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A review by quillnqueer
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
5.0
The Starless Sea is a strange book, with stories on stories layered together to paint a warped history of a world beyond doors. You have to pay attention in order to piece it together, but I found that this made for a really rewarding re-read. The only thing that let me down was the weak ending, I wanted something a little more satisfying.
Zachary Ezra Rawlins finds a mysterious book at a library and opens it to find out that it's about him. His hunt for the meaning behind this book and the secret society it's connected to is the strongest part of the story, as he travels to wild parties and finally finds himself tumbling into the world of The Starless Sea, at the end of it's days.
One thing I would really love is not a sequel, but a prequel. We're constantly given glimpses of the world at it's height, rumours of wild parties, vistors leaving traces of themselves behind and it seems the world was a sanctuary back then. I wanted to travel back to those days so badly, and I hope Erin revisits this world one day.
Zachary Ezra Rawlins finds a mysterious book at a library and opens it to find out that it's about him. His hunt for the meaning behind this book and the secret society it's connected to is the strongest part of the story, as he travels to wild parties and finally finds himself tumbling into the world of The Starless Sea, at the end of it's days.
One thing I would really love is not a sequel, but a prequel. We're constantly given glimpses of the world at it's height, rumours of wild parties, vistors leaving traces of themselves behind and it seems the world was a sanctuary back then. I wanted to travel back to those days so badly, and I hope Erin revisits this world one day.