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funnybookworm's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
charlietheninth's review against another edition
3.0
This felt more like an outline of a book than an actual finished product. You could see the structure for the story was there, but the characters and setting where thinly sketched.
leahjanespeare's review
4.0
Very nice story, but not my favorite of her middle grade books. I will still highly recommend it. It’s significantly different from the others.
reader_fictions's review
4.0
DeStefano's middle grade offerings continue to be excellent (in a surprising twist, I usually love YA and don't like middle grade, but I really like DeStefano's middle grade and not her YA - go figure).
Dreaming Dangerous takes place at a mysterious school for the gifted and largely takes place in the dreams of the main four students whose power is that they dream in tandem. Within the dreams, they come to suspect that all is not right in the state of Brassmere Academy.
The mood is on point, haunting and eerie, and I devoured the pages curious for the outcome. The plotting, however, runs to the simplistic, and the world building is pretty much nonexistent. Brassmere seems to exist outside of the actual world, unconnected to anything.
I enjoyed Dreaming Dangerous, but it's probably the weakest of her middle grade books so far. It's worth it for the horror and inventiveness of it, but I would have liked for there to be a bit more meat on these bones.
Dreaming Dangerous takes place at a mysterious school for the gifted and largely takes place in the dreams of the main four students whose power is that they dream in tandem. Within the dreams, they come to suspect that all is not right in the state of Brassmere Academy.
The mood is on point, haunting and eerie, and I devoured the pages curious for the outcome. The plotting, however, runs to the simplistic, and the world building is pretty much nonexistent. Brassmere seems to exist outside of the actual world, unconnected to anything.
I enjoyed Dreaming Dangerous, but it's probably the weakest of her middle grade books so far. It's worth it for the horror and inventiveness of it, but I would have liked for there to be a bit more meat on these bones.