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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked this book, but I find that some of the parts at the end get a little muddled when you read them. I found the whole cyclical-fate and drag-queen-twist-villain to be really cool though. Posey's gotta be my favorite character, and the book is plentiful with it's descriptions. It could be a banger animated movie.
I found the characters VERY easy to fall in love with—Adeline, being the queer black no-nonsense gal, and Ursula and Sophia being some of my favorites. There were parts where I wanted to clock Kane but given that it gets addressed, and given that characters HAVE to be flawed to have a conflict, it was fine. Loved all the queer elements, loved the plot idea. It made me feel cool just by thinking about it. This was a neat read.
I found the characters VERY easy to fall in love with—Adeline, being the queer black no-nonsense gal, and Ursula and Sophia being some of my favorites. There were parts where I wanted to clock Kane but given that it gets addressed, and given that characters HAVE to be flawed to have a conflict, it was fine. Loved all the queer elements, loved the plot idea. It made me feel cool just by thinking about it. This was a neat read.
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
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
The magic in this was cool, but the characters felt very juvenile to me.
this was good and i had a great time reading it, hoever i did feel like maybe it was a bit rushed. i wouldve liked some more time to explore this universe and the things going on with it. however i still had a good time reading this and i flew through it in one sitting. so its still a book id recommend its just not a "wow!!!!!" book for me yk.
"That’s the thing about a big imagination. It’s hard to belong anywhere when you can always imagine something better."
I guess this book was okay in the end... (scratch that, it wasn't)
I can't say I liked this book as much as I wanted to. The end did save this book for me. I would have given it a lower rating if not for it. But by the end of the year I doubt I would remember what happened in this book. It's only been a week since I finished it and it's already fading from my brain.
I can't really give synopsis for this book since I'm not sure I undertsand what this book is about but basically this guy Kane wakes up from a coma. A few weeks prior he had an accident and now his memory is a bit fuzzy. But the strangest thing of all is when he meets four people who say they are his friends. And from there the action of this book starts.
So I made two mistakes while reading this book. The first one is that I listened to the audiobook. Because of that I couldn't fully understand the plot or the magic system or anything really in this book. And my second mistake is when I kept listening to the audiobook even though I was very confused the whole time. At the 61% mark, I was considering DNF-ing it, but I already read more than half the book, so I would have felt bad if I actually DNF-ed it. I wish I stopped reading it earlier and moved to other books that I would have actually ended up loving.
I didn't feel attached to any of this characters. I couldn't care less about Kane and his drama. I couldn't care less about the plot of this book
The only thing I found somewhat interesting was the romance. But it was so little that it didn't really make me love the book more.
The plot was very confusing and most of the times I couldn't bring myself to care for what was actually happening. I wanted to understand the magic system and what Reveries actually were, but everything was just so confusing and it needed more explaining. The magic system also felt a bit underdeveloped, for example I noticed quite a few plotholes or maybe that was just me not understanding anything. Both are two possible explanations.
The ending did make me like the story a but more, but not by much. I was still confused as hell by the end of it.
I think this is a very confusing review, but so are my thoughts and so is this book.
Sadly, even though this book had so much potential, I didn't really like it. I didn't care about anything in this book and I actually regret not DNF-ing it (which doesn't really happen often)
I guess this book was okay in the end... (scratch that, it wasn't)
I can't say I liked this book as much as I wanted to. The end did save this book for me. I would have given it a lower rating if not for it. But by the end of the year I doubt I would remember what happened in this book. It's only been a week since I finished it and it's already fading from my brain.
I can't really give synopsis for this book since I'm not sure I undertsand what this book is about but basically this guy Kane wakes up from a coma. A few weeks prior he had an accident and now his memory is a bit fuzzy. But the strangest thing of all is when he meets four people who say they are his friends. And from there the action of this book starts.
So I made two mistakes while reading this book. The first one is that I listened to the audiobook. Because of that I couldn't fully understand the plot or the magic system or anything really in this book. And my second mistake is when I kept listening to the audiobook even though I was very confused the whole time. At the 61% mark, I was considering DNF-ing it, but I already read more than half the book, so I would have felt bad if I actually DNF-ed it. I wish I stopped reading it earlier and moved to other books that I would have actually ended up loving.
