Reviews tagging 'Death'

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

99 reviews

tinysierra's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

“I think you’re a fairy tale. I think you’re magical, and brave, and exquisite. And I hope you'll let me be in your story.”

Poetic, well strung together, and tragic.
Another reviewer mentioned that the lyrical writing almost made it hard to actually fall into the story.  I agree, which is why I don’t think this is a 5* read for me despite how beautiful it was. I was super interested in the characters, the plot, and the world, but there weren’t any of those moments where I forgot I was reading. I feel like that’s what I expected to happen, and maybe that might happen if I reread it now that I know all the events of the book, but I’m not sure. I think the prose is too purple lol

“Dream up something wild and improbable. Something beautiful and full of monsters.”
“Beautiful and full of monsters?”
“All the best stories are.”

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“It’s a woeful species that’s all male.” :P

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, and Murder

bethy_joy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

this book doesnt totally click w/ me. idk if it's the plot--or lack thereof--or what, but there's something missing. so it's rly a testament to laini's vivid, seemingly boundless imagination; impeccable and wholly original worldbuilding; her ability to make the simple seem magical and extraordinary; thought-provoking and emotional exploration of hatred, love, survival, living, horrors and trauma of war; her writing that is pure poetry; and--though it's too sweet and toe-curling for my taste--the tenderness and longing and hope infused between sarai and lazlo, that strange the dreamer nevertheless gets 4 stars. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, and War

Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Slavery, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

jhaneveauguste's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Rape, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

happilyeverengwis's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Death, Genocide, Gore, Rape, and Murder

krijemseoddusana's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Blood

linaisverytired's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I loved the writing , the world building, the descriptions and the characters but the book was very predictable

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

sarah_cameron's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.75

A slow start but the characters were  interesting and well fleshed out. The last quarter was executed really well and brought my attention back to the book, excited to give the sequel a go! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

riyket75's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

rvmajuliette's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book proves why children are annoying

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape