Loved itWhich might be one of the most yearning-filled duologies I've ever read. Not to mention just one of the most romantic and heartbreaking stories I've ever read.
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Strange the Dreamer (2016)
Others: Mostly positive The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around–and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old, he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone braver 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.
- ISBN:
- 9780316341646
- Length:
- 536 pages
Genres: fantasy, young adult
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Others: PositiveSARAI HAS LIVED AND BREATHED NIGHTMARES SINCE SHE WAS SIX YEARS OLD. SHE BELIEVED SHE KNEW EVERY HORROR AND WAS BEYOND SURPRISE. SHE WAS WRONG. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggled to grasp the new boundaries of their selves are dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice--save the woman he loves, or everyone else?--while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the Muse of Nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of. As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead? Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this astonishing and heart-stopping sequel to the New York Times bestseller Stranger the Dreamer. This description comes from the publisher. Muse of Nightmares is the second book in the Strange the Dreamer duology, the first of which is Strange the Dreamer.
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Loved itwith strange the dreamer in particular there's quite a bit of setup that needs to be established like we need to lay out all the pieces before we can do something with them but there's no clunky info dumping like she turns the setup into this really engaging Mini Mystery before we get to the main mystery and it is so expertly done
Loved itthis is such a beautifully written rich and magical story
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Not a fanI wanted to love it so much. I want to love her books. Her writing is absolutely beautiful, but they never click with me. I just feel bored and I can't get myself to fall in love with the characters in the world like I feel like I should be.
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MixedI love strength dreamer for the writing and I didn't love like the story as much as some people
Loved itstrange the dreamer is one of my all-time favorite series I love it so much I think it's exceptionally beautifully written
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Loved itI do really enjoy very much the dreamer I really enjoyed it while I was reading it but I think I'm gonna put it in good tier it's a good book
Loved itI found myself falling in love with this book I think the thing that I loved about this book the most was how original it was how new and fresh it felt and just how full of Whimsy and Magic it was
Loved itthe world-building in this book was fascinating and so well done and laughing was such an interesting character there's a lot of intricacies and things that I was not expecting
Loved itI loved this book this is another book that did not get a full five out of five for me book but was still one of my favorite of the year strictly because of the writing one problem I have in this book it took me a long time to get into but once I got into it was beautiful
Loved itit did not disappoint it was so good so well written I absolutely love this story mainly because of the main character Lazlo he was just such a cinnamon roll