i found it more a reflection on womanhood and motherhood and queerness, in all its forms, and less a science fiction romp through the world of eating books or a story with very intricately developed plot lines and relationships. along that vein this book certainly won't be palatable to everyone. i happen to like things that taste of smoke, but a lot of people won't. I think if i were a book eater, this book would taste of smoke, perhaps with a little bit of sweetness. but love is not 'inherently good', as she notes, and that is her framework, for better or for worse. perhaps she is a morally reprehensible person. or perhaps she is just a woman, and perhaps the villains are the systems in place, archaic but adapting, that force devon to make certain choices. It would be so easy to write devon off as a vicious, villainous, violent (alliteration!) woman, and perhaps she is.

what shapes a monster? what identifies a monster? and in the end, who holds the power to decide who is a monster and who is not? The book eaters goes beyond science fiction and dives into an entirely new realm, exploring a world in which monsters are not the green people from outer space or the giant creatures, but the people who operate in the systems around us. Unfortunately for me, i could not eat this book, though i certainly did read it. Reading is not enough i need to eat the book Įdited to add: general content warnings for those who benefit from them:īody horror, gore, explicit violence, domestic abuse, violence against children If you would like to see photos of some of the locations which feature in The Book Eaters, please click here or copy/paste (this link DOES contain spoilers). I know that this book will not be for everyone, and that is completely okay! I hope your next book pleases you better <3 This is not a novel I ever thought I'd write, but then this isn't the life I ever thought I'd lead, so maybe those things go hand in hand? Hope you enjoy, Dear Reader. I'm super slow, sorry! I wrote this book while crawling through a very difficult period of my life, and though it is far from perfect I am still really happy to have seen it across the finish line. The 'read' dates are roughly the amount of time it took to write, revise, and hand in my completed edits on it.

This is not the first novel I've written, only the first I managed to get published, and I did not start out in short fiction - I only began writing shorts a couple of years ago. That would feel very strange! I'm just filling out this review form because YIKES, I have a novel on Goodreads!

Don't worry, I'm not going to star my own book.

The book eaters book review