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A review by andye_reads
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
5.0
I can't even explain to you how excited I was to learn that Laini Taylor had written a new book. I absolutely adore her writing, and her ability to tell completely engrossing and complex stories. If you haven't read LIPS TOUCH THREE TIMES, or her DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE series, I highly recommend getting on that right now!
I'll admit that it took me a bit to really get into STRANGE THE DREAMER, but that isn't unusual for me. That said, I loved the writing from the start. Laini's ability to craft beautiful sentences is unquestionable. But it's her genius at creating captivating worlds with complicated characters that truly captures me.
One of the things that Laini does that I absolutely love, is blurring the idea of good vs. evil. There is no right side or wrong side, or I should say, those things aren't exactly what you normally see in stories. Both sides have people who are good, and who are bad. Everyone has a history and valid reasons that have brought them to the place they are now.
Lazlo and Sarai are fantastic and unique characters. Their stories begin so differently, but the way they come to know each other is out of their similar desire to look beyond what the people around them are saying and to find the truth. The history of Weep is tragic and horrifying. There are truly monstrous people on both sides of that tragedy. So many of the characters are both victim and perpetrator. But there is also beauty and hope in Weep, and the journey to that is the thing that binds Lazlo and Sarai. Oh, and the kissing :) Laini gets an A++ in writing kissing scenes!
STRANGE THE DREAMER is a mystical, magical, stunning, and, yes . . . strange, adventure, full of imagination, romance and mystery. I can't wait to read more of this amazing world.
"It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming?"
I'll admit that it took me a bit to really get into STRANGE THE DREAMER, but that isn't unusual for me. That said, I loved the writing from the start. Laini's ability to craft beautiful sentences is unquestionable. But it's her genius at creating captivating worlds with complicated characters that truly captures me.
One of the things that Laini does that I absolutely love, is blurring the idea of good vs. evil. There is no right side or wrong side, or I should say, those things aren't exactly what you normally see in stories. Both sides have people who are good, and who are bad. Everyone has a history and valid reasons that have brought them to the place they are now.
Lazlo and Sarai are fantastic and unique characters. Their stories begin so differently, but the way they come to know each other is out of their similar desire to look beyond what the people around them are saying and to find the truth. The history of Weep is tragic and horrifying. There are truly monstrous people on both sides of that tragedy. So many of the characters are both victim and perpetrator. But there is also beauty and hope in Weep, and the journey to that is the thing that binds Lazlo and Sarai. Oh, and the kissing :) Laini gets an A++ in writing kissing scenes!
STRANGE THE DREAMER is a mystical, magical, stunning, and, yes . . . strange, adventure, full of imagination, romance and mystery. I can't wait to read more of this amazing world.
"It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming?"