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Strange the Dreamer
Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)
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Brenda
May 11, 2017 rated it really liked it
Shelves: own
Second time through: I liked this a lot better than the first time I read it. It still had a bit of a slow start, but not too bad. And I wasn't bothered by the ending, either. I'm not sure what I disliked about it so much the first time. Not quite a five star read, but close.

First time through:
Slow start--I was actually a bit bored, waiting for it to get good. The middle was fairly interesting, but there could have been so much more besides hearing about Sarai's bottom lip for the 100th time. An ...more
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Paula
May 02, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Lazlo Strange, aka Strange the Dreamer, started out in life as an orphan raised by monks and not knowing anything about his parents or even his real name. He had a wild imagination and became obsessed learning about a magical city called Weep. As he grew, so did his quest to learn more and dream daily about finding Weep. It was by chance that he became a librarian in the city of Zosma. When he began to make more discoveries in the library about Weep, he became convinced that is was a real place. ...more
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Angie
Jan 15, 2019 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: ya-books, romance-historical, fantasy, great-reading-challenge, geek-out-book-club, 2019-books
So far...the poetry of her words, every sentence, is phenomenal. I keep waiting to see if it will be too much, or too distracting, but so far its not. This author is incredible, I can already tell. More soon.
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Anjillica Navarro
Feb 06, 2018 rated it really liked it
3.5 stars...maybe 4 stars. I.JUST.DON'T. KNOW.
There is frustration and wonderment. Beautifully written, but I feel feelings that are confusing. ...more
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