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A review by allonsythornraxx
In an Absent Dream by Seanan McGuire
5.0
09/02/2025
5 β
Every year I reread this I am bowled over by how right this book feels to me. I love the writing and I love the world.
23/01/2024
5 β
Reading each book in this series always feels like getting a glimpse into which world could've picked us and The Goblin Market has always felt like my world. Everything about this book just makes so much sense to me. I'm not convinced that I'd want to live there but if I had to be somewhere, there would be much worse fates for me, I think.
24/01/2023
5 β
I genuinely don't know if there's ever going to be a book in this series that surpasses this one tbh. I love the Goblin Market so much and I really believe that if I were ever to open a door and be asked if I was sure, it would take me there. A+++ 11/10 π€π€π€
15/01/2021
4.5 β
This book feels the slowest and somehow also like the most is left out of the story as we really only get glimpses at Lundy's life and learn enough to understand the Goblin Market. I think I've known this for years but I somehow always forget in between re-reads of the series, that this is my absolute favourite of all the books (so far) and 100% my favourite world we've been too so far. I love learning about this logic world and its rules in the same way that I'm sure so many people would rather read about a nonsense world! This book really was a total blast and has once again reminded me to do more research on The Goblin Market!
27/01/2020
4 β
I'd forgotten how completely sad this book is! I still think this is one of the most interesting worlds we've been to in this series! I think I've said this before, but I really believe this series gets better with each new book!
19/01/2019
4 β
I think it's still a tie between books 2 & 3 for which main characters I love in this series, but I think The Goblin Market is one of my favourite and most complex worlds that we've been too! I enjoyed seeing how Lundy became the teacher we met in book 1 and I LOVED visiting The Goblet Market, I can't wait to re-read this again next year!
Before reading -
THIS COVER πππ
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5 β
Every year I reread this I am bowled over by how right this book feels to me. I love the writing and I love the world.
23/01/2024
5 β
Reading each book in this series always feels like getting a glimpse into which world could've picked us and The Goblin Market has always felt like my world. Everything about this book just makes so much sense to me. I'm not convinced that I'd want to live there but if I had to be somewhere, there would be much worse fates for me, I think.
24/01/2023
5 β
I genuinely don't know if there's ever going to be a book in this series that surpasses this one tbh. I love the Goblin Market so much and I really believe that if I were ever to open a door and be asked if I was sure, it would take me there. A+++ 11/10 π€π€π€
15/01/2021
4.5 β
This book feels the slowest and somehow also like the most is left out of the story as we really only get glimpses at Lundy's life and learn enough to understand the Goblin Market. I think I've known this for years but I somehow always forget in between re-reads of the series, that this is my absolute favourite of all the books (so far) and 100% my favourite world we've been too so far. I love learning about this logic world and its rules in the same way that I'm sure so many people would rather read about a nonsense world! This book really was a total blast and has once again reminded me to do more research on The Goblin Market!
27/01/2020
4 β
I'd forgotten how completely sad this book is! I still think this is one of the most interesting worlds we've been to in this series! I think I've said this before, but I really believe this series gets better with each new book!
19/01/2019
4 β
I think it's still a tie between books 2 & 3 for which main characters I love in this series, but I think The Goblin Market is one of my favourite and most complex worlds that we've been too! I enjoyed seeing how Lundy became the teacher we met in book 1 and I LOVED visiting The Goblet Market, I can't wait to re-read this again next year!
Before reading -
THIS COVER πππ
Letterboxd | Instagram | Bookstagram | Tumblr | Twitter | StoryGraph | Hoemance Book Club | Graphicsathon | Scoobathon