Book Review : Strange the Dreamer // Laini Taylor

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.

Rate : 4.8 / 5 ⭐

Review :

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOOK!

The writing, the story, the characters!!!!

Honestly the writing was so beautiful. I loved how Laini Taylor just wove the most simple words together and made them sound so magical. I was grinning as I read the first few chapters because I loved the writing style.

The story was wonderful. I tried to guess a lot of things but most of it didnt really happen! And that means this is another book that caught me off guard. Most fantasy books these days also have certain cliche elements among them and surprisingly this didnt follow all of them.

The characters were beautiful and wicked. The good ones having a bit of bad in them and the bad ones having a bit of good in them. Not all books really explain the enemy very well but this one does. And since book talks about certain people having magical abilities I just wanna say that there is one minor guy who can conjure clouds! He can bring freaking CLOUDS!! I love clouds and when I found out that there is a character who does precisely that I was like hey new bf.

Honestly I cant wait till the sequel is released although I guess there will be sometime before it will be because this book only came out this March. However there are rumors that the second will be titled 'Muse of Nightmares'. Love!

EEHH CANT WAIT!!