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DallerGut Dream Department Store by Mi-Ye Lee 이미예
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Fantastical, whimsical and heartwarming.
I’m definitely biased because - even if the story has very simple mechanics, I love the message that comes from each chapter, from each dream maker and from the dreamers themselves.
As someone who has a complicated relationship with sleep and my dreams, this book comforted me in so many ways that I didn’t know would be possible. I’m thankful this book exists. It might not be for everyone, but its certainly a book that healed me at a time where my insomnia has peaked and I have nightmares even when I sleep.
Longer review TBC. But definitely a 5🌟 from me.
Edited in Jan 2024 ; like finally
You know how some books you won't know how to put into words how they mean so much to you? That was how much this book meant to me. It somehow left such a huge impression after I finished it due to how much it had made me feel so very seen. It came to a point that I was hugging the book at some instances.
I love how some stories can be so simple and straightforward and yet, it holds so much meaning. Dallergut Department Store tells the story of a department store that sells dreams. Its somewhat in a fantasy land - that is of dreams - and we follow the journey from the POV of Penny, a new worker for the department store. There, she had been exposed to the mechanics of dreams and how dreams can affect someone's lives. From dreams of crushes to dreams of meeting back your loved ones, this is one of those books that you will remember for a very long time.
I think why this book meant so much to me was due to the complicated relationship I had with my sleep and dreams. As someone who suffers from Insomnia, this book had made me feel so seen. Its in the way how the author wrote this book with a subtle nuance that is comforting and gives meaning to every dream that you have, even with the nightmares. Lowkey, I didn't expect to cry at some chapters but I shed a few tears and I had loved how this book did not focus on the people but instead, focused on the dream makers and why they choose to create the dreams that they did. It goes to show that nothing in this world was made to incovenience someone and that - even your nightmares - serves to teach you a lesson or warnings of sorts. And in some ways, it did made me reflect a lot on my sleeping habits and patterns and why the recurring dreams kept happening - and the thing with dreams is that, its a form of subconcious that somehow manifested into a series of view-like-movies during your sleep. Its sometime a projection of your exhaustion, or your deepest desires ; but such are the workings of dreams. It can be magical sometimes and there's somewhat a beauty in the unknown.
And, eventhough I didn't know how to read Korean that much, I can tell how much effort the translator had put to keep the text as closely to the original one. Its told by the subtle and minor details (if you're a fan of kdramas u somehow will catch on) and that's one thing I loved about this book too - is that, both translator and authors wrote it with so much heart and love , you can feel it while reading it.
Even if its the first volume, we get a solid conclusion for the first one and I definitely can't wait to read the second volume! I will lowkey shove to every single person I meet with this book . Highly highly recommend, especially if you need something to help you come back to life again.
Biggest thank you to Pansing Distributions for this wonderful copy.
I’m definitely biased because - even if the story has very simple mechanics, I love the message that comes from each chapter, from each dream maker and from the dreamers themselves.
As someone who has a complicated relationship with sleep and my dreams, this book comforted me in so many ways that I didn’t know would be possible. I’m thankful this book exists. It might not be for everyone, but its certainly a book that healed me at a time where my insomnia has peaked and I have nightmares even when I sleep.
Longer review TBC. But definitely a 5🌟 from me.
Edited in Jan 2024 ; like finally
You know how some books you won't know how to put into words how they mean so much to you? That was how much this book meant to me. It somehow left such a huge impression after I finished it due to how much it had made me feel so very seen. It came to a point that I was hugging the book at some instances.
I love how some stories can be so simple and straightforward and yet, it holds so much meaning. Dallergut Department Store tells the story of a department store that sells dreams. Its somewhat in a fantasy land - that is of dreams - and we follow the journey from the POV of Penny, a new worker for the department store. There, she had been exposed to the mechanics of dreams and how dreams can affect someone's lives. From dreams of crushes to dreams of meeting back your loved ones, this is one of those books that you will remember for a very long time.
I think why this book meant so much to me was due to the complicated relationship I had with my sleep and dreams. As someone who suffers from Insomnia, this book had made me feel so seen. Its in the way how the author wrote this book with a subtle nuance that is comforting and gives meaning to every dream that you have, even with the nightmares. Lowkey, I didn't expect to cry at some chapters but I shed a few tears and I had loved how this book did not focus on the people but instead, focused on the dream makers and why they choose to create the dreams that they did. It goes to show that nothing in this world was made to incovenience someone and that - even your nightmares - serves to teach you a lesson or warnings of sorts. And in some ways, it did made me reflect a lot on my sleeping habits and patterns and why the recurring dreams kept happening - and the thing with dreams is that, its a form of subconcious that somehow manifested into a series of view-like-movies during your sleep. Its sometime a projection of your exhaustion, or your deepest desires ; but such are the workings of dreams. It can be magical sometimes and there's somewhat a beauty in the unknown.
And, eventhough I didn't know how to read Korean that much, I can tell how much effort the translator had put to keep the text as closely to the original one. Its told by the subtle and minor details (if you're a fan of kdramas u somehow will catch on) and that's one thing I loved about this book too - is that, both translator and authors wrote it with so much heart and love , you can feel it while reading it.
Even if its the first volume, we get a solid conclusion for the first one and I definitely can't wait to read the second volume! I will lowkey shove to every single person I meet with this book . Highly highly recommend, especially if you need something to help you come back to life again.
Biggest thank you to Pansing Distributions for this wonderful copy.