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Strange the Dreamer (Strange the Dreamer, #1)

Laini Taylor

Start date: March 1, 2019

Finish date: April 30, 2019

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Strange the Dreamer - Mar & Apr

Strange the Dreamer - Chapters 1 - 13
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Jul 17, 2018 Zoë ☆ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: owned

The first half of the book I was like; What the heck am I reading?! But as I read on it got much better and I actually came to love the characters! Can't wait for Muse of Nightmares 🤗 ...more

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Aug 30, 2017 Brittany rated it it was amazing

Excuse me Laini Taylor, where is the second book? That ending had me wanting to scream my voice hoarse because I did not see it coming. I'm so excited for the second book in this duology now! If you don't know, Strange the Dreamer is about this boy named Lazlo Strange who always dreamed of going to this city called Weep that lost its name. He's been obsessed with it, studying it since he was young. He finally gets the chance to go to Weep and he finds that there is so much more to it than he eve ...more

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Jan 26, 2018 Bran Pendergrass rated it it was amazing

Shelves: the-many-loves-of-my-life, re-read, duo-can-t-go-wrong

Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor

5 Stars and a broken heart!

Lazlo is the dreamer of my heart!!! I went into this thinking that I probably would not love it but would enjoy the story thoroughly that I would probably be left on a cliffhanger, as this style of writing is Laini Taylor’s signature! I thought this because I really enjoyed her other series The Daughter of Smoke and Bone but I did not LOVE it. With this in mind, I delved deep into the world of one Lazlo Stra ...more

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Sep 16, 2018 sara rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favourites

Review also posted on https://sarajanereading.wordpress.com

I am truly blown away by this book. I was so intimidated to start Strange the Dreamer because I don’t read high fantasy often and I worried that the mix of a fantasy world and lyrical writing would go right over my head, thankfully that didn’t happen. It took me over a month to finish it but I’m glad I took my time and devoured every word.

Everything about Strange the Dreamer was fascinating and unique, the characters, the world, the writ ...more

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Feb 26, 2018 kalireadsdreams rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018-tbr

I thought that I would never see the end of this book!
It took me a month and I had to switch from reading it to listening to it, otherwise, I wouldn't have finished it.
I love the concept of the story and Lazlo and Saraï are amazing but it's the storytelling that bugged me. I just couldn't get into it and that was very strange for me since I loved Laini Taylor's writing so much in her previous books. In this one, I felt like the story got lost in too much flowery prose, and as beautiful as it is ...more

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May 03, 2018 Leni - From The White Cottage rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2018

Part 1 was a 5 Star read for me!
But after that it took a different direction from what I had expected and hoped for....

But I have to say beautiful writing but the story wasn't really my thing :( ...more

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Dec 02, 2018 Stephanie rated it it was amazing

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Guys, can I just say that these books were absolutely FANTASTIC?! I don't know why I was hesitating so much to read these but I completely fell in love with the world and the characters and pretty much everything about this book. I kind of wish there was more to the story especially when Lazlo and the rest go off on that journey at the end - it would definitely be interesting to read more about it. But anyways, I loved this book.

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Guys, can I just say that these books were absolutely FANTASTIC?! I don't know why I was hesitating so much to read these but I completely fell in love with the world and the characters and pretty much everything about this book. I kind of wish there was more to the story especially when Lazlo and the rest go off on that journey at the end - it would definitely be interesting to read more about it. But anyways, I loved this book.

The first book was definitely more of a slow burn for me. I took my time reading it and finished it after maybe 4 or 5 days which is quite long for me. However, I loved the time that it took for the author to set everything up but still keeping it very intriguing and the readers (aka me) very entertained. I loved reading about Lazlo and his beginnings and how he fell in love with the forgotten city of Weep to begin with. There were just so much wonderful interactions and dynamics that he had with the rest of the characters.

I also really enjoyed reading about Sarai's perspective as well. The first book had a dual POV set up where we got to read about Lazlo's POV as well as Sarai which I enjoyed. To be fair though, when Sarai first popped up, I was a little confused because it was just so different from Lazlo's world that I did get a bit lost. However, after a few more of her perspective, I was really able to fall in love with her issues and her situation.

In terms of the second book, I pretty much devoured it and finished it in 2 days or so. At that point, I literally just wanted to know everything about what was going on and what really struck out to me for this book was the fact that the author finally shared the history of the gods that were introduced in the first book. I found that absolutely fascinating and knew that where the gods came from was going to play a vital part and it did.

Honestly, everything about these books were just so incredible. I loved learning about the forgotten city of Weep, what really happened 200 years ago and why they disappeared, why the name of the city was gone from everyone, where did the gods come from, the history of their powers and pretty much everything. Everything was so beautifully written and came together seamlessly.

If I had to mention one negative thing, it would be the fact that there were a few incidences where I found the writing to be a bit too lyrical that I would read through it so fast because it literally just flowed so well but then I would realize that I didn't actually absorb anything I just read and would have to go back a page or two. This mostly happened in the second book because, as stated, I devoured that book!

Overall, I absolutely loved these books and would highly, highly recommend it! ...more

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Oct 15, 2017 Hannah Cassie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2016-oct-2017-oct, series-finished, releases-2017, high-fantasy

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Sep 15, 2017 Ziva (ZzZiva Reads) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: old-favorites

I have no words for how beautiful this book is. Everything, not just the writing, but also the mythology, the characters, the story, the dreams, just everything is perfection. It is so moving.
But then this is Laini Taylor, so it couldn't have been anything less. ...more

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