovative, unique, poignant and told with a voice as original as the story itself. I finished this novel in that one sitting, yet I’ll be pondering it for a long time to come. This is the debut of a new master of the modern fantasy. Don’t miss it." (James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestseller of The Starless Crown)
"Raw and imaginative, this gritty, gothic anti-fairytale knows the truth: love will make a villain out of anyone." (Olivie Blake, author of The Atlas Six)
"Sunyi Dean’s The Book Eaters is a darkly sweet pastry of a book about family, betrayal and the lengths we go to for the ones we love. Great reading for a rainy morning, with tea or coffee on, a cat in your lap, and nowhere to be but lost in a delicious modern fairy tale." (Christopher Buehlman, author of The Blacktongue Thief)
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- Anonymous User
- 01-01-2024
Book Eaters - review
I liked the concept of story, having to eat books if you want to gain anything from them. I also liked that the story kind of had Arthurian vibes with dragon and knights included in the story, I also liked the Book Eaters and Mind Eaters concept as it was interesting seeing how that 2 group of people work together if and when they crossed paths
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-11-2023
Something Different
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I enjoyed the way it lived in the grey areas of moral and ethical dilemmas. The pace was fast enough for me.
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- Annie
- 12-12-2022
Very Underwhelming
Read this as part of a book club so want to specify I wouldn't have picked this up from cover or blurb on my own.
I didn't find any of the characters relatable or likable, and thought the plot was very slow. The relationships between pretty much all of the characters are flat, and the whole novel feels very bleak, but that may be a stylistic choice to assist with conveying the main characters overarching hoplessness.
The society created felt like the whole novel was intended for social commentary, whereas I was hoping for more adventure and exploration of dilemmas that can be 'solved' through the knowledge collected from books eaten. The book eating factor just felt like a fun side creation of the characters, but didn't really add anything to the story.
So many loose ends, but for what felt like nothing drawing me to keep reading the book, I am not even frustrated.
The feature I apprecaited the most about this book is the writing, which had some well done segments, but wasn't enough to save the story.
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