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The Starless Sea

Erin Morgenstern

Start date: November 1, 2019

Finish date: November 30, 2019

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Nov 18, 2019 Emma rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy

#disappointing

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Nov 06, 2019 Aly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2019, romance, audiobook, adult, fantasy, books-that-wrecked-me

Wow wow wow! This book has been a long time coming and it did not disappoint! It was magical and whimsical and sad and beautiful and I absolutely loved it! The writing was so similar to The Night Circus and it just flowed around me. I got lost in the story and didn't want it to end. The characters were so well done, Zachary and Dorian, Mirabel and Allegra, and all the side characters. The little tales interspersed were great and really added to the overall feeling of the story.
I loved this and ...more

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Mar 23, 2020 Jocelyn rated it liked it

Shelves: audiobooking, straight-outta-the-library

To be honest I have no idea what I just read. It was beautifully written, but there was just so much going on that I soon found that it was difficult to keep up with. This was pretty much my feeling after The Night Circus, too.

The main story is constantly interjected with shorter fables, often right when the narrative starts getting really interesting. It's a bit jarring and by the time you get back to the main story the flow is broken and you feel like you're starting all over again.

It's an a ...more

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Nov 28, 2019 Lee rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy

Wow. My brain hurts still trying to process all of this and I'm eager to reread this one day once I've processed this more so I can process it all over again.

The Starless Sea is a beautifully written novel that can leave you confused as you try to piece the story together. It is a story filled with stories that left me eager to tie everything together. I wanted to see how all these characters were intertwined and how they fit in. It was beautiful and truly captivating.

Throughout so much of thi ...more

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Jan 04, 2020 Keri (BooksWithKeri) rated it it was amazing

The Starless Sea is a gorgeous piece of prose about a love of stories, of storytelling. I adored Erin Morgenstern's writing in this. It was beautiful and poetic, which added to this feel of legend and myth passed down through the generations that was so important throughout the book.

The world of the Starless Sea and the Harbour was wonderfully mysterious. Nothing happens and everything happens. It's this world of possibility and the source of stories. I liked the way the characters were such a b ...more

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