The Starless Sea

“Once, very long ago, Time fell in love with Fate.”

This book was simultaniously really really weird and also really really good and I still don't really know what to think of it, so I just sort of weighed its parts against one another.

The little short stories that intertwine with the plot? 10/10, 5 stars, loved it.
Most of the main plot, up until about page 200? Really boring, 2 stars, really slow and basically no plot.
Dorian? Love of my life. Zachary Ezra Rawlins? Really boring (not ideal for a main character).

This book might be 3.5 stars for me in the greater scheme of things, but it still takes a special place in my heart because the last part and the short stories were so beautiful that I can't help but love it despite it flaws and Erin Morgenstern still remains one of my favourite authors when it comes to writing style and world crafting (please don't wait 9 years to write the next book I'm begging)