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DallerGut Dream Department Store: The Dream You Ordered is Sold Out by Mi-Ye Lee 이미예
9 reviews
kirstym25's review against another edition
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Ableism and Chronic illness
iaproton's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
3.25
Quite relaxing, some of the dialogue makes it less relaxing as it can be a bit lively in the audiobook. Mild humour. Quite a bit of description, but not excessively so.
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Chapter 4 deals with trauma in the form of PTSD nightmares and reliving the trauma. It isn't overly descriptive or graphic, but some may find it stressful and want to skip the chapter. Here is a short summary/spoiler of chapter 4
There is a group of angry customers, they are given calming tea and cookies and a calming perfume in a secret room that has a hidden door in the office. Some choose to continue having the dream they bought to process the trauma such as being in the army and school exams, others choose not to continue having the trauma processing dreams. Those that continue to have the processing dreams start to heal and gain a new perspective on the stressful memory, laughing it off or seeing where they can improve their lives such as reducing pressure on themselves. They begin to have positive emotions.
The main character goes to meet the maker of the nightmares, in a slightly spooky workshop.
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Chapter 5 was a lot of dialogue and not particularly relaxing or interesting, it could have been since it was in Santa's house,but sadly not.
Chapter 6, was rather boring with volume increases due to the dream maker's awards ceremony, wasn't relaxing.
The last chapters deal with dreams that allow loved ones to see the decreased in dreams of a grandma and child ,not very graphic, moderately descriptive. One woman with a terminal illness orders a custom one of these dreams before she dies.
Moderately relaxing.I enjoyed the fantasy elements with tiny bits of mystery,not knowing what would happen and the slice of life. The 2 epilogue tied some things up nicely.
I would listen to the first 3 chapters again to relax, the rest went downhill , except the epilogue 2.
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Chapter 4 deals with trauma in the form of PTSD nightmares and reliving the trauma. It isn't overly descriptive or graphic, but some may find it stressful and want to skip the chapter. Here is a short summary/spoiler of chapter 4
There is a group of angry customers, they are given calming tea and cookies and a calming perfume in a secret room that has a hidden door in the office. Some choose to continue having the dream they bought to process the trauma such as being in the army and school exams, others choose not to continue having the trauma processing dreams. Those that continue to have the processing dreams start to heal and gain a new perspective on the stressful memory, laughing it off or seeing where they can improve their lives such as reducing pressure on themselves. They begin to have positive emotions.
The main character goes to meet the maker of the nightmares, in a slightly spooky workshop.
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Chapter 5 was a lot of dialogue and not particularly relaxing or interesting, it could have been since it was in Santa's house,but sadly not.
Chapter 6, was rather boring with volume increases due to the dream maker's awards ceremony, wasn't relaxing.
The last chapters deal with dreams that allow loved ones to see the decreased in dreams of a grandma and child ,not very graphic, moderately descriptive. One woman with a terminal illness orders a custom one of these dreams before she dies.
Moderately relaxing.I enjoyed the fantasy elements with tiny bits of mystery,not knowing what would happen and the slice of life. The 2 epilogue tied some things up nicely.
I would listen to the first 3 chapters again to relax, the rest went downhill , except the epilogue 2.
Moderate: Child death and Grief
Minor: Chronic illness, Death, and Alcohol
Minor: death of sibling,break-up ,descriptions of PTSD nightmares ,investment scam/bullying ,terminal illness, robberytania_mybookishsecret's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-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
5.0
Moderate: Death, Child death, and Grief
frankieclc's review
3.5
I loved how gentle this was to read compared to so many other books I've read. Felt like the dialogue was quite abrupt in a lot of it, which I expect may have come from the translating? So if you can get past that it's such a sweet lil book
Moderate: Child death and Death
aj_langley's review
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Moderate: Death and Child death
spacecars's review
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-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
5.0
Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Death
serendipity421's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Child death
rieviolet's review against another edition
emotional
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I am in a bit of a reading slump and really struggling to find books that can really capture my attention. I picked up this book looking for a quick and enjoyable read and that's what I got, no more and no less.
The magical aspects of the novel are what I appreciated the most, I think that the world-building is quite interesting and unique.
I have to say that I was not particularly captured by the writing style, it was readable enough but quite plain.
Also, the story is structured in a sort of episodic narrative so some subplots were more interesting, while others fell a bit flat for me. I think that towards the end the tone might have gotten a little too saccharine for my cold heart and the ending was a bit abrupt.
The magical aspects of the novel are what I appreciated the most, I think that the world-building is quite interesting and unique.
I have to say that I was not particularly captured by the writing style, it was readable enough but quite plain.
Also, the story is structured in a sort of episodic narrative so some subplots were more interesting, while others fell a bit flat for me. I think that towards the end the tone might have gotten a little too saccharine for my cold heart and the ending was a bit abrupt.
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Child death
airynian's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
This book is sweet and beautiful 🥺 I'd recommend it to those looking for a short but meaningful super cozy reading ❤️🩹
The concept is so cute but also there's a layer of introspect to it that makes it even more enjoyable
The book talks about the Good Dollar Dream Department Store which (you guessed it) sells dreams to the people sleeping. But it's not that of a simple task as it seems - the owner taken seriously his role and tries to deliver the right dream to the right customer. For example, there's a new product which consists in premonitory dreams - they're not visions but more of glimpses of the future; obviously everyone wants them but Dollargut (the owner) refuses to sell them that simply because he knows that they are most wanted from people with set expectations so the wouldn't have any purpose. Instead he sells one of them to a screenwriter who needed just a little push to have faith in the new idea that was forming in her mind.
There are other stories like this that make you understand how equally important dreams can be in everyday life and why 🥺
(Shoutout to Seventeen Wonwoo for the rec)
The concept is so cute but also there's a layer of introspect to it that makes it even more enjoyable
The book talks about the Good Dollar Dream Department Store which (you guessed it) sells dreams to the people sleeping. But it's not that of a simple task as it seems - the owner taken seriously his role and tries to deliver the right dream to the right customer. For example, there's a new product which consists in premonitory dreams - they're not visions but more of glimpses of the future; obviously everyone wants them but Dollargut (the owner) refuses to sell them that simply because he knows that they are most wanted from people with set expectations so the wouldn't have any purpose. Instead he sells one of them to a screenwriter who needed just a little push to have faith in the new idea that was forming in her mind.
There are other stories like this that make you understand how equally important dreams can be in everyday life and why 🥺
(Shoutout to Seventeen Wonwoo for the rec)
Minor: Death and Death of parent
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