A review by kelleyd
DallerGut Dream Department Store: The Dream You Ordered is Sold Out by Mi-Ye Lee 이미예

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I really enjoyed this book because the premise is so intriguing.  Penny, a young woman, has landed her ‘dream’ job at Dallergut Dream Department Store.  The store where the sleeping masses, including animals, come to buy their dreams.  The story focuses on some of the sleeping patrons and also on the dream creators.  It is a story built on the different dreams that most humans have, like repetitive, nightmares, aspirational, or totally random.   It was fascinating to read how Miye Lee wove them all together along with inspirational quotes and common dream theory.

Where I think the story fell down for me is possibly in the translation aspect from Korean to English. 
The sentence structure at times was juvenile and hard to follow.  Some of that may indeed be because of translation, but it became frustrating to read.  

All in all a pretty good book.  I think it would make a really good television show.

Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing | Hanover Square Press, and NetGalley for the digital ARC.