The Book Eaters
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The whole family system in The Book Eaters is incredibly abusive
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Is there throat mutilation?
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The protagonist bites two people’s necks
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Does a dragon die?
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Some dragons (book eaters) are shot
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The protagonist marries a man old enough to be her father in an arranged marriage. This happens a lot in her culture
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Book Eater women are forced to abandon their children, whether they want to or not
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Is there cannibalism?
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On two separate occasions, a character bites another character, but in self-defense, not to eat them. Mindeaters eat the brain of their victims, but it’s established that they and Book Eaters are a species separate from humans, despite resembling them visually
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Does a non-human character die?
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The Book Eaters are a separate species from humans, and several of them die
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Is an infant abducted?
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Societal expectations are that mothers only stay with each child they birth for 3 years. Even if they want to stay, they are forced apart from their children
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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The book goes back and forth in time, which some might find confusing. It also has a lot of its own lore and vocabulary, which might make someone feel unmoored
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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I don’t have DID, but I imagine those who do might have strong thoughts about Mind Eaters
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Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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An adult male character’s inner monologue berates him for “crying like a girl”
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Does a family member die?
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Is someone watched without knowing?
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Matly reveals a surveillance system to Devon as an intimidation technique
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Is someone possessed?
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Characters who are Mind Eaters have to eat the brains of others to survive unless they’re on Redemption. Mind Eaters in turn adopt some of the memories, skills, personalities, desires of the people whose minds they consume. In a way, this is possession. When [spoiler] Kai eats his uncle’s brains, he behaves like his uncle, and in context it’s very disturbing
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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In book eater culture, women are married off to one family after another and they are not meant to be attached to their children
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Cursing
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Does someone become unconscious?
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Does a parent die?
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Kai sucks out his dad’s brain
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The protagonist drinks excessively in some scenes
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Is there a dead animal?
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Passing mention of hunting
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The ocean
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The Knights hobble Manny to make it harder for him to escape
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Passing mention of the need to avoid “too much” inbreeding, implying there is at least some
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Devon is drugged during her daughter’s birthday party
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It’s mentioned that it used to be common practice to euthanize mindeater children before the invention of Redemption. Even so, mindeater girls are considered to be unmarriageable (and therefore useless). You get the sense that euthanasia of mindeaters still happens but not as much as in the past
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Is existentialism debated?
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The Book Eaters suppose that they were created by someone called The Collector, but that it wasn’t a universal agreement among them
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The protagonist’s husband takes advantage of the protagonist being drunk to initiate sex with her when she’s barely conscious
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Does it have a sad ending?
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It’s not straightforward positive end either, though
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