I’d like to frame this whole story and stare at it for hours. It’s heavy in metaphor and surrealism, but it’s also absolutely stunning. I’m normally pretty good with this kind of thing, but even I had to reread some sections before I got the allegoryĬonclusion: This was like reading a work of art. I’m just waiting for my door to appear.ġ) With so much going on, and a lot of that being metaphorical, it’s very easy to get confused and lost with what’s happening in the story. Almost like it could all be happening somewhere far away. There’s no guessing what’s going to happen, just sitting back and letting the story take you on a ride.Ĥ) The way magic and myth and interwoven with the very ordinary life going on in the real world. This book keeps its secrets close to its chest. They’re beautiful and sad and perfect.ģ) The mystery of everything. It feels like it should be real, and it feels like we, the readers, all belong there.Ģ) The small stories that slowly build into something much grander and done so well. I want to live on the Starless Sea so much I could cry. The best way I can describe it is a series of melodic melancholy moments.ġ) This book speaks to a readers soul. Essentially, the book is about a huge library for storing stories, but it’s so much more than that. The book starts off with lots of little stories, and one main story that seems to link them all together, but then everything starts linking up and becomes just one big story full of magic and myth and danger and wonder. Synopsis: I have never read anything even remotely similar to this book before.

!!!Spoiler Warning!!! If you haven’t read this book yet, I give away some key spoilers! The Starless Sea

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