Os devoradores de livros

“To eat is to remember.”

Eating maps just to feel the sun on your skin is a wild trade. Meg and her family treat knowledge like a meal. It makes me wonder what parts of my brain I would feed to someone else.

“Information was the only currency that mattered.”

The Fairies keep the women in a constant state of pregnancy and silence. It feels like a gilded cage. Watching Devon realize her value is tied only to her womb is heartbreaking.

Devon’s son eats human minds instead of paper. She has to find people for him to consume. It shows how far a mother goes when her child is born a monster.

“Books are the only things that let us live more than one life.”

Old books taste like dust and history. New ones are sharp and fresh. I never thought about the physical flavor of a story before this.