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A review by aspenlenore
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
4.0
I didn't want this story before I started reading, but I did enjoy the beauty and the sadness of this story more than I thought I would.
There is a separation of character and story. The character is the main focus with some of the story only hinted at because the reader only really needs to know how it affects the character not what happened which is an interesting way to tell the story.
I don't understand the reverse curse. Did she still age forward a time before she aged backwards.. Does she age backwards one year at a time or slower? All accounts of her say she was older when the curse started but this story has her drink the potion at not quite 18. I'm pretty sure the 1st story had her with children and her sister in this book who was 7ish years younger said she had a son missing to the goblin market but Lundy was only showing fourteen which wouldn't be enough time accounted for.....
There is a separation of character and story. The character is the main focus with some of the story only hinted at because the reader only really needs to know how it affects the character not what happened which is an interesting way to tell the story.
I don't understand the reverse curse. Did she still age forward a time before she aged backwards.. Does she age backwards one year at a time or slower? All accounts of her say she was older when the curse started but this story has her drink the potion at not quite 18. I'm pretty sure the 1st story had her with children and her sister in this book who was 7ish years younger said she had a son missing to the goblin market but Lundy was only showing fourteen which wouldn't be enough time accounted for.....