A review by asgard793
A Man Lies Dreaming by Lavie Tidhar

3.0

Tidhar's book is a true mashup of noir mystery, alternate history, sci-fi and literary fiction. This combination is the book's strength and weakness where evocative description meets parallel stories that trip over one another to come to unsatisfactory conclusions. Surprisingly, this does not derail the story's momentum nor make the reader feel cheated by a fascinating premise. Instead, the final predicament experienced by Wolf is one that is related to otherwise two conventional plot-lines, but only appears swiftly and believably within the book's last two chapters. While the title may be a letdown for mystery lovers, A Man Lives Dreaming will have reader beg the question of what was and what might have been.