E’s Reviews > The Starless Sea > Status Update

At this point, I think we have a good sense of Ezra’s character. Who he is, how he dresses, how we’d expect him to react. Well done EM!

The book Rhyme gives him stops mid book...if he’s supposed to “write his own story” TBH i will think this quite cliche. I hope AM is a better author than that.

My guess is that EM has been cooking up a storm these last 8 years because the kitchen is making a ton of stuff that sounds delicious to me: butter with honey and salt for toast...yum. Reminds me of the flavored butters I used to ice-cream scoop out in a brunch restaurant I worked at.

kitchen gives him “Moon milk”: how cool and culturally interesting. This one is coconut milk but lots of variation with hot milk, turmeric, and nutmeg for sleep aids in Ayurveda

Even the kitchen appears to have a personality. Way to go Erin Morgenstern.. This story is developing beautifully. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

“All you need to know has been given to you,” maybe his mother is the ghost leaving him notes.

hm, is the burned door of Collector’s Club related to the burned Dollhouse room?

when did the other story start listing nightmares by number?

Obviously, shape is not a ghost but the things he’s seen in shadows “larger than a cat” for some time. Perhaps a friend or guardian helping him.

character arc for Zachary - developing ability to rationalize and accept chaos in the crypt