, ▁Electric ▁Liter ature , ▁Imp ose ▁Magazine , ▁and ▁Van ity ▁Fair . ▁F lav or wire ▁included ▁Cry stal ▁E aters ▁on ▁several ▁lists , ▁including : ▁ 1 0 ▁Must ▁Read ▁Books ▁of ▁July , ▁The ▁ 5 0 ▁Best ▁Gen re - B ending ▁Books , ▁ 5 0 ▁Ex cell ent ▁Fab ul ist ▁Books ▁Every one ▁Should ▁Read , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁Best ▁Book ▁of ▁the ▁Year . ▁The ▁now ▁def unct ▁literary ▁journal ▁HTML G I ANT , ▁of ▁which ▁Jones ▁was ▁an ▁original ▁contrib utor , ▁ran ▁an ▁un pre ced ented ▁four ▁positive ▁reviews ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁between ▁April ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁and ▁September ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁Reb e cca ▁Rub enst in , ▁the ▁former ▁inter views ▁editor ▁for ▁The ▁R ump us , ▁and ▁editor - in - ch ief ▁of ▁Mid night ▁Break fast , ▁wrote : ▁" C ry stal ▁E aters ▁is ▁dream like ▁and ▁dev ast ating , ▁with ▁language ▁that ▁aff ix es ▁itself ▁to ▁your ▁b ones ▁and ▁won ’ t ▁let ▁go , ▁even ▁long ▁after ▁you ’ ve ▁finished . ▁I ▁can ’ t ▁recommend ▁it ▁more ▁highly ." ▁ ▁On ▁July ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁an ▁intention ally ▁controvers ial ▁ess ay / review ▁by ▁Lee ▁Klein ▁published ▁by ▁ 3 : AM ▁Magazine ▁discussed ▁Cry stal ▁E aters ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁"