Strange The Dreamer by Laini Taylor
GOODREADS SYNOPSIS :
The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was 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 person 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? What exactly did the Godslayer slay that went by the name of god? And what is the mysterious problem he now seeks help in solving?
The answers await in Weep, but so do more mysteries—including the blue-skinned goddess who appears in Lazlo’s dreams. How did he dream her before he knew she existed? And if all the gods are dead, why does she seem so real?
Welcome to Weep.
MY REVIEW:
I have read Daughter of Smoke and Bone. But I was afraid by the complexity of the world and the characters. After reading Strange The Dreamer, I understood how much I actually underestimated Taylor's imagination. All I want now is to scream like a madwoman.I loved every facet of this book, the world and the slow but steady development of it by Taylor. The book is slow paced, but a lot of things keep happening, also the world is so well built, so intricate, so interwoven to every page it absolutely combusted my imagination. I loved the characters, their inherent property to the story, but I never felt like looking in, but a spectator, that was how vivacious and vivid the world was. I could grasp the characterization, the silk thread that bound me to the book and yeah the lyrical tones that made it even more wonderful. Lazlo and Sarai have become one of my most favorites. Their chemistry, the kindling of their relationship, the development was astounding and completely took away my breath.I also loved the relationship between Eril Fane and Azareen, the mortifying and the horrifying past of their relationship absolutely brought me to my knees. The ending was brutal and I couldn't stop crying. It felt like my loss, I was so drowned in the world. This book would emotionally break you and while it broke me I was in complete and irrevocable awe.
MY FAVORITE QUOTES FROM THE BOOK:
“You’re a storyteller. Dream up something wild and improbable," she pleaded. "Something beautiful and full of monsters."
“It was impossible, of course. But when did that ever stop any dreamer from dreaming.”
“And that's how you go on. You lay laughter over the dark parts. The more dark parts, the more you have to laugh. With defiance, with abandon, with hysteria, any way you can.”
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