God, this book was terrible.
Like, TERRIBLE.

I don't even know where to begin, there was so much wrong with this book. So I'll just dive straight into the actual writing style:

This book.
Was so.
Damn choppy.
That most sentences.
Were only.
Two.
or.
Three.
Words long.

Seriously? The writing was so cut up and choppy, there was hardly any detail or description, and it lacked any skill or effort that should be required to get a book published. How the hell is this a best-seller? Some of you people need to wake More...

*Hello, this is me rewriting a bunch of my reviews because I keep reading my old reviews and hating them. So, I just want to flesh out some of them a bit more and make them a little less trollish in some cases. So here we go.*

It's been a long time since I read this so I can't say I remember a ton about it. I just know that, unfortunately, I was sorely disappointed. Here's the thing: this book had a great concept. I am a nerd when it comes to the idea of dreams. Just the very concept makes me fee More...

3.5 stars

A surprisingly good YA book, a perfect mix of romance, paranormal, and mystery. The writing style is peculiar and won't be everyone's cup of tea. It definitely takes some time to get used to it. But once you get over the present tense 3rd person narration and choppiness, you realize this style actually makes the book more intense and fast moving. The love story is equally powerful and touching and certainly differs from your standard paranormal romance formula. Lastly, kudos to Lisa McM More...

I picked this one up because the premise sounded so intriguing, but ultimately I thought it was pretty disappointing. The third-person present tense narration really got on my nerves after a while, and the story was told so choppily that I found it hard to really get involved. Not to mention the ridiculous twist towards the end (Spoiler: Her formerly-goth-loser-but-now-suddenly-hot classmate with crazy nightmares turns out to be an undercover cop pretending to be a dealer in order to bust a huge More...

I've read countless YA novels in this past year, but Wake is by far my favorite. To be perfectly honest, it's not the story that I like so much - it's very interesting and well thought out, but it was the writing that blew me away. In her review, Tatiana called McMann's writing style flawless, and I must admit I was very intrigued by her choice of words at the time. I understand now exactly what she meant. Wake has a steady rhythm that you can almost feel in your bones while reading. It’s very h More...

This book is short, sweet and simple.

I think it's the simpleness of the story that gives it the most charm. There are no intricate or twisted plots. Nor is than any great climatic action to this story.

It is a gradual growing of a girl and a boy as they learn to deal with an unusual psychic ability together and face their nightmares.

There isn't much to say about this book. There isn't much plot or pacing to speak of though it doesn't drag on. It's hard for this book to drag on because there simp More...

Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com

Dreams can usually be categorized as our source of entertainment while we are sleeping. Although we sometimes may not remember them, they often take us on a journey that we may (or may not) want to happen. For Janie Hannagan, though, dreams are her worst nightmares.

Not like any other normal teenage girl, Janie witnesses the dreams that anyone within close proximity is dreaming. Of course, she doesn't really want this to happen More...

I do not understand this book.
I do not understand the writing style.
I do not understand the plot.
And I sure as hell do not understand the appeal.

Everything about this book was choppy, weird, and over in a blink of an eye. Come to think of it, it was reminiscent of a dream, the foggy kind you forget immediately upon waking.

The writing was unnecessarily blunt and in the 3rd person, both of which I consider poor writing decisions. I felt alienated from the story, and I never understood who was More...

Janie gets sucked into other people’s dreams. She tries to stop it, but can’t resist the overwhelming pull. She first noticed it happening when she was eight-years-old. Janie has witnessed everything from the typical falling dream and standing naked in front of a crowd dream to World War II battle dreams. Most of the time she is just an observer. Even if the dreamers ask for her help, she can’t manage to do anything.

Janie’s life has been hindered by this "curse." She found out early that sleepov More...

I liked the idea behind the story okay, but there were more F words in this YA book than any of the adult novels I've read. It just wasn't necessary. This book contained a lot of content that just wasn't appropriate for teen readers. I'm also not a huge fan of the writing format. I'm not sure if it wasn't just to cover up the fact that maybe the writer isn't all that good at writing.

