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FAR BENEATH the surface of the earth, upon the shores of the Starless Sea, there …

Review of 'The Starless Sea' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I simply could not get over the impression that the fantastical realm the characters spent most of their time in seemed very much like a boutique hotel, at least at first, and that led to a preoccupation about whether or how the (concededly human) characters went to the bathroom - was there one attended by similar invisible house servants (or magical self-cleaning toilets), or did they just magically not excrete despite all the food and drink they consumed over a long period of time down there? Also, the titular sea being made of honey was just gross.