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Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. This is an opulently imagined debut, horrific and weirdly beautiful, filled with earnest feeling as well as cruelty. This does sound like something I would read. My head stuck on a spike and posted on the castle gate so crows eat my eyes and lips.”. I have ASD myself and I find a lot of her behavior autism specific. Not gonna lie, this was a disappointment for me. There was a problem loading your book clubs. I like her thoughts about her mom and the way the author worded the sentence about the worms. It’s something we should never forget to spread – kindness. First of all, it sucks that the women are shunned even though they’re eating other people’s sins! I think this could be a good one to read as well x. Recently orphaned May Owens is just fourteen, and has never considered what it might be like to be so ostracized; she’s more concerned with where her next meal is coming from. There’s always a reason as to why selfishness is not really selfish and crimes are honest and waiting safely by while somefolk else is killed is really the more courageous choice.”, “I wish you could show folk your insides the way you show your face. Oooh I think I would like this! ASD would not have been recognized in those days and perhaps she is viewed as a little different because nobody knew what autism was. In some ways, it read like a coming of age in that manner. The attention to detail about the timeframe is fantastic. 3.5 Stars "The Sin Eater walks among us, unseen, unheard Sins of our flesh become sins of Hers Following Her to the grave, unseen, unheard The Sin Eater Walks Among Us." Great review . Sin Eater is Campisi’s first novel (she has had plays produced, but none have yet been published), and the only disappointment it offers is the absence of a massive body of work waiting for the reader to devour when this first book ends. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Good review. Her plays have been performed in China, France, and the United States. This book is a fantastic read! May is caught stealing a loaf of bread and is sentenced to become a Sin Eater. Definitely adding it to my TBR. Please try again. In a nutshell: This book is about a girl who eats food representing the sins committed in a person’s life before they die so they meet their maker with good grades and clear skin. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. It was well written and kept my interest until the end. Sin eaters eat and take on the sins of others confessed on their death beds, allowing them to enter the kingdom of heaven, whilst the sin eater carries their burden of sin silently to their graves. Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2020. She is taken to prison, tortured, and killed. See? It mixed some events and people from different times in the monarchy. “Oh my. I love following May's thoughts. Atria Books; Reprint edition (April 7, 2020), excellent mystery and coming-of-age story in alternate Elizabethan England, Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2020. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Orphaned and friendless, apprenticed to an older Sin Eater who cannot speak to her, May must make her way in a dangerous and cruel world she barely understands. We’d love your help. An easy read about a fascinating topic. That’s all I’ve got. To avenge her death, May must find out who placed the deer heart on the coffin and why. It casts a spell on your heart and mind until the final page. In this darkly moody, intense, creepy, and atmospheric novel, the actual existence of real sin eaters of the period is taken to another level. Some great lines and moments; but the mystery plot was convoluted and I felt like I had no chance to guess the answer. :3, This sounds awesome! And one plot line strand felt a bit rushed at the end. Tell us what you like and we'll recommend books you'll love. Something went wrong. ASD would not have been recognized in those days and perhaps she is viewed as a little different because. Campisi’s narrator is what really sets this novel apart — the sin eater, a woman called to hear the sins of the dying and consume the foods that represent them. Sin Eaters. Sin Eater is dark, unique, original, well-crafted, visionary, horrifying, twisty, surprising tale, a very well written, somehow quirky, absurd, complex fantasy! Women truly always are! The author did a lot of research about the time period to make it feel as authentic as possible, Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2020. Satisfying like eating a wee bit too much candy. Home             My Account             Shopping Cart             Logout. The plot was centred around a royal conspiracy. Megan Campisi is a playwright, novelist, and teacher. This started out engagingly enough but for some reason I lost interest about 50 pages in. Relevance to today: Especially toward the end of the novel, we got to see what loneliness and kindness looks like. Her heroine, a young girl cruelly rendered pariah, is ingeniously sketched and achingly real. ", “An original novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat.”, “Sin Eater by Megan Campisi: A dystopian story about a girl in 16th century England that is sentenced to work as a 'Sin Eater, people who cannot be touched or spoken to and whose job is to hear the final confessions of the dying while eating foods symbolizing their sins so their souls can be admitted to heaven.' For the crime of stealing bread, May was given a life sentence: A Sin Eater...a social pariah...brutally marked with an "S" etched on her tongue...a shunned woman forced to wear a heavy brass collar with a hanging "S" pendant...cannot be touched or spoken to...cannot speak except during recitations or eatings. All that said it wasn't a bad book; but Sin Eater didn't feel quite complete to me. Exhilarating...great storytelling...reminiscent of The Handmaid's Tale or Russell Hoban's great sui-generis sci-fi novel Riddley Walker. This is one of those books where the more I read about it the more confused I got. Review: I really didn’t know anything about the concept of sin eaters before, so this was a learning process for me as I was reading. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. I loved every minute of this book. For the 2020 holiday season, returnable items shipped between October 1 and December 31 can be returned until January 31, 2021. Megan Campisi conjures a deliciously warped version of sixteenth-century Britain: Tudor England in a funhouse mirror. Reading Group Guide. Megan Campisi is a playwright, novelist and teacher.

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