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Star Eater
by Kerstin Hall
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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
2.5 stars, rounded up.
Star Eater is listed as an adult book, however, aside from sex being a part of the more horror aspects, this reads like a young adult fantasy. I enjoy young adult, so I didn’t dislike this, but I imagine other readers will.
My primary issue with the book was that it’s a solid 400 pages, and a 15 hour audiobook- but I had no idea what was going on until 50% in. Because of the way things made no sense to me, the vital twist fell flat. How can I appreciate a magical twist, if I don’t really understand the influence of the magical system to begin with?
As I received an audiobook ARC- I want to say that the narrator did not do a fantastic job of differentiating between who was talking. With a plot that no one explains the pieces of, and characters you can’t tell the difference between, this was a headache to follow.
This was a book I so desperately wanted to like, but it fell through for me. Maybe it’s better on paper, but based on other reviews- it looks like that’s wishful thinking. Everything felt shallow and not fully developed, as if we didn’t quite understand the world even as it was being written.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review.
2.5 stars, rounded up.
Star Eater is listed as an adult book, however, aside from sex being a part of the more horror aspects, this reads like a young adult fantasy. I enjoy young adult, so I didn’t dislike this, but I imagine other readers will.
My primary issue with the book was that it’s a solid 400 pages, and a 15 hour audiobook- but I had no idea what was going on until 50% in. Because of the way things made no sense to me, the vital twist fell flat. How can I appreciate a magical twist, if I don’t really understand the influence of the magical system to begin with?
As I received an audiobook ARC- I want to say that the narrator did not do a fantastic job of differentiating between who was talking. With a plot that no one explains the pieces of, and characters you can’t tell the difference between, this was a headache to follow.
This was a book I so desperately wanted to like, but it fell through for me. Maybe it’s better on paper, but based on other reviews- it looks like that’s wishful thinking. Everything felt shallow and not fully developed, as if we didn’t quite understand the world even as it was being written.