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A review by burningupasun
The Cure for Dreaming by Cat Winters
5.0
Wow. Wow, wow, wow. I want to write this review while it's still fresh in my mind, but at the same time my brain is pretty much like this right now:
Just imagine I'm holding a book instead of a paper and you've pretty much got it.
So. Okay. Wow. Okay. HERE WE GO.
The Cure for Dreaming is, according to it's summary, a book about a girl whose father wants to use hypnotism to 'cure' her 'rebellious' thoughts. On a micro level, yes, this is a book about Olivia, a girl in 1900, a burgeoning suffragist with a controlling, 'traditional' father, who tries to use hypnotism to control his daughter, only for the hypnotist and his methods to awaken not only her dreams and her true sensibilities, but the ability she had within her to see the truth of the world. On this macro level, this is sort of a 'coming of age' story, mixed with an enchanting hint of the supernatural that shows in Olivia's ability to see 'visions' of the world as it is; women who are oppressed fading before her eyes, horrible men and women appearing as monsters in her eyes. There is a love story, but it isn't the focus of the book. This book is, on a micro level anyway, about Olivia and her fight to get to start on her own journey.
On a macro level, however, this story is about society, I think. It's about patriarchy, and how it's attempts to stifle women can only cause them to fight back harder. It's without a doubt a feminist book with a very feminist message and gosh, did I love it. Honestly. This book was intense at points and hard to stomach, especially when it came to the things her father tried to have done to stifle her, but it was worth that suffering in the end to see how it all turned out.
Absolutely amazing book.
Just imagine I'm holding a book instead of a paper and you've pretty much got it.
So. Okay. Wow. Okay. HERE WE GO.
The Cure for Dreaming is, according to it's summary, a book about a girl whose father wants to use hypnotism to 'cure' her 'rebellious' thoughts. On a micro level, yes, this is a book about Olivia, a girl in 1900, a burgeoning suffragist with a controlling, 'traditional' father, who tries to use hypnotism to control his daughter, only for the hypnotist and his methods to awaken not only her dreams and her true sensibilities, but the ability she had within her to see the truth of the world. On this macro level, this is sort of a 'coming of age' story, mixed with an enchanting hint of the supernatural that shows in Olivia's ability to see 'visions' of the world as it is; women who are oppressed fading before her eyes, horrible men and women appearing as monsters in her eyes. There is a love story, but it isn't the focus of the book. This book is, on a micro level anyway, about Olivia and her fight to get to start on her own journey.
On a macro level, however, this story is about society, I think. It's about patriarchy, and how it's attempts to stifle women can only cause them to fight back harder. It's without a doubt a feminist book with a very feminist message and gosh, did I love it. Honestly. This book was intense at points and hard to stomach, especially when it came to the things her father tried to have done to stifle her, but it was worth that suffering in the end to see how it all turned out.
Absolutely amazing book.