Book Eaters Summary
Sunyi Dean

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Book Eaters Overview

The Book Eaters is a 2022 work of fantasy fiction written by Sunyi Dean. It is set in England, and the main characters are eaters. Some of these eaters consume books while others consume brains. The narrative follows the life of protagonist, Devon, as she tries to save her mind eater son from both death and the fate of needing to consume brains his whole life, but she is hindered in this quest by her brother Ramsey who wants to use Devon for his own purposes. Key themes include the fact that power held by force is never safe, the degree to which stories hold power in shaping who people become, the power of a mother’s love, the ways that exposure to evil sensitizes people to evil, and the fact that witch hunts still occur.