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A review by fengyuseah
Why We Dream: The Transformative Power of Our Nightly Journey by Alice Robb
3.0
It’s hard to rate non-fiction books. I can’t possibly hold this up to the same standard of pure entertainment as fiction books - I picked it up expecting to learn something from it.
Could it have been more engaging? Yes. The author did sometimes feel like she was just reporting scientific findings about dreams, but the sheer uniqueness of the subject matter saved the book from ever becoming truly boring. The book also managed to bring me on a tour of the whole surprising world of dream researchers and enthusiasts, and the author’s passion for the subject really shone through.
In the end, the book did encourage me to pay more attention to my own dreams and have a greater appreciation of how they could be helpful to me, and also served to comfort me that my constant sharing of my wildest dreams with my friends was actually helpful and not purely annoying, so I guess it definitely achieved its purpose.
Could it have been more engaging? Yes. The author did sometimes feel like she was just reporting scientific findings about dreams, but the sheer uniqueness of the subject matter saved the book from ever becoming truly boring. The book also managed to bring me on a tour of the whole surprising world of dream researchers and enthusiasts, and the author’s passion for the subject really shone through.
In the end, the book did encourage me to pay more attention to my own dreams and have a greater appreciation of how they could be helpful to me, and also served to comfort me that my constant sharing of my wildest dreams with my friends was actually helpful and not purely annoying, so I guess it definitely achieved its purpose.