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A review by ohnoflora
Marianne Dreams by Catherine Storr
4.0
I remember being profoundly unsettled by this book when I read it as a child, and reading it as an adult I can still access some of that unease: the eerie emptiness of the dream plain with wind rustling through the grass, the white house with blank windows, THEM.
Storr manages to capture what it is to dream, without falling into the trap of being too outlandish or fantastical or scary: the feeling of unreality; of just KNOWING that you need to do something (and being unable to do it); and of things being somehow off in an inexplicable way.
It's also just a very good story about children being bored and frustrated; about the benefits of doing something creative or thinking creatively; and about escape (not just escapism) through fantasy.
Storr manages to capture what it is to dream, without falling into the trap of being too outlandish or fantastical or scary: the feeling of unreality; of just KNOWING that you need to do something (and being unable to do it); and of things being somehow off in an inexplicable way.
It's also just a very good story about children being bored and frustrated; about the benefits of doing something creative or thinking creatively; and about escape (not just escapism) through fantasy.