Review: Sin Eater: A Novel

Sin Eater: A Novel by Megan Campisi
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I listened to the audiobook version of Sin Eater: A Novel written by Megan Campisi and narrated by Shiromi Arserio.  Normally, I would prefer to read a book like this, but my library only had the audiobook version.  It is a very rich story with vivid descriptions that I feel get a little lost when you are listening.  But better an audio version than nothing.  If you are not already familiar with sin eaters, they were real people who would absolve people of their sins by eating specific foods that correlated to each sin. By eating the sin, they took it upon their own soul.  It is heavy.  While they provided the most valuable of services, they were also social pariahs.  The sin eater in this book gets drawn into a mystery thriller.  I think the best part was hearing which foods went with which sins and guessing why that might be.  But as a vegetarian with food allergies, this book made me itchy. 

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