Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Sep 12, 2017 Michele rated it it was amazing

Shelves: read-in-2017

What a great book!! Now I just need to know...when is the next book coming out??

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Apr 23, 2017 Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, look-at-the-pretty-cover, 4-and-a-half-stars, from-my-shelf, great-side-characters, 2017, 2020, for-a-challenge, fantastic-hero, re-read

Read: April 2017
Original rating: ★★★★
Re-read: September 8, 2020
Rating after re-read: ★★★★

4 stars. I’ve had the sequel to this book on my shelf since it came out and I honestly had forgotten everything that happened in this one. This was a necessary re-read. I remember the first time I read this it was hard to get into because it was really slow and it was the same thing again here. There’s just so many slow and dull moments but the middle to the end is where things pick up and really get going. Read: April 2017
Original rating: ★★★★
Re-read: September 8, 2020
Rating after re-read: ★★★★

4 stars. I’ve had the sequel to this book on my shelf since it came out and I honestly had forgotten everything that happened in this one. This was a necessary re-read. I remember the first time I read this it was hard to get into because it was really slow and it was the same thing again here. There’s just so many slow and dull moments but the middle to the end is where things pick up and really get going. The writing is absolutely stunning and I still really love Lazlo’s character. I think this was a good set up book but I feel like I’ll love the sequel even more and that’s where things were really going to get good and interesting.

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Original Review:
“You’re a storyteller. Dream up something wild and improbable," she pleaded. "Something beautiful and full of monsters."

“Beautiful and full of monsters?"

“All the best stories are.”

4 stars. Not going to lie this took a little bit for me to get into, hence the four stars, but once it picked up it got so freaking good.

Laini is an amazing writer and yes, that sounds redundant because everyone says it but I will never not mention this fact. Seriously, her prose and writing is just superb and so beautiful. The world building in this was great and so vivid. I think my main struggle was the plot itself. I was lost in the beginning. For the first hundred or so pages I was just so damn confused but as it went on I started to get it and I must say, it definitely is a unique plot.

I loved Lazlo. I thought he was a great character and I enjoyed reading from his perspective. I enjoyed the other characters as well, but I did find that I wasn't as connected to them like I was to Lazlo.

Overall, this was a great first book to this duology and I cannot wait to see how she will tie it all up in the next book. ...more

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Jun 23, 2017 Anne ✨ Finds Joy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, favorite-series

LOVED THIS!!!! A mystery of old with kingdoms & deserts & a lost city called Weep. With all the characters you can imagine: princes, warriors, gods, ghosts, alchemists, angels and dreamers! Mystery, adventure, and romance, this story has it all! Laini Taylor's imaginative world building and lyrical writing is masterful. An enchanting dream world you will not want to wake-up from! Pure reading/listening bliss! ...more

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Oct 21, 2018 Cathie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: bb-botm, favorites, young-adult, fantasy, own-tbr, chunkymonkey, 2017-releases, 2018-releases, choiceawards2017, 2018-reads

Loved this freakin book! Anything that starts with a blue girl impaled on a cast iron fence post dying and her screams are moths coming out of her mouth has my interest! I mean, seriously, that was the beginning; what could possibly come next? Everything!

This is a tale of two lost souls, feelings of connection, fantasy filled wonderment.

This book ends on a "to be continued". Seriously, literally. I usually hate any book that does that. I am so glad this is continuing.

Read if you love fantasy. Th ...more

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Jan 20, 2019 BookishStitcher rated it it was amazing

I listened to the audiobook of this novel. It was a brilliantly written fantasy novel about two different worlds separated after an epic slater. One world has humans and another has god sporn. The narrator from this book was perfect.

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Apr 18, 2021 Dawn Marie added it

I dont know how I feel about this book..... I didn’t love it nor did I hate it..... I am indifferent. I read the jacket blurb and it sounded like it would be really interesting..... but I have just finished it and I just find myself feeling glad. Glad that I dont have to pick it back up again and glad that I can choose another book.

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