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A review by thekuster
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
5.0
4.5* Audiobook - with great, immersive narration by Steve West that blended right into the story and it's characters.
Laini Taylor's writing style is so rich and evocative, weaving a story about a storyteller that is both emotional and fantastical. The city of Weep is beautifully strange, full of unanswered questions and curiosities, but it also already feels complete - as if all the answers to the questions in the reader's mind are just a chapter away. The novel was perfectly paced, everything unraveling in it's own time. There's always so many things happening at once, and further along in the novel with additional POVs - but nothing ever seems rushed or hurried. Even as romance overtook a lot of the story development, it was still an interesting, out-of-the-ordinary adventure without the usual predictability of YA love stories.
Through the eyes of Lazlo Strange, we have an unparalleled empathetic narrator, who at times can seem naive, but is always relate-able. His emotions are the reader's emotions, and his discoveries similarly so. Each new character encountered was so well developed, deeply entrenched in the brutal and sad history of Weep that you could see where their motivations stemmed from and the reasons for their actions.
The ending of this first novel immediately paves the way for the second in this duology and I'm ready see how this narrative continues to unfold.
Laini Taylor's writing style is so rich and evocative, weaving a story about a storyteller that is both emotional and fantastical. The city of Weep is beautifully strange, full of unanswered questions and curiosities, but it also already feels complete - as if all the answers to the questions in the reader's mind are just a chapter away. The novel was perfectly paced, everything unraveling in it's own time. There's always so many things happening at once, and further along in the novel with additional POVs - but nothing ever seems rushed or hurried. Even as romance overtook a lot of the story development, it was still an interesting, out-of-the-ordinary adventure without the usual predictability of YA love stories.
Through the eyes of Lazlo Strange, we have an unparalleled empathetic narrator, who at times can seem naive, but is always relate-able. His emotions are the reader's emotions, and his discoveries similarly so. Each new character encountered was so well developed, deeply entrenched in the brutal and sad history of Weep that you could see where their motivations stemmed from and the reasons for their actions.
The ending of this first novel immediately paves the way for the second in this duology and I'm ready see how this narrative continues to unfold.