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4.3 AVERAGE
4.3 AVERAGE
L’univers de ce livre est génial ! J’ai adoré les personnages et la plume de l’auteure et cette fin Wouahh mais ce n’est pas possible d’écrire des trucs pareil ! J’ai besoin de lire la suite maintenant
Just... Beautiful.
I was afraid to jump into this one after finishing DOSAB but I should have known better, Ms Taylor never disappoints. The characters, the world building, the poetic prose... Exquisite ! (Lazlo in the Library is so me).
I hear there is going to be a sequel but personnaly I think it should have stayed a standalone, which would have made the ending all the more dramatic and unforgettable... Oh well.
I'll be ravenously waiting for the sequel though, obviously.
I was afraid to jump into this one after finishing DOSAB but I should have known better, Ms Taylor never disappoints. The characters, the world building, the poetic prose... Exquisite ! (Lazlo in the Library is so me).
I hear there is going to be a sequel but personnaly I think it should have stayed a standalone, which would have made the ending all the more dramatic and unforgettable... Oh well.
I'll be ravenously waiting for the sequel though, obviously.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
adventurous
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:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-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
Some writers pull a full-formed, wildly imaginative world out of thin air. In the case of Strange the Dreamer, that's where it stays - and where it belongs.
Lazlo is a nobody from nowhere - and so begins every YA novel ever. It's where Lazlo goes that makes Strange the Dreamer one of the standout books I've read this year. It's not perfect, but it's fearless.
Unpopular opinion: I don't think Strange the Dreamer needs a sequel. It ended well, and with the kind of closure that lets you imagine the world rolls on just as vividly when you stop reading. There will, of course, be a second book. And it'll probably make me eat these words. But it felt over at the end, and pushing it to another installment feels like the first stretch in hundreds of pages of incomparable story.
Lazlo is a nobody from nowhere - and so begins every YA novel ever. It's where Lazlo goes that makes Strange the Dreamer one of the standout books I've read this year. It's not perfect, but it's fearless.
Unpopular opinion: I don't think Strange the Dreamer needs a sequel. It ended well, and with the kind of closure that lets you imagine the world rolls on just as vividly when you stop reading. There will, of course, be a second book. And it'll probably make me eat these words. But it felt over at the end, and pushing it to another installment feels like the first stretch in hundreds of pages of incomparable story.
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-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:
Complicated
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
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:
No
Words cannot truly describe how amazing and beautiful this book is. I do not know that I have loved words more than while reading this. Strange the Dreamer is a beautiful book, from the first pages it pulls you and you know that you are going to love it. Laini Taylor beautifully crafts the world and creates an incredible magical fairytale story that makes you want to live within it forever. Strange the Dreamer is one of the most fantastic books that the fantasy genre has to offer. The writing is skilled and done with such intention. The characterization of each character is done so thoughtfully, each character is completely unique. As you make your way through the pages of this book you unravel a story that is so filled with magic. It encourages the readers to dream and fills you with wonder. It leaves you hungry for more and so excited to read the second book. This book fills your soul and connects to your heart, I am completely and unapologetically in love with it. Strange the Dreamer has left me thinking about it for days after I put it down.
Update: I am re-reading this book now. I still love it but I would like to add one piece of criticism about something I didn't realize on first read. Lazlo is 20 years old and Sarai is 17. Their relationship is inherently gross when you realize this. Obviously, because of the way it was written there was always going to be an age gap for these characters. I think the age gap makes sense but she should have aged them up more if she wanted them to have this age gap. This book already isn't really a young adult book, it leans more towards new adult. It has explicit themes of assault and has one of the main characters being an adult. There is no reason why Sarai couldn't have been 20 and Lazlo 24.
Update: I am re-reading this book now. I still love it but I would like to add one piece of criticism about something I didn't realize on first read. Lazlo is 20 years old and Sarai is 17. Their relationship is inherently gross when you realize this. Obviously, because of the way it was written there was always going to be an age gap for these characters.