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A review by okiecozyreader
The Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei Savaryn
4.0
“Never you mind at the moment, because this is how you pick a dream… Tell me, have you ever wanted to do something you never thought you’d get a chance to do in real life? Something that would require magic, or the impossible?” P40
In Reverie, children can pick any dream they want, to feel good, or a nightmare, to feel the thrill of escape. But what happens when you’ve been in a dream for years or even decades? Can you leave Reverie? And who is the Sandman? Really?
“(My sister) She died very young. So I created a tent filled with my Margaret in all her favorite places, in all the ways I knew her best. You see, I am in Reverie to remember.” P 115
Yet, what Reverie was meant to be for visitors was not meant to be permanent.
“If we stay in Reverie forever, we’ll never know what would happen if we didn’t run away from the hard parts. By avoiding the sadness, we lose the chance to live the good parts of life, too.” P 260
It is a love letter to kids who have lives that sometimes feel like nightmares, who might like to escape and not return. To kids who feel alone without true friends, who have lost siblings or have had parents who fight or divorce. Life has lots of hard moments, but in them, there is also good.
In Reverie, children can pick any dream they want, to feel good, or a nightmare, to feel the thrill of escape. But what happens when you’ve been in a dream for years or even decades? Can you leave Reverie? And who is the Sandman? Really?
“(My sister) She died very young. So I created a tent filled with my Margaret in all her favorite places, in all the ways I knew her best. You see, I am in Reverie to remember.” P 115
Yet, what Reverie was meant to be for visitors was not meant to be permanent.
“If we stay in Reverie forever, we’ll never know what would happen if we didn’t run away from the hard parts. By avoiding the sadness, we lose the chance to live the good parts of life, too.” P 260
It is a love letter to kids who have lives that sometimes feel like nightmares, who might like to escape and not return. To kids who feel alone without true friends, who have lost siblings or have had parents who fight or divorce. Life has lots of hard moments, but in them, there is also good.