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Fade (Dream Catcher #2)
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Lisa McMann (Goodreads Author)
SOME NIGHTMARES NEVER END.
For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck.
Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody's talking. When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open -- but nothing go...more
For Janie and Cabel, real life is getting tougher than the dreams. They're just trying to carve out a little (secret) time together, but no such luck.
Disturbing things are happening at Fieldridge High, yet nobody's talking. When Janie taps into a classmate's violent nightmares, the case finally breaks open -- but nothing go...more
Hardcover, 248 pages
Published
February 10th 2009
by Simon Pulse
(first published January 28th 2009)
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An Open Letter to Lisa McMann
Dear Ms. McMann,
Please stop writing books.
This is a very serious request. To this date, you have written and published two novels, Wake and Fade. Because of your books, I have on two occasions been compelled to read deep into the night, and in this manner I have lost two good nights of sleep. I can only conclude that any further books written by you will lead to long nights with the bedside lamp switched on, frantically reading. I ...more
Dear Ms. McMann,
Please stop writing books.
This is a very serious request. To this date, you have written and published two novels, Wake and Fade. Because of your books, I have on two occasions been compelled to read deep into the night, and in this manner I have lost two good nights of sleep. I can only conclude that any further books written by you will lead to long nights with the bedside lamp switched on, frantically reading. I ...more
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I love this series. I have been waiting to read Fade since I sped through the last few pages of Wake, and I was not disappointed. Everything that I attracted me to the first novel is still there, simplicity of McMann’s writing, quick pace and realistic dialogue.
Fade divulges more about Janie’s ability which was fascinating and unimaginable at the same time. The unique relationship between Janie and Cabel is also taken to a new level.
I usually don’t comment on the conten...more
Fade divulges more about Janie’s ability which was fascinating and unimaginable at the same time. The unique relationship between Janie and Cabel is also taken to a new level.
I usually don’t comment on the conten...more
"Fade" continues the story begun in "Wake" and if you try reading this one first, you're likely to be a little confused.
In "Wake," we met Janie, a girl with the ability to be a dream-catcher. This means she can enter other people's dreams. "Wake" was about Janie coming to terms with her new power. "Fade" is concerned with Janie learning the responsible use of her power and the consequences of being a dream-catcher. It sets up thin...more
In "Wake," we met Janie, a girl with the ability to be a dream-catcher. This means she can enter other people's dreams. "Wake" was about Janie coming to terms with her new power. "Fade" is concerned with Janie learning the responsible use of her power and the consequences of being a dream-catcher. It sets up thin...more
Well I liked Fade, but it was not as good as the first one. It took me about 80 pages in to get hooked to this one. The narrative didn't bother me with this one since I picked this one up literally seconds after finishing Wake. I still liked the characters and their interactions with each other. I liked the development of the characters and seeing them deal with their demons. Didn't care as much for the plot line of this one as I did with the first one. Mostly with Fade what I liked was when Jan...more
This was my review of Wake (to which Fade is a sequel):
"In some ways, this book reads like it was written by a very, very smart teenager on the older/more mature side, i.e. 17-18, has been in love, and experienced other kinds of deep vulnerability as well--basically like the book's heroine, perhaps in a few years or in a self-reflexive place.
It also reads like good fanfic, in the following ways:
a) written in close third-person present tense, which aligns ...more
"In some ways, this book reads like it was written by a very, very smart teenager on the older/more mature side, i.e. 17-18, has been in love, and experienced other kinds of deep vulnerability as well--basically like the book's heroine, perhaps in a few years or in a self-reflexive place.
It also reads like good fanfic, in the following ways:
a) written in close third-person present tense, which aligns ...more
So here we are again. This book, like the last, carving a whole in my chest. Threatening to bring me tears.....
But then???
This is still a good story. I like it, I do. I think most of that is due to two things however.
1.) I like this writing style. While it wouldn't work for most, it works here. It just does. With short, simple sentences, and the time stamps this book flies by. It's in incredibly easy read.
