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A review by thecandlelightlibrary
Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
5.0
HOLY UNBELIEVABLE WOW.
This book was incredible and proved yet again just how much I love Laini Taylor - to the point where I’m not sure I could craft a review that would properly do it justice.
The first several chapters of Strange the Dreamer gave me shivers from Laini’s masterful storytelling. I was captivated from the first chapter and continually wanted to know more about everything in this fantastical world. Lazlo lives in a vibrant and original world, one that Laini must have really enjoyed creating, and one that has so many possibilities for exploring in the upcoming sequel. Strange the Dreamer reads like one massive dream, but the style fits the story so perfectly.
I went into this book knowing relatively little of the plot, and I was blown away. I loved this book. Hands down, Laini’s imagery is seriously out of this world - Strange the Dreamer was an incredibly beautiful read. Every time I sat down to read a couple pages, the story drew me in and a couple pages would turn into a couple more, until suddenly I was chapters further than where I started. This caused me to put the book down for an entire week because I just didn’t want it to end - I wanted to savor the world Laini had crafted. Still, by the time I had finished the book, I felt I could have easily read another 500 pages.
I was waiting for Laini to rip my heart out with this - a caution I learned from the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy and from the nagging voice in my head that said the story was too good to be true - and it did, but in a way that I cannot wait to read the sequel. Kudos to you, Laini, but are you really going to make us wait until October? I hope all the characters receive the stories they deserve in the sequel, and I can’t wait to read them.
This book was incredible and proved yet again just how much I love Laini Taylor - to the point where I’m not sure I could craft a review that would properly do it justice.
The first several chapters of Strange the Dreamer gave me shivers from Laini’s masterful storytelling. I was captivated from the first chapter and continually wanted to know more about everything in this fantastical world. Lazlo lives in a vibrant and original world, one that Laini must have really enjoyed creating, and one that has so many possibilities for exploring in the upcoming sequel. Strange the Dreamer reads like one massive dream, but the style fits the story so perfectly.
I went into this book knowing relatively little of the plot, and I was blown away. I loved this book. Hands down, Laini’s imagery is seriously out of this world - Strange the Dreamer was an incredibly beautiful read. Every time I sat down to read a couple pages, the story drew me in and a couple pages would turn into a couple more, until suddenly I was chapters further than where I started. This caused me to put the book down for an entire week because I just didn’t want it to end - I wanted to savor the world Laini had crafted. Still, by the time I had finished the book, I felt I could have easily read another 500 pages.
I was waiting for Laini to rip my heart out with this - a caution I learned from the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy and from the nagging voice in my head that said the story was too good to be true - and it did, but in a way that I cannot wait to read the sequel. Kudos to you, Laini, but are you really going to make us wait until October? I hope all the characters receive the stories they deserve in the sequel, and I can’t wait to read them.