Strange the Dreamer
By Laini TaylorPublished: Little, Brown and Company, 2017
Pages: 536
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
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On the second Sabbat of Twelfthmoon, in the city of Weep, a girl fell from the sky.
Her skin was blue, her blood was red.
Strange the Dreamer is A-freaking-MAZING!
Lazlo Strange is an orphan who dreams of a long-forgotten city who name magically disappears but others call Weep - or Unseen City to Lazlo. Lazlo spends seven years obsessively researching and collecting information on Weep until one day warriors from Weep come seeking delegates to help resolve a "problem" they won't reveal until they reach the city. Lazlo becomes tangled in the mystery surrounding Weep's present and past.
Strange the Dreamer is an alluring fantasy set in an awesome world of magic and gods. Taylor's writing is fantastic in this novel. I previously read her Daughter of Smoke and Bone novel and disliked it; I thought the writing dull and uninspired. Strange the Dreamer, however, is the opposite of her previous work. I just could not put it down!
The characters are well-written and very palpable. I could feel Sarai's yearning to be normal like I was actually experiencing those feelings. Minya also proves to be the opposite of what one imagines a villain to look like: she appears to be a six-year-old child with a sweet voice capable of binding ghosts of newly dead to herself so she can torment them for pleasure. Lazlo is equally enjoyable as a sweet, innocent young man drawn to a far away city where he will discover love and who he truly is.
The atmosphere and world that Taylor creates an imaginative world in which the reader wishes he or she could simply walk into. The gods' capabilities and history are very creative. I felt like I could imagine everything clearly while reading.
I recommend Strange the Dreamer to anyone who likes young adult fantasy!
RATING (out of five puppies):
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