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hgmcghee19's review against another edition
3.0
This one really just didn’t capture my attention. I wasn’t ever really interested in Lundy’s character in the first place.
_crisfsq_'s review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
leafblade's review against another edition
5.0
Have you read a Wayward children book if you haven't cried your eyes out feeling the rawest sadness you'll ever feel?
God, poor Moon.
God, poor Moon.
adragonwithoutfire's review against another edition
5.0
| There are 0 words to express how good this book was....
bookishcreature's review against another edition
reflective
sad
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
zjnorth's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
cpq's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
minna17's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
midici's review against another edition
4.0
I don't know how the ending of this book managed to hurt so much when I knew the ending before I started. Lundy is a character that was introduced in Every Heart a Doorway, and her presence at the school was a cautionary tale in itself.
Lundy is ten years old when she first finds the Goblin Market. It's almost like a way station - lots of doors lead to the market and lots of people choose to make it their home. The Market has its own very firm ideas about fair value, rules that it enforces via debts. Too many debts can find you transforming into a bird, making it very difficult - but not impossible - to gain back your humanity. The doors that lead to the market can appear over and over again - but only until the age 18. Afterwards, a choice must be made.
In an Absent Dream is a bit strange in that most of Lundy's adventures are glossed over. We don't see her fight the Wasp Queen, or lose her friend Mockery. We don't see her defend the Market from Bonewraiths. Instead we see her in transition, at the times when she finds herself back in the "real" world, where her family is constantly fighting against whatever it is that keeps stealing their daughter away.
Lundy learns from her father that this is a generational story. He too, was called away to the Goblin Market and made the choice to stay in the real world. He was worried about his son being called away and never realized it was his daughter being called until it was too late.
I think what made the ending so painful was that Lundy was so close to what she wanted - but the lure of the family who wanted her back caused her to forget fair value. She wanted a loophole - a way to keep going back and forth without choosing. But the Market enforces all debts and all broken rules, no exceptions. Lundy finds a way to get around turning 18 - but she loses everything she wanted in the process.
Lundy is ten years old when she first finds the Goblin Market. It's almost like a way station - lots of doors lead to the market and lots of people choose to make it their home. The Market has its own very firm ideas about fair value, rules that it enforces via debts. Too many debts can find you transforming into a bird, making it very difficult - but not impossible - to gain back your humanity. The doors that lead to the market can appear over and over again - but only until the age 18. Afterwards, a choice must be made.
In an Absent Dream is a bit strange in that most of Lundy's adventures are glossed over. We don't see her fight the Wasp Queen, or lose her friend Mockery. We don't see her defend the Market from Bonewraiths. Instead we see her in transition, at the times when she finds herself back in the "real" world, where her family is constantly fighting against whatever it is that keeps stealing their daughter away.
Lundy learns from her father that this is a generational story. He too, was called away to the Goblin Market and made the choice to stay in the real world. He was worried about his son being called away and never realized it was his daughter being called until it was too late.
I think what made the ending so painful was that Lundy was so close to what she wanted - but the lure of the family who wanted her back caused her to forget fair value. She wanted a loophole - a way to keep going back and forth without choosing. But the Market enforces all debts and all broken rules, no exceptions. Lundy finds a way to get around turning 18 - but she loses everything she wanted in the process.