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The Sin Eater
The Sin Eater | Megan Campisi
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A Sin Eater's duty is a necessary evil: she hears the final private confessions of the dying, eats their sins as a funeral rite, and so guarantees their souls access to heaven. It is always women who eat sins - since it was Eve who first ate the Forbidden Fruit - and every town has at least one, not that they are publicly acknowledged. Stained by the sins they are obliged to consume, the Sin Eater is shunned and silenced, doomed to live in exile at the edge of town. 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. When she's arrested for stealing a loaf of bread, however, and subsequently sentenced to become a Sin Eater, finding food is suddenly the last of her worries. It's a devastating sentence, but May's new invisibility opens new doors. And when first one then two of the Queen's courtiers suddenly grow ill, May hears their deathbed confessions - and begins to investigate a terrible rumour that is only whispered of amid palace corridors.
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mackelie
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A Sin Eater hears people‘s recitations of their sins and then eats the meals according to the sin. May is sentenced to become one but then she finds strengths and a sense of belonging in the role.

I was really intrigued by the premise of this book and wasn‘t sure what to expect. The first half of the book was very good but it lacked something for me at the end… I wasn‘t expecting it to become a murder mystery type of story.

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mackelie
The Sin Eater | Megan Campisi

“I curse this fountain, I think to the square. I curse it‘s water. I gaze from shuttered window to shuttered window. From this time forth, it will be known as the Sin Eater‘s Fountain. None shall drink from it or wash in it or touch it again. Except me. Because I can‘t be cursed. I am a curse.”

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sophies_little_library
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you can never speak again. you can never be hugged, touched, looked at. you must ingest the darkest sins humanity can commit, cleansing them of evil and taking it into yourself. this was so dark, so heartbreaking, but may remains hopeful and curious after becoming a sin eater. even when she loses someone in devastating circumstances, she persists. i loved her.

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beanz
The Sin Eater | Megan Campisi
Mehso-so

Good storytelling, decent plot

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Clwojick
The Sin Eater | Megan Campisi
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It‘s been such a busy week, and therefor my worst reading week for #Scarathlon so far. I started The Shining and The Birds That Stay but haven‘t finished either…. I decided to start this one instead 😂

So far it‘s that perfectly weird mix that has intrigued me this month. I have high hopes for this one🖤 #TeamSlaughter

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CourtSmall
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156-2020 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
May is saved from the noose but appointed to be a sin eater. Sin eaters hearing the confessions of the dying, take on their sins once eating the prescribed foods after their deaths. Sin Eaters are only to speak during recitations and only using their scripted words. What happens when a deer heart appears on a coffin when the dying person didn't confess to that sin? And therein is the mystery in this story.

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squirrelbrain
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So annoying when a #netgalley #arc is all over the place. I can cope with an odd page number or chapter heading appearing where it shouldn‘t but this is just ridiculous.

The first chapter was fine then it all went wrong so I checked the whole book 👎

It‘s only the second time it‘s happened to me but still.... ggrr and other growly stuff.

#netgalleyreviewathon

And another square ticked off on #bookspinbingo, as even bails count - right?!

Jee_HookedOnBookz Omg this would‘ve annoyed me too! 😡 4y
TheAromaofBooks Oh my gosh WHY!! Yes, bails totally count, and I can definitely understand why this one is in that category!! 4y
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LostInSpace
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This was a really enjoyable read, a story like nothing else I‘ve read before.

May is thrown into her life as a sin eater and she has to learn quick, it‘s do or die. Discovering a secret so dangerous that it‘s a threat to her life leaves her determined to find the truth. A story about a girl who finds herself abandoned by her family but somehow finds the strength to become someone with power and a reason to live.

4/5 ⭐️

#mystery #medieval

erzascarletbookgasm Great cover👍 4y
Nute Gosh! What a pretty book! 4y
LostInSpace @Icepop 👍🏼👍🏼 4y
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rsteve388
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This is one of my favorite books of 2020! Profound! A young girl becomes a Sin Eater a socially banished women who eats the sins of the town folk.who die their sins in turn become her sins and so these people go to meet their maker son free. This was a wild story. I sat down and read it in one sitting! Magnificent!

P.S there was a movie made by a similar name in 2007 called The Last Sin Eater.

P.S.S Sin Eaters did exist in the 20th Century.

Q84 Sin eaters did exist in the 20th century? Please tell me more. 4y
Q84 Sounds like communion over a dead body. Not sure what to think of that. 🤷‍♀️ The book sounds interesting though. 4y
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