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Dreamlander
by K.M. Weiland
This book had some problems for me...
The premise of this book is that the dreams that we see are in a real place, and the people there dream of our world. The protagonist is someone who can travel between the dream world and real world. The main problem with this is time. I don't sleep for 12 hours a day. How do people in the other world get anything done when they are only active for 7-8 hours a day?
Secondly, there is the roles of the Tarn and the Searcher. The Searcher has the find the protagonist, and the Tarn has to give the MC a macguffin to make them special. Why can't The Searcher also have the macguffin? This isn't a hole in the plot, more in the rules of the world.
This book tried to carry plots in both the real world and the dream world. The problem was that the real world was far more dull. It lengthened the book, and the drama of the real world paled in comparison when thinking about tension, characters and pacing. Brooke is a terribly annoying character, and she is a source of drama for being an idiot. I would have preferred it if this was cut, as it would have made the book much snappier in pace.
Also, towards the end of the book the theme of religion came out very strongly. I don't mind faith being a theme, but it kind of battered me over the head with it and got a little preachy.
Now I've been a bit grumpy I can say what I enjoyed about the book. There was a good plot in the dream world, and I managed to get into the heads of the main characters well, and they definitely developed throughout the story.
2 stars, and I don't think I will read anything else from this author for a while.
The premise of this book is that the dreams that we see are in a real place, and the people there dream of our world. The protagonist is someone who can travel between the dream world and real world. The main problem with this is time. I don't sleep for 12 hours a day. How do people in the other world get anything done when they are only active for 7-8 hours a day?
Secondly, there is the roles of the Tarn and the Searcher. The Searcher has the find the protagonist, and the Tarn has to give the MC a macguffin to make them special. Why can't The Searcher also have the macguffin? This isn't a hole in the plot, more in the rules of the world.
This book tried to carry plots in both the real world and the dream world. The problem was that the real world was far more dull. It lengthened the book, and the drama of the real world paled in comparison when thinking about tension, characters and pacing. Brooke is a terribly annoying character, and she is a source of drama for being an idiot. I would have preferred it if this was cut, as it would have made the book much snappier in pace.
Also, towards the end of the book the theme of religion came out very strongly. I don't mind faith being a theme, but it kind of battered me over the head with it and got a little preachy.
Now I've been a bit grumpy I can say what I enjoyed about the book. There was a good plot in the dream world, and I managed to get into the heads of the main characters well, and they definitely developed throughout the story.
2 stars, and I don't think I will read anything else from this author for a while.