I didn't feel attached to any of this characters. I couldn't care less about Kane and his drama. I couldn't care less about the plot of this book
The only thing I found somewhat interesting was the romance. But it was so little that it didn't really make me love the book more.
The plot was very confusing and most of the times I couldn't bring myself to care for what was actually happening. I wanted to understand the magic system and what Reveries actually were, but everything was just so confusing and it needed more explaining. The magic system also felt a bit underdeveloped, for example I noticed quite a few plotholes or maybe that was just me not understanding anything. Both are two possible explanations.
The ending did make me like the story a but more, but not by much. I was still confused as hell by the end of it.
I think this is a very confusing review, but so are my thoughts and so is this book.
Sadly, even though this book had so much potential, I didn't really like it. I didn't care about anything in this book and I actually regret not DNF-ing it (which doesn't really happen often)
So this was the most interesting book that I’ve read where the main character is gay (FYI that doesn’t bother me). After being disappointed with the first story I read I was hesitant about this one. But, I actually really enjoyed it! I loved the magic of our own dreams becoming a reality and a place to escape. I look forward to what Ryan, the author, has in store for his next book!
I received a Netgalley ARC of Ryan la Sala’s magically realistic novel Reverie in exchange for an honest review, and I am so glad to have gotten the chance to start my 2020 with this gem. The story begins with Kane Montgomery struggling to make sense of a car accident; according to police reports, the wreck that inflicted massive damage on his town’s historical mill was all his fault, but Kane can remember nothing surrounding that moment. After meeting Dr. Poesy during an interrogation, though, Kane starts to realize that the accepted trail of events may not tell the whole story, causing him to question the very reality around him. Soon, Kane is battling through previously unfathomable realms and reclaiming his memories--and his potential--with a group of newly-rediscovered friends dubbed “The Others.”
What I loved about this novel was the nuance of the plot, the crystal-clear characterization, and the superb, wry prose. For example, one “reverie” is spawned by rude boys in Kane’s gym class who are described as being “in the process of peaking early in life.” Characters such as Ursula are described with such precision that I could picture her in front of me, even when she was performing such unbelievable acts as donning a wedding dress while karate-kicking an oversized, bejeweled beetle. And if that sentence sounds completely incongruous, that’s the other thing that was so wonderfully intoxicating about this book: despite how outlandish the premise, the plot just worked. Are there moments when a teacup can swallow an entire world? Yep! Can reality grind completely to a halt from time to time? Of course! Do we have a realm-bending drag queen as a main character? Sure! Yet in reading la Sala’s words, it’s so obvious that none of these things could be any other way. Finally, amid these completely entertaining moments, there is such a message of hope for any reader who feels on the fringes; although la Sala acknowledges the “secret sadness that [grows] like mold in the humidity of a life kept closed” when Kane considers himself as a queer person, the story ends on such a positive note as to encourage those who may not have yet found their way toward acceptance.
With its beautifully written prose, positive message, and thrill-ride plot, Reverie is a strong purchase for school libraries and a strong recommendation for students who have enjoyed titles such as Stephanie Garber’s Caraval or the Sci-Fi series The Magicians.
What I loved about this novel was the nuance of the plot, the crystal-clear characterization, and the superb, wry prose. For example, one “reverie” is spawned by rude boys in Kane’s gym class who are described as being “in the process of peaking early in life.” Characters such as Ursula are described with such precision that I could picture her in front of me, even when she was performing such unbelievable acts as donning a wedding dress while karate-kicking an oversized, bejeweled beetle. And if that sentence sounds completely incongruous, that’s the other thing that was so wonderfully intoxicating about this book: despite how outlandish the premise, the plot just worked. Are there moments when a teacup can swallow an entire world? Yep! Can reality grind completely to a halt from time to time? Of course! Do we have a realm-bending drag queen as a main character? Sure! Yet in reading la Sala’s words, it’s so obvious that none of these things could be any other way. Finally, amid these completely entertaining moments, there is such a message of hope for any reader who feels on the fringes; although la Sala acknowledges the “secret sadness that [grows] like mold in the humidity of a life kept closed” when Kane considers himself as a queer person, the story ends on such a positive note as to encourage those who may not have yet found their way toward acceptance.
With its beautifully written prose, positive message, and thrill-ride plot, Reverie is a strong purchase for school libraries and a strong recommendation for students who have enjoyed titles such as Stephanie Garber’s Caraval or the Sci-Fi series The Magicians.