Genre: Fantasy
Published: March 28, 2017
Pages: 545
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.
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.
This was the February book selection for my new fantasy book club. It had been sitting on my shelf for a while, so I'm not mad about that. This is my honest review.
I really related to Lazlo, almost from the beginning. I always had my nose stuck in a book when I was growing up, so I got the love of stories. And I loved how his love of stories made him uniquely qualified for the mission to save Weep. If only they'd known who he really was (which I figured out at about the halfway point of the story).
I liked how this story was told from two POVs, it helped to give a well-rounded view of the situation and also provided the clues to figure out the solution before the characters did. I did not like the ending because sad things happened, but I can respect the author for making those choices. Overall I give Strange the Dreamer 4.6935 out of 5 stars. - Katie
Laini Taylor is the author of the National Book Award Finalist Lips Touch: Three Times, as well as the novels Blackbringer and Silksinger. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, illustrator Jim Di Bartolo, and their daughter.
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