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musebeliever's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Eating disorder, Body horror, Sexism, and Murder
auroragraph's review
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Cannibalism, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Abortion, Rape, and Pregnancy
anxiousnachos's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.25
Star Eater is a pacy, gruesome and gory horror fantasy about a murder mystery with cannibalistic government nuns and cats the size of horses and sexually transmitted zombieism. There are definitely problems! The ending is very rushed, the epilogue comes out of nowhere and it could of have had an extra 20-30 pages to end the book properly. And as other reviewers have pointed out, it’s weird how there’s no mention of trans/nonbinary people in such a queer-norm world?
But the vibes were so perfect for me and I can’t remember the last time I flew through a book like I did this.
Content warnings: Graphic blood and gore, graphic cannibalism, rape, forced impregnation, hallucinations, eating disorder, violence, murder, attempted murder, abortion, child death, child abuse, death
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Abortion, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Murder, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Mental illness
fierceweebadger's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Cannibalism
Moderate: Rape
avery_lj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Cannibalism
Moderate: Rape
sambutwithbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Especially when El learns that she's a rare type of nun whose body, when consumed to excess, would make the person eating her super powerful- I never really felt the urgency of her being basically hunted for nearly half the book.
Another issue I fought with was how binary the plot was. The characters- especially the women- are incredibly queer but there's practically no room made for trans or non-binary characters in this world.
The ending was a little too neatly tied up but at the end of the day I did mostly enjoy this book, I just wanted a little more from it.
Graphic: Body horror, Rape, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Abortion, and Child abuse
the_midwest_library's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Surprising great book, I picked this up on a whim the concept seemed cool and the cover is fantastic. I really loved the premise: a matriarchal society with a dark secret to it's inner workings, decent magic system and political setup. My only complaint was that the ending seemed rush, I wish there was more depth to the last 100 pages of the book, but I wasn't not disappointed. If this world continued I would read more!
Moderate: Rape and Cannibalism
smitinghedgehog's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.5
Graphic: Cannibalism and Body horror
Moderate: Rape, Abortion, Eating disorder, and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse
urs's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, and Mental illness
Moderate: Child abuse, Gore, Murder, and Rape
Minor: Abortion, Child death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, and Violence