A review by afictionalescapist
Doors of Sleep by Tim Pratt

adventurous hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Doors of Sleep - Tim Pratt

Imagine waking up in a new world every day and having to immediately assess for threats, learn a new way of life only to fall asleep and start over and over again.

That is life for Zax. One day he was a harmonizer, bringing peace to his home world, when suddenly he wakes up in a new place. While Zax is a good lad, aiming to help as much as he can in each world he visits there are sinister beings at play.

In his travels he comes across Lector, a mad scientist seeking friendship; and Zaxony’s blood, to discover how others can also jump through worlds. 

What starts out as fresh discoveries and endless opportunity (even if it is a little

lonely) soon becomes a fast paced game of cat and mouse across the multiverse. 

This is a really fun play on the multiverse trope. The worlds we discover a vibrant, enriching and sometimes downright dangerous. I was so impressed at the vast amount of description we got for each world, even if we only spent half a paragraph there.

It was also oddly heartwarming, for a book obviously designed to be a little quirky and a little fun, there were some deeper discussions of trust, friendship and seizing the day which I felt were interwoven beautifully. 

I enjoyed this immensely and am very much looking forward to the sequel Prison Of Sleep out later in the year.