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story_singer_101 's review for:
Dreambender
by Ronald Kidd
Rating: 1.5 stars
Review: I almost did not finish Dreambender, but I struggled through anyway so that I could clearly articulate what I disliked about the book from the perspective of having heard the author out to the end before making my judgment. From the beginning of the story, Dreambender failed to impress me. Almost immediately after starting the book I could not only determine the book’s main theme, but I could predict exactly how the book would end with unfortunate accuracy. Rather than weaving the book’s themes about the power of music and dreaming throughout the story so that the themes subtly influenced every aspect of the plot, Ronald Kidd screamed the themes from every sentence so that I as the reader was left feeling frustrated and annoyed. The book’s premise showed only slight originality, with a dystopian future that relied heavily on Global Warming and a strange version of the biblical Flood. Additionally, the writing style itself lacked artistry, and, despite being told from two different perspectives, the characters all sounded the same and underwent simplistic character journeys. I wanted to like Dreambender when I picked it up at the library, but the sheer quantity of problems with the story made me liking the book next to impossible.
Review: I almost did not finish Dreambender, but I struggled through anyway so that I could clearly articulate what I disliked about the book from the perspective of having heard the author out to the end before making my judgment. From the beginning of the story, Dreambender failed to impress me. Almost immediately after starting the book I could not only determine the book’s main theme, but I could predict exactly how the book would end with unfortunate accuracy. Rather than weaving the book’s themes about the power of music and dreaming throughout the story so that the themes subtly influenced every aspect of the plot, Ronald Kidd screamed the themes from every sentence so that I as the reader was left feeling frustrated and annoyed. The book’s premise showed only slight originality, with a dystopian future that relied heavily on Global Warming and a strange version of the biblical Flood. Additionally, the writing style itself lacked artistry, and, despite being told from two different perspectives, the characters all sounded the same and underwent simplistic character journeys. I wanted to like Dreambender when I picked it up at the library, but the sheer quantity of problems with the story made me liking the book next to impossible.