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Strange the Dreamer
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From National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor comes an epic fantasy about a mythic lost city and its dark past.
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around--and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared his dream chose poorly. Since he was just five years old, he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the form of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? And who is the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo's dreams?
In this sweeping and breathtaking novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage.
The answers await in Weep.
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around--and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared his dream chose poorly. Since he was just five years old, he's been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the world in search of it. Then a stunning opportunity presents itself, in the form of a hero called the Godslayer and a band of legendary warriors, and he has to seize his chance or lose his dream forever.
What happened in Weep two hundred years ago to cut it off from the rest of the world? And who is the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo's dreams?
In this sweeping and breathtaking novel by National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy, the shadow of the past is as real as the ghosts who haunt the citadel of murdered gods. Fall into a mythical world of dread and wonder, moths and nightmares, love and carnage.
The answers await in Weep.
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Hannah
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“This was everything I hoped it would be! I’m loving TikTok book recs at the moment. Beautiful writing and cliffhanger ending 😩”
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Jeff Letourneau
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“Prose: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Plot: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
My enjoyment: ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
Overall this was a really excellent read, with beautiful poetic writing and awesome world-building. Part one especially, introducing Lazlon and his dream, was in itself an incredible story. And the scene where the Citadel was revealed to the outsiders was epic and unforgettable.
I found the juxtaposition of juvenile romance with really dark in-world history to be jarring - I think the author was trying to highlight how innocence and cruelty can exist in the same world, and I guess at the end of the day maybe I'm just not the intended audience here, which is fine. My biggest gripe was the ending, which I found very unsatisfying because it did not hinge on any character growth, any choices made, no epic climax where everyone's talents (e.g. alchemy, tower climbing, silk sleighs) came in handy - instead it was just this chosen one trope where Lazlo could suddenly do everything because of his heritage.”
Courtney 🖤
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“I really enjoyed this story, the characters, and the world! I thought the gods and their powers were really interesting. The mystery of who they were and why they did what they did also propelled me through the book. I liked how the story unfolded and never grew bored with the pacing.”
About Laini Taylor
Laini Taylor is the New York Times bestselling author of the Printz Honor Book Strange the Dreamer and its sequel, Muse of Nightmares. Taylor is also the author of the global sensation the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy and the companion novella Night of Cake & Puppets. Taylor's other works include the Dreamdark books: Blackbringer and Silksinger, and the National Book Award finalist Lips Touch: Three Times. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter, Clementine. Her website is lainitaylor.com.