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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
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:
No
I DID IT
I'M DONE
I'VE NEVER BEEN SO RELIEVED TO FINISH A BOOK IN MY LIFE.
NEVER. AGAIN.
I'M DONE
I'VE NEVER BEEN SO RELIEVED TO FINISH A BOOK IN MY LIFE.
NEVER. AGAIN.
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Veel mensen hebben het enthousiast over dit boek gehad, maar toen ik er in begon zag ik dat niet zo. Maar gaandeweg werd het erg leuk en spannend. Het verhaal van Lazlo Zonderling en Saria is ingewikkeld, want zij is het blauwe meisje uit zijn dromen en hij is de enige mens die haar kan zien. Er zitten stukjes in die ik echt met tranen in mijn ogen heb gelezen. Een dikke aanrader, maar wel doorzetten in het begin. En nu maar hopen dat het vervolg ook wordt vertaald.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can’t rate it anything below 3.5*, because it was written BEAUTIFULLY and is inherently a good story. Just… maybe not for me, I found issues with pacing and all the different narrative voices.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
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
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Lazlo Strange is an orphan foundling, who tends to the library stacks of his adopted home and dreams: dreams of a legendary city whose very name was removed from mankind's brains by magic. He collects every scrap of knowledge about the lost city, and learns their dead language, and dreams his days away. Until one day a delegation of warriors from the lost city arrives, and asks for volunteers to help them save their city...
Sarai is an orphan with magic, hiding from the world that would kill her. She has a handful of fellow survivors as company, as well as a few ghosts, but she lives in the night, when she can steal into the city and walk in humans' dreams. But what will happen if they ever learn she's there?
A lovely book, with a lot of worldbuilding and character work. There is some horrific trauma and backstory here - be warned for pretty much every major trigger warning except animal harm. But the characters are vibrant, even the antagonists that the reader initially hates. (Note: this only extends to antagonists we actually meet. The dead "gods", with one qualified exception, are truly horrific and irredeemable.)
If I had a quibble, it would be with how much of the book comes to be consumed with the teenage instalove romance. It does make sense as they are both unloved orphans who are fiercely longing for love, and are both dreamers who connect in that way. But it did get a bit old eventually for me personally. Opinions may vary!!
Still, romance aside, this is a great duology and I would be interested if the author expanded it to tell more stories in this universe.
Sarai is an orphan with magic, hiding from the world that would kill her. She has a handful of fellow survivors as company, as well as a few ghosts, but she lives in the night, when she can steal into the city and walk in humans' dreams. But what will happen if they ever learn she's there?
A lovely book, with a lot of worldbuilding and character work. There is some horrific trauma and backstory here - be warned for pretty much every major trigger warning except animal harm. But the characters are vibrant, even the antagonists that the reader initially hates. (Note: this only extends to antagonists we actually meet. The dead "gods", with one qualified exception, are truly horrific and irredeemable.)
If I had a quibble, it would be with how much of the book comes to be consumed with the teenage instalove romance. It does make sense as they are both unloved orphans who are fiercely longing for love, and are both dreamers who connect in that way. But it did get a bit old eventually for me personally. Opinions may vary!!
Still, romance aside, this is a great duology and I would be interested if the author expanded it to tell more stories in this universe.
My feelings are so mixed about this story. What a wonderful world the author has created, and a lovable character in Laszlo! I lost interest when it dissolved into a love story suitable for a young adult fiction.
*edit. I've returned to change my rating and review. This book has stuck with me, so much so, that I recommend it to people.
*edit. I've returned to change my rating and review. This book has stuck with me, so much so, that I recommend it to people.