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Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks

25 reviews

mkdoyle14's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness

bookwitch's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

My first Nicholas Sparks for quite some time. They are just as reader friendly, and accessible as I remember. Colby and Morgan's romance took a very spacious backseat to the suspenseful Beverly. I was worried it would be too much like Safe Haven (which I did really love when I first read it), but luckily it ended up with it's own unique twist at the end. Not to say the twist wasn't predictable, but it was it's own story, and not a repackaged older book, so I am at least happy with that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Drug abuse

hiraeth_'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

romyschulten's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

writefullyyours's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

mandajo's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Dreamland is not one of my favorite Sparks books, but I still enjoyed reading it and the characters. 

Beverly's story had me whipping through the pages to see what was going to happen with her. On the other side, I enjoyed Colby and Morgan's story, but they are not in my top favorite couples in Sparks novels and I didn't read through their sections as quickly until the last part. 

I started to piece together what was going on with both stories about 65-70% into the story, but didn't have it 100% correct at the end, which was mostly just small plot points I missed. 

Looking forward to my next Sparks read, whatever it will be.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse

graceanneee's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Sexual content

katieannette's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, and Stalking

literarymary95's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book gave me mixed feelings. I felt the story portion about Colby was great, but the Beverly portion was really jarring and sudden whenever it switched over to her perspective. I think it took away from the main story and made it hard for me to want to read any of her chapters even if I still did.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Sexual content

kayjay279's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

It’s been awhile since I’ve read Nicholas Sparks, and I’m reminded why he’s always been one of my favorite authors. This story was absolutely woven to perfection, and I adored all of it. It had me feeling so many different feels, and then sad when it finally ended. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness