Lynnie 
fantasy
There are families who get their nourishment from books, rather than meat and vegetables, to stay alive. Once they have eaten a book, they remember everything between the covers. As children they eat fairytales, as adults they eat more practical material - books of maps, stories of bravery and business. But all is not well in the book-eating world. There are some who are born with a hunger that books can't satisfy.
Honestly, The Book Eaters should have been in my "do not finish" pile, but for
some reason I kept reading. I loved the idea of this story and to be
sure it started out strong. I was really interested in the world Sunyi Dean created and the
idea of this community who subsisted on books. I enjoyed the
descriptions of the taste of older books vs. newer shiny pages, the
differences in the stories and how knowledge could be transferred by
eating a book... all great stuff.
Some characters, like the main character, Devon, and a side character, Jarrow, were interesting enough that I wanted to learn more about them (though other than Devon, we rarely learn much about anyone). But most of the characters in the book were one-dimensional or so underdeveloped that they faded into one another. Midway through the book, I would find excuses to do things other than read- which is when I should have just put the book down for good. But I kept thinking it would pick back up again. Why did I think that? I have no idea.
Let me save you the trouble though. If you are bored, and think this is going to improve, it will not. You will simply be mad at yourself for continuing to read. It looks like there are plenty of people who loved every page of this novel and to you I say, more power to you. But a book needs more than a beautiful cover and a strong start and sadly, The Book Eaters doesn't offer anything other than that.
Some characters, like the main character, Devon, and a side character, Jarrow, were interesting enough that I wanted to learn more about them (though other than Devon, we rarely learn much about anyone). But most of the characters in the book were one-dimensional or so underdeveloped that they faded into one another. Midway through the book, I would find excuses to do things other than read- which is when I should have just put the book down for good. But I kept thinking it would pick back up again. Why did I think that? I have no idea.
Let me save you the trouble though. If you are bored, and think this is going to improve, it will not. You will simply be mad at yourself for continuing to read. It looks like there are plenty of people who loved every page of this novel and to you I say, more power to you. But a book needs more than a beautiful cover and a strong start and sadly, The Book Eaters doesn't offer anything other than that.
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