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DallerGut Dream Department Store: The Dream You Ordered is Sold Out by Mi-Ye Lee 이미예
6 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
Content Warnings
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.
Content Warnings
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Child death, and Grief
lindetiel's review
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
It may not be everyone’s favourite, but it touched both my adult and child selves at once in a magnificent way.
Content Warnings
Minor: Grief
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Grief, and 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.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, and Child death
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