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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
So delightful. So many problems. So who cares about problems? The delights are worth it.
Strange the Dreamer has cliches. It has writing problems. It has an orphan male hero protagonist who is coincidentally good at everything and the main plot is about him coming to the rescue of the major female character who lacks agency and is literally trapped in a tower. It has a (MINOR SPOILER) dark-twist ending to set up a sequel. Character introductions sound like romance novel snippets. The book has a goddamn PROLOGUE.
But you know? Strange the Dreamer has also got a few fantasy/magic ideas I’ve never seen brought together. It has dream sequences that I actually enjoyed reading (I hate all dream sequences in all literature up to this book). Strange the Dreamer is a wholesome meme. It has moments of tenderness. Strange the Dreamer is a warm cup of tea. Strange the Dreamer includes a couple pages talking about kissing that you wrote in eighth grade. It's okay! Eighth grade wasn’t all bad!
It’s fun. It’s a grilled cheese sandwich. Eat it!
Strange the Dreamer has cliches. It has writing problems. It has an orphan male hero protagonist who is coincidentally good at everything and the main plot is about him coming to the rescue of the major female character who lacks agency and is literally trapped in a tower. It has a (MINOR SPOILER) dark-twist ending to set up a sequel. Character introductions sound like romance novel snippets. The book has a goddamn PROLOGUE.
But you know? Strange the Dreamer has also got a few fantasy/magic ideas I’ve never seen brought together. It has dream sequences that I actually enjoyed reading (I hate all dream sequences in all literature up to this book). Strange the Dreamer is a wholesome meme. It has moments of tenderness. Strange the Dreamer is a warm cup of tea. Strange the Dreamer includes a couple pages talking about kissing that you wrote in eighth grade. It's okay! Eighth grade wasn’t all bad!
It’s fun. It’s a grilled cheese sandwich. Eat it!
So delightful. So many problems. So who cares about problems? The delights are worth it.
Strange the Dreamer has cliches. It has writing problems. It has an orphan male hero protagonist who is coincidentally good at everything and the main plot is about him coming to the rescue of the major female character who lacks agency and is literally trapped in a tower. It has a (MINOR SPOILER) dark-twist ending to set up a sequel. Character introductions sound like romance novel snippets. The book has a goddamn PROLOGUE.
But you know? Strange the Dreamer has also got a few fantasy/magic ideas I’ve never seen brought together. It has dream sequences that I actually enjoyed reading (I hate all dream sequences in all literature up to this book). Strange the Dreamer is a wholesome meme. It has moments of tenderness. Strange the Dreamer is a warm cup of tea. Strange the Dreamer includes a couple pages talking about kissing that you wrote in eighth grade. It's okay! Eighth grade wasn’t all bad!
It’s fun. It’s a grilled cheese sandwich. Eat it!
Strange the Dreamer has cliches. It has writing problems. It has an orphan male hero protagonist who is coincidentally good at everything and the main plot is about him coming to the rescue of the major female character who lacks agency and is literally trapped in a tower. It has a (MINOR SPOILER) dark-twist ending to set up a sequel. Character introductions sound like romance novel snippets. The book has a goddamn PROLOGUE.
But you know? Strange the Dreamer has also got a few fantasy/magic ideas I’ve never seen brought together. It has dream sequences that I actually enjoyed reading (I hate all dream sequences in all literature up to this book). Strange the Dreamer is a wholesome meme. It has moments of tenderness. Strange the Dreamer is a warm cup of tea. Strange the Dreamer includes a couple pages talking about kissing that you wrote in eighth grade. It's okay! Eighth grade wasn’t all bad!
It’s fun. It’s a grilled cheese sandwich. Eat it!
this was just… wow. i’d had this book hyped up to me for so long and it’s sat on my shelf for literal years, and it has EASILY surpassed all expectations i’ve had for it. absolutely amazing
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4 and a bit stars.
Okay, so, earlier I was worried about the fact that this was a series (apparently just two books, now that I've read what other people have to say on it). I usually don't do series. I want my stories to be lovingly wrapped up in one telling, not wander on and on without letting the characters rest. But if the sequel is going to be anything like the first one, and if it even begins to answer some of the questions and concerns raised in the last ten or so pages...then I'll pick it up in a heartbeat.
This is such a gorgeous book. The prose and imagery used is just astonishing. I almost have no words for how beautiful it is.
It's definitely an older YA read, being full of insinuations (tho never graphically so) of rapes and violence, and the kisses are, while arguably chaste and never descending below the neck, so sensuous that it's almost like reading about sex. But it's got such warmth to it. It feels so golden and refreshing. It's the lyrical quality that Caravel was so desperately reaching for and so completely missed.
Its villain is genuinely pitiable and horrifying, a creature of vengeance with all love and hope burned out at an impossibly young age. It plays with dreams in a most intricate way, building up its imagery. There is a risk that the secondary characters are lost under the fairy tale icing. It does lag a bit in the middle (as evidenced by how long it took me to read it). There are a few too many character perspectives, some of which are debatably pointless. Despite my few concerns, I find myself fascinated by this universe nevertheless. You should probably just give it a try.
Librarian PoC protagonists for the win, guys.
Okay, so, earlier I was worried about the fact that this was a series (apparently just two books, now that I've read what other people have to say on it). I usually don't do series. I want my stories to be lovingly wrapped up in one telling, not wander on and on without letting the characters rest. But if the sequel is going to be anything like the first one, and if it even begins to answer some of the questions and concerns raised in the last ten or so pages...then I'll pick it up in a heartbeat.
This is such a gorgeous book. The prose and imagery used is just astonishing. I almost have no words for how beautiful it is.
It's definitely an older YA read, being full of insinuations (tho never graphically so) of rapes and violence, and the kisses are, while arguably chaste and never descending below the neck, so sensuous that it's almost like reading about sex. But it's got such warmth to it. It feels so golden and refreshing. It's the lyrical quality that Caravel was so desperately reaching for and so completely missed.
Its villain is genuinely pitiable and horrifying, a creature of vengeance with all love and hope burned out at an impossibly young age. It plays with dreams in a most intricate way, building up its imagery. There is a risk that the secondary characters are lost under the fairy tale icing. It does lag a bit in the middle (as evidenced by how long it took me to read it). There are a few too many character perspectives, some of which are debatably pointless. Despite my few concerns, I find myself fascinated by this universe nevertheless. You should probably just give it a try.
Librarian PoC protagonists for the win, guys.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
adventurous
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
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
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
fast-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