Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, 1)
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From National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor comes an epic fantasy about a mythic lost city and its dark past. The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around--and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared his dream chose poorly. Since he was just five years old, he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the form of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever. What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? And who is the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo's dreams? In this sweeping and breathtaking novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage. The answers await in Weep.
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I know I’m in the minority here by not really liking this book. I do agree with other reviewers that say it’s a slower paced book, but that isn’t a problem for me (I loved Secret Life of Addie LaRue). And there were some beautifully descriptive scenes and some twists along the way but I just didn’t find the overall story all that interesting. I thought the beginning was EPIC and so was the ending but everything in the middle was just meh. I haven’t decided if I’ll continue on, if so it is not a high priority. Premise
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A slow beginning but an immersive and lyrical read. If you like the fanciful and want it to feel fanciful and unearthly this is probably for you.
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What an amazing read (or in my case listen)! I wasn’t too sure of the book at first. It did start a little slow, I learned as I continued listening, this was to build the characters. Although I was able to predict a few parts (Lazlo and Sarai would fall in love, Lazlo is a God spawn) it was still a great story and you can’t help but route for and fall in love with the characters and dislike the ones you are supposed to dislike.
It took me so long to read because I stopped in the middle to read/listen to two other books during that time.
It took me so long to read because I stopped in the middle to read/listen to two other books during that time.
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