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Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

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genny's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

Oh man, I'm not sure why I didn't like this as much as other people did. I felt pretty neutral about the whole thing. I think it was overly long...I listened to the audiobook and it felt like it took forever to finish even though not much was happening. My mind would keep wandering, then I'd refocus on the book only to find that the story hadn't even progressed much. The writing is beautiful so maybe I would've appreciated this more if I read it physically. My lack of anything to say just reaffirms my decision not to read the sequel.

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lanid's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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maeverose's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Things I liked:
The story was fun. The writing is super pretty and atmospheric. So many quotes i wanted to highlight. It was very easy for me to imagine what was being described, and i loved that. I like Lazlo a lot as a character. I like anything to do with dreams so I loved that that was a big part of the story.

Things I didn’t like:
Sarai’s chapters/the citadel chapters felt super repetitive, at least in the beginning. I was often pretty bored during those chapters. As much as I love the writing, it is overwritten at times. I think this book should’ve been about 100 pages shorter, the pacing is very slow for most of it. Also the reveals were pretty predictable but I guess that’s not super surprising for YA. It’s also very instalove. Very mild spoilers for this next part (it doesn’t have to do with the main romance, just side characters): I didn’t like the non consensual kiss played off as funny because it was a girl doing it to a guy. If the roles were reversed I don’t think it would’ve gone down the same… It’s still sexual assault no matter who’s doing it. And then when it happens again later it was still very dubious consent at first. Idk it made me feel gross.

I hate everything about that ending. I hate minya so much. Please tell me she dies a painful death in the next book. And that sparrow is able to bring sarai back to her body with her powers and then sarai and lazlo get to live happily ever after. If that doesn’t happen I’m suing. /j

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