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The Devourers by Indra Das

36 reviews

empoleon's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I realized by the end (and maybe this was spelled out too heavy-handedly by the author), that this book is an allegory about change. We are not static people, we are not necessarily defined by the gender listed on a birth certificate, the name given to us, or the expectations of other people. We can change, and we should change, as we grow into the person that we are meant to be. Sometimes this change will be painful, uncertain, and unaccepted by others, but that's ok. Because as long as you know who you are, that change was meant to happen.
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w0lfyfr3n's review

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slow-paced

1.0

I was excited to start reading a book that I thought was about queer werewolves but this defied my expectations in the wrong direction. [Spoilers ahead]
For characters that can allegedly shift into any form, the three main non-humans inexplicably take the shape of frustratingly cryptic and uniquely horrid men. I was more interested in what was developing between Alok and the half werewolf but a good 80% of the book is not about their dynamic, and when it is, the nice tender moments are eclipsed by the unsatisfying and mysterious way in which their meetings end

Apart from this, the repeated flippant mentions of all forms of abuse, and the unnecessarily vivid descriptions of all bodily fluids threw me off completely. An overall uncomfortable read. 

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poisoned_icecream's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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eb_rivers's review

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I struggled to read this in the beginning but the more I read the more I loved it. The story felt very raw and complex. Some of the characters are unlikeable and some aren't pleasant but you learn to like them anyways. I love the flipping between present day and the past. I especially loved it's takes on legends/myths/mythology. It's hard to describe this book in a way that does it justice. Look up content warnings, I've included some but there may be more!
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ronda_bowen's review

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

This was a very strange book, and kind of uneven. There were parts that I liked, parts that I didn't like, and parts that were just gross. Yet I kept turning the page... I feel like a bunch could have been cut from the novel and it would have been just as good. There were about 4 or 5 places where it could have ended. The real beginning of the story was about 80 pages in... it was just strange. I liked it okay though.
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cdelligatti13's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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haylee_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

I…did not really like this and that’s all I am gonna say. I honestly kind of regret pushing through and finishing this one. I should have DNF’d.
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mattycakesbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.25

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absakaabby's review

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mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Beautifully written. Weaves you through folklore and myths over centuries with such a mystical ease. The craving for love in each of the characters is felt. 
There are times when some descriptions are gruesome and unsettling though. I found myself skipping through the last 30 pages while it tried to reiterate everything the book had already said. 
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smoothlikebutter's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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