The Book Eaters

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Call Number: Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Dean, Sunyi, Fantasy / Dean, Sunyi
On Shelf At: Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Dean, Sunyi	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Dean, Sunyi	4-week checkout	Due 05-24-2024
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Dean, Sunyi	4-week checkout	Due 04-04-2024
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Fantasy / Dean, Sunyi	4-week checkout	Due 05-15-2024

"Sunyi Dean's The Book Eaters is a contemporary fantasy debut. It's a story of motherhood, sacrifice, and hope; of queer identity and learning to accept who you are; of gilded lies and the danger of believing the narratives others create for you. Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book's content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries. Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon-like all other book eater women-is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories. But real life doesn't always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger-not for books, but for human minds"-- Provided by publisher.

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The Book Eaters submitted by nemiller on July 24, 2023, 6:55pm This book is amazing!

It straddles the line between fantasy and horror. The plot and characters are unique, and the world-building is incredible without weighing the story down. I listened to the audiobook, and the narration was just as good as the writing. As a bonus, the audiobook ends with an interview between the author and the audiobook narrator - and it really is an interview *between* them because they each ask questions of the other.

Five out of five stars, would recommend to fantasy and horror readers alike!