Na knihu jsem byla zvědavá od chvíle, kdy jsem ji objevila, ale chtěla jsem si počkat na český překlad.

Zkuste si představit, že se propadáte lidem do snů. Myslíte, že je to super? Ani náhodou. Janie to totiž nemůže nijak ovládat a tak se ocitá v nejrůznějších nočních můrách lidí, kteří v její blízkosti usnou. Nemůže se z nich dostat ven a prožívá všechny hrůzy spolu se snícími. Kromě toho to Janie v životě nemá vlbec jednoduché. Její matka jí matkou zrovna není, žije z ruky do úst a moc kamarádů More...

First read in February of 2009, Wake is one of those rare gems that I keep coming back to. In spite of the later ruin of the series, truly Gone was atrocious, Wake still possesses some element of reading magic for me. I suppose it doesn’t hurt that it only takes two hours to read either. Quick read status or no, Wake can boast of containing not one, but two fantastically imperfect characters, a unique and heart breaking supernatural element, and a mystery that never dulls, even after multiple re More...

What an enthralling story! I can’t wait for the rest of this series! I’d heard good things about Wake and I wasn’t disappointed at all!

Janie has a gift, although it seems to be more of a curse. She can visit people in their dreams, well actually she is sucked into peoples dreams, and it is rather impossible to escape. She fist discovers her talent at the age of eight, but doesn’t realize the magnitude of her ability until she is older.

Janie grew up in Fieldridge, Michigan. Her mother is an alcoh More...

The light, spare prose in Wake takes getting used to, and while compulsively readable, doesn’t always match up to the weight if its subject matter, or the potential gravity in some of its characters. But Wake does create something different: a mix between the fantastic-premise-meets-teen set-up of books like Twilight, and plot devices that will gather fans of Sixth Sense and Ghost Whisperer. However critical you want to be, there is no getting around that where Wake improves over similar books i More...

17-year-old Janie has a secret.
She enters people’s dreams.
She doesn’t want to, but she can’t stop it. And it’s really annoying when it happens when she is at school, or work, and especially when it is a nightmare. Things get complicated when she befriends Cabel. Some of his dreams are about her. And some of his dreams are frightening. When they end up in a dream together, they learn each other’s secrets. Can they help each other?

This was a quick, enjoyable read. Due to some language and mature s More...

Jaine has a gift! Or rather a curse!! She can watch other people's dreams, if anyone in her proximity is dreaming, she get's sucked in his dream, she can't avoided it. And then she meets Campel and realises that not only she can watch his dreams but participate in them.
The experience of reading this novel whould be safe to say that can only be compared with a thrilling and scary ride on a VERY fast rollercoaster (and this comes from someone who absolutely LOVES rollercoasters)! This is probably More...

I found this book at Barnes and Noble months before it was supposed to be published!!

It was hilarious! I was just looking through the YA section and found this book. It looked so good! I regret that I didn't try to buy it that day. Gosh! Anywho, I went home to found out more information about the book and author and found out that it hadn't been published yet! Yet, I found it at Barnes and Noble! I really really regret not buying it that day!! Geez! That would have been cool!

I emailed Lisa tell More...

I think I'm too old for this young adult book. I just didn't like the abrupt sentence structure and simplistic thought process of the characters. To me, it just isn't well written and the characters aren't bright. Janie is seventeen and has been dealing with getting into other people's dreams for years. She hates it, can't control it, and wonders how she will ever survive. Oh, and then the boy Cabel comes along. He's trouble (maybe) and Janie does the typical teenage angst thing by liking him, g More...

I picked up this book after hearing lots of great feedback from my friends. (Even one of my friends who HATES to read but fell in love with this book)

Note: The author uses short, choppy sentences to get her point across. None of the sentences are too descriptive or lengthy. There is nothing wrong with that, it's just a style of writing.

A little background info:
Wake is the first novel in the Wake Trilogy, it follows Janie, a girl with an extraordinary but haunting power to be sucked into people's More...

"A short and entertainment book that keeps you reading it till the last page. I totally loved it!!!"

" Este libro es corto, solo unas cuantas paginas, pero tiene su propio encanto que te mantiene leyéndolo pagina tras paginas hasta que te das cuenta que el libro se acabo y te quedas plasmado con todo lo que sucedió. ¡¡¡Me gusto!!!"

Yes I read it before publication. Ha!

I won't spoil it but it moves briskly, is a mystery, love story, and parnormal curiosity sited in a high school, several homes, and a nursing home. Try it. You'll love it.

What if you had the ability to enter into other people's dreams? One first glance, it seems like it might be a pretty cool little power and insight into your friends and family.

And while having this ability may seem cool to Janie Hannagan at first, we quickly find that it's more a burden. Janie is constantly aware of being sucked into people's dreams becuase in doing so, she falls asleep as well. Couple that with the dreamer potentially realizing Janie is there and has seen some subconsious desi More...

Една кратка книжка, но за сметка на това – оригинална. С „Бдение” Лиса Макман поставя началото на YA трилогията „Опасни сънища”. Преди да сте попитали „Защо „Лиса” при условие, че на корицата е „Лиза?”, ще отговоря: Четох книгата на английски и отказвам да приема „Лиза” или „Кабъл” като нормален превод. Толкова за българското издание. Решавайте сами дали ще се сдобиете с него.

Джейни не е нормална и никога не е била такава. От осемгодишна бива засмуквана от сънищата на всеки, който заспи в близос More...

A paragraph full of embarrassment:
God. I cannot believe I used to think that this book has five hundred pages and its scary and its like 'The Host' or something hard or tough for me to read and take in. And because of that, I never read this book or even marked this book as read until now.
I also cannot believe that studying influences me to read any book in this world. Yes, I was supposed to study for my chemistry exam. And well, anything, I mean, EVERYTHING sounds much more interesting than st More...

Okay, so... three stars pretty much covers it since I did like it. It wasn’t an ”amazing, never-gonna-forget-this” kind of book but still, I enjoyed it. The writing style got me off guard at the beginning, but when I finally got used to third person it was alright. The first part of the book was a bit weird: Different scenes of Janie’s past to introduce her ‘ability’, how her first experiences were, etc. I think Lisa could have showed us more of Janie’s character, but maybe that’s only because I More...

Rating: B+

When I first read the synopsis for Wake, I knew that it was going to be a great book. And it was. The book is so different and original. I love the whole dream catcher idea that Lisa has created so fabulously. I would really love to know where she came up with the idea. I think Lisa's writing is great but I also feel like the story was a bit rushed. The end of the book was rushed, as was the relationship between characters.

On that note, I'll talk about the characters now. I think that More...

I feel like this book is more deserving of three and a half stars, but as there is no half star option, I'm rounding up.

When I realized the narrative was in the present tense, I worried that I might not enjoy the book as much. I found this irksome, but I let it go and settled in to enjoy the story.

Janie Hannigan is a senior in high school who is trying to rise above her dysfunctional family life by keeping her nose clean and preparing for college. It's her only way out of her troubled home--tha More...

Review also found here: http://lili-lost-in-a-book.blogspot.c...

Overall I thought this was a very good book. However, the style of writing, I thought, was a little weird.

I really liked the idea of Janie being able to get sucked into other people's dreams. Its very cool and unique. I haven't read anything like it, which is why I really liked this book. Plus, it was a super easy read! If it wasnt for the homework I had to do, I probably would've sat down one day, read it and finished it that same More...

This would technically get 4.5 stars...I am bouncing back and forth between giving it five..... oh man, feel the presure....
This book was so good. It was devoured in 1 day, 1 sitting at that.

Janie is a dream hopper, not her own, but everyone else's. No explanation, no rhyme or reason, she just is. It is beginning to take over her life and frigthen her... but, she realizes that she can help the dreamer. I don't know what to say without giving away too many details, but w-o-w!
I am super stoaked t More...