Devouring Sin Eater
©Emily Kallas
On average, and depending on the length of the novel, it takes me about a week or so to read a book from cover to cover.
So, I think it says something of a book when I read it, start to finish, in 2 days. And so promptly after another fantastic book (The Address Book by Deirdre Mask)!
Stealing bread to survive, May Owens is caught and imprisoned. She is then sentenced a fate deemed worse than death: to become one of the city's "Sin Eaters". The least desirable job by societies standards, shunned to never be spoken to or even acknowledged; May's job now is to eat specific foods to represent the various sins of the dying or newly deceased.
Recognizably inspired by a commoner's Tudor-Elizabethan town, Megan Campisi mixes in her own spices, adding an almost fantasy-like tone to the story. Campisi's writing style has the right amount of richness and sparsity creating appetite for the story, compelling the reader to keep reading and quench that craving, low rumbling hunger. Unlike the other town folk, you wan't be able to look away from May Owens.
(↑Sneak Peak at my future shelf talker for the book↑)
My one wish it that the book wasn't so heavy handed in the Tudor-Elizabethan references/allusions. Compelling story other wise. It usually takes me an average of about a week to read a book from start to finish, so it says something of a book that I read most of in a single day.
I am also not a fan of the copy on the back of the book (the publisher's description) comparing it as "...The Handmaid's Tale meets Alice In Wonderland..." Not only is that a major stretch in comparisons, I also feel that it is unfair to the book. I mean, maybe since she is forced into a servitude that is reserved for women for The Handmaid's Tale, and the fact that there is a portion of the story set within the royal court and has a cruel queen, maybe for Alice In Wonderland? but the comparability pretty much ends there.
Because of the mention of Alice, I was initially hoping to suggest this to my Alice In Wonderland obsessed friend. Now, after reading the book, that won't be why I recommend it.
On average, and depending on the length of the novel, it takes me about a week or so to read a book from cover to cover.
So, I think it says something of a book when I read it, start to finish, in 2 days. And so promptly after another fantastic book (The Address Book by Deirdre Mask)!
Stealing bread to survive, May Owens is caught and imprisoned. She is then sentenced a fate deemed worse than death: to become one of the city's "Sin Eaters". The least desirable job by societies standards, shunned to never be spoken to or even acknowledged; May's job now is to eat specific foods to represent the various sins of the dying or newly deceased.
Recognizably inspired by a commoner's Tudor-Elizabethan town, Megan Campisi mixes in her own spices, adding an almost fantasy-like tone to the story. Campisi's writing style has the right amount of richness and sparsity creating appetite for the story, compelling the reader to keep reading and quench that craving, low rumbling hunger. Unlike the other town folk, you wan't be able to look away from May Owens.
(↑Sneak Peak at my future shelf talker for the book↑)
My one wish it that the book wasn't so heavy handed in the Tudor-Elizabethan references/allusions. Compelling story other wise. It usually takes me an average of about a week to read a book from start to finish, so it says something of a book that I read most of in a single day.
I am also not a fan of the copy on the back of the book (the publisher's description) comparing it as "...The Handmaid's Tale meets Alice In Wonderland..." Not only is that a major stretch in comparisons, I also feel that it is unfair to the book. I mean, maybe since she is forced into a servitude that is reserved for women for The Handmaid's Tale, and the fact that there is a portion of the story set within the royal court and has a cruel queen, maybe for Alice In Wonderland? but the comparability pretty much ends there.
Because of the mention of Alice, I was initially hoping to suggest this to my Alice In Wonderland obsessed friend. Now, after reading the book, that won't be why I recommend it.
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