2.)Janie and Cabel are just SUCH a sweet c...more
But then???
This is still a good story. I like it, I do. I think most of that is due to two things however.
1.) I like this writing style. While it wouldn't work for most, it works here. It just does. With short, simple sentences, and the time stamps this book flies by. It's in incredibly easy read.
2.)Janie and Cabel are just SUCH a sweet c...more
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This sequel to McMann's young adult novel "Wake" improves on the former with more focused prose and more attention given to the budding romance between "dream catcher" Janie and her narc-in-hiding boyfriend, Cabel. If there's a third wheel to this relationship, it's the couple's employer, Police Captain Fran Komisky, who serves on occasion as surrogate parental figure and relationship counselor, providing all the well intentioned tough-love you can stand.
The plot...more
The plot...more
Reviewed by Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen for TeensReadToo.com
As one case closes another one opens. Janie Hannagan returns, this time using her abilities of being swept into a person's dreams to solve a sex scandal at her school.
Several calls have been made on Fieldridge High School's anonymous phone line. Although inaudible at times, the messages result in the assumption that certain faculty members and students at Fieldridge have been fooling around. S...more
As one case closes another one opens. Janie Hannagan returns, this time using her abilities of being swept into a person's dreams to solve a sex scandal at her school.
Several calls have been made on Fieldridge High School's anonymous phone line. Although inaudible at times, the messages result in the assumption that certain faculty members and students at Fieldridge have been fooling around. S...more
You should read WAKE before you pick up FADE. You’ll understand the story much better.
My review may be a little vague, but I don’t want to give away any SPOILERS for WAKE.
Janie still has a difficult life. Her mother still drinks and hides in her bedroom to the extent that she doesn’t have any interest in what Janie does. Janie is the adult in house - making sure there are groceries in the house and taking care of the other day to day household chores.
The on...more
My review may be a little vague, but I don’t want to give away any SPOILERS for WAKE.
Janie still has a difficult life. Her mother still drinks and hides in her bedroom to the extent that she doesn’t have any interest in what Janie does. Janie is the adult in house - making sure there are groceries in the house and taking care of the other day to day household chores.
The on...more
Janie's story began in Wake, but it was far from over. After getting an awesome scholarship and contract deal with the police department, Janie has capitalized on her ability and turned it into a job! Now that she and Cabel are working together she thinks their relationship can't get any better, and she's right.
The police have an assignment for Janie, she'll be purposely invading dreams and learning whatever she can in attempts to catch a teacher who might be a sexual predator at her school. But...more
The police have an assignment for Janie, she'll be purposely invading dreams and learning whatever she can in attempts to catch a teacher who might be a sexual predator at her school. But...more
Lisa McMann blew me away with this second book. I was uncontrollably gripping the book till the last word. Janie's story unravels--literally. She gets into some compromising situations and I was left breathless, panting after--anticipating the outcomes.
I was wonderfully absorbed into Cabel's emotional state. His flaws--his insecurities, history and his want for safety sets him apart and makes him so wonderfully real and lovable. His battle with Janie's actions, her desires and her hope...more
I was wonderfully absorbed into Cabel's emotional state. His flaws--his insecurities, history and his want for safety sets him apart and makes him so wonderfully real and lovable. His battle with Janie's actions, her desires and her hope...more
Janie is our dream-catching heroine with the "curse" of falling into other people's dreams. When other people fall asleep around her, she 'falls into' their dreams. Witnesses it all. This as you can imagine is very draining, very awkward, very icky at times. But now Janie is using her 'curse' for good; she's helping the police force out. Working undercover alongside her boyfriend, Cabel. Soon after the book opens, the two are told about a new case they'll be given. A case allegedly inv...more
I read the first book Wake and was hooked. I think this book wasn't as good as the first because there was too much tension between Janie and Cabel. I think that all the action was great and the idea of a teacher that was a child molester was captivating. The fact that a date-rape drug was used took the reader by surprise, and the setting was good. The book could have used a couple more minor characters that went to Janie's school, and Janie and Cabel should have been able to work out their prob...more
Either 3.5 or 4 stars; I can't decide. This sequel to Wake was good, but not quite as good as the first one (although I don't remember that in great detail. In here, Janie and Cabel are working on a new case at their high school, with Janie being sucked into the dreams of her fellow students to look for clues. I still love the premise, but I didn't like the plot/case that they were working on all that much; it seemed almost too sensational. The writing is very sparse, for lack of a better de...more
I loved it. The first book really made me love the storyline and after reading it I was hoping there was more, and there was! This was it! What made me love it was its uniqueness. Not often do you read a story about dream catchers or people who fall into other people's dreams. This book was a thrill to me. The heroine, who was working as an undercover cop, had to catch someone she had no clue about, but by gathering information from her dreams she not only caught one person but several. The peop...more
Usually I begin with a synopsis to the story, but I will begin with saying that this is an adult book disguised as and put in the young adult section. It is not for young adults and if I saw my teenager with this book I would be having a serious talk with them about their book selection. The language is atrocious and the sexual content is too much for young adults. The only saving factor of this book is the intriguing premise and the potential for some good candid discussions on date rape dru...more
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I'd give this one 4.5 stars- it was as good as/better than Wake. Janie and Cabel's relationship is even more intense, due to the added complications of their way-darker-than-Nancy Drew investigation. Janie has a stoic, badass way of dealing with her very real problems, which apparently (according to many reviews) switches to a much angstier, less appealing approach in the last installment. I don't think I can bring myself to read the last one if it ruins my enjoyment of the series, since the fir...more
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I was very impressed with the first book in this series, WAKE, for its subdued and menacing take on a supernaturally gifted high school student - but I was surprised when a sequel came out, because WAKE felt very much like a stand-alone. I had a sense of closure and wasn't sure where the story would go.
So I was pleasantly surprised by FADE - it has the same eerie, present tense writing, the same atmosphere of grim reality punctured by moments of sweetness and humor. It also has a grea...more
So I was pleasantly surprised by FADE - it has the same eerie, present tense writing, the same atmosphere of grim reality punctured by moments of sweetness and humor. It also has a grea...more
I liked this book just as much as I did the original, which surprised me because that almost never happens. I always feel like books in a series get worse with every new addition, but I was proven very wrong. Fade takes more time to develop relationship between Cabel and Janie. Generally speaking, I could care less about the development between romantic interests in book, but their relationship was very well done. The romance wasn't overly cheesy or dramatic, and just like in the last book, ...more
Once again, this was a quick read, taking me only a few short hours to finish, and yet another of McMann's reads that I couldn't put down. So far, three for three.
The basis of the story is, of course, the same considering it's the sequel to Wake. In this second edition Janie is still learning how to handle her dreams, how to control them, pull out of them, etc. But she is noticing some nasty side-effects that she'd rather not face.
Now working for the local police department...more
The basis of the story is, of course, the same considering it's the sequel to Wake. In this second edition Janie is still learning how to handle her dreams, how to control them, pull out of them, etc. But she is noticing some nasty side-effects that she'd rather not face.
Now working for the local police department...more
Fade’ foi além das minhas expectativas. Enquanto lia Fade, tinha certeza de que seria apenas uma continuação comum da série, com praticamente o mesmo enredo, com a mesma forma de escrita com sentenças curtas e poucos detalhes. E assim foi, até mais ou menos a metade do livro. Depois da página cento e alguma coisa, a situação mudou!
Esse volume da trilogia não gira em torno de várias coisas como em Wake, mas sim em torno de duas situações importantes. A primeira é o predador sexual que ...more
Esse volume da trilogia não gira em torno de várias coisas como em Wake, mas sim em torno de duas situações importantes. A primeira é o predador sexual que ...more
The Good Stuff
* Even better than book 1 of the trilogy
* Love the honesty between Cabel and Janie
* Storyline is so fascinating I didn't want to put it down - thank god my toddler had a long nap and the book wasn't too long
* A non stop exciting read. I enjoyed her sparse writing style a lot better this time, since I was more used to it
* sex scene was done very sensitively
* Love authors way of writing dialogue - funny stuff up there w...more
I liked this one a little better than Wake. It picked up a bit with more action. Cabel and Janie are on a case to figure out the identity of a possible sexual predator and the storyline is interesting. It doesn't seem meant to be a mystery for the reader as things are being figured out fairly early on. The interest is in the challenge the characters have in gathering evidence and nailing the culprit while additionally dealing with personal challenges that Cabe and Janie are going through because...more
This was a good book, and a good followup from "Wake." Janie and Cabel are still in their senior year of high school and they can't let anyone know they're a couple since the drug bust is still court pending.
Now the Capt. has a new assignment for them. Someone called in anonymously to the student hotline and a sexual predator is suspected within the school system in the form of a teacher. Cabel and Janie are to keep their eyes and ears open to find out what's going on.
...more
Now the Capt. has a new assignment for them. Someone called in anonymously to the student hotline and a sexual predator is suspected within the school system in the form of a teacher. Cabel and Janie are to keep their eyes and ears open to find out what's going on.
...more
The Good:
*I loved the little unfinished sentences. That really made the book for me.
*Cable is just a doll and if it were up to me he'd be played by Reid Ewing http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2938641/
*I liked the storyline of this book
*The green notebook explained everything I wanted to know
*And I'm actually pretty curious about the next book
The Bad:
There was lip gloss ...more
*I loved the little unfinished sentences. That really made the book for me.
*Cable is just a doll and if it were up to me he'd be played by Reid Ewing http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2938641/
*I liked the storyline of this book
*The green notebook explained everything I wanted to know
*And I'm actually pretty curious about the next book
The Bad:
There was lip gloss ...more
I liked this better than the first book, Wake. Unlike Wake, this one had some exciting action. Janie is recruited by the police to use her dream catching ability (and her teacher seducing ability) to take the lead on Operation Catch The Creepy Teacher (due to a tip, the police suspect that there is a rapist teacher at Janie's high school; they just don't know who it is). The plot was action-packed and even though I mostly guessed right, there were still surprises when the mystery was finally rev...more
I have fond memories of WAKE, so imagine my surprise when I finished FADE with a twinge of disappointment. The writing style remains the same, but for some reason, I had a bigger problem with FADE's writing. Even more vague? Confusing? Abrupt? I had appreciated it in WAKE, but it distracted me now. Perhaps the difference is that WAKE seems more out-there and can get away with being rather free in style, while FADE had more of a story and needed more concrete writing. Perhaps I am just blabbering...more
In the second book, Janie have a job to find who is the predator sexuality in Fieldridge High. A teacher. She try to come in everybody's dream on her school. Cabel also help her though he doesn't like the idea to get Janie in in this job. He loves her. He wants she safe.
Janie found the teacher. His name is Durbin. He is the teacher of Janie's favorite subject. So she don't get any trouble to be closer with him. Durbin make a party twice a year and Janie suppose there is where Durbin ha...more
Janie found the teacher. His name is Durbin. He is the teacher of Janie's favorite subject. So she don't get any trouble to be closer with him. Durbin make a party twice a year and Janie suppose there is where Durbin ha...more
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Lisa McMann lives and writes in the Phoenix area. Her books include the NYT bestselling paranormal WAKE trilogy, CRYER'S CROSS, and the dystopian fantasy series beginning with THE UNWANTEDS (coming Aug. 30, 2011).
You can find more info at Lisa'a website, lisamcmann.com, interact with her on Facebook or Twitter, or ask questions and find answers on her VYou.com page.
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