Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Description from the Publisher
An instant New York Times bestseller and Michael L. Printz honor book!Eleven best of lists including an NPR Best Book, a Goodreads Best YA Fantasy and Science Fiction Nominee, and more!
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 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 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.
My Review
This book is stunning! Laini Taylor's writing is so lyrical and magical that I was instantly drawn into the story. It look me longer to read this book because the writing forced me to slow down as I read it, but I didn't mind this. I was able to enjoy the writing and the story because of it. I also enjoyed the character development, especially that of Lazlo Strange. I think he grew the most in the novel, and it was interesting to see the process. Laini Taylor's world building in the novel is exquisite. It is very easy to get into the world and understand how it works. I really enjoyed the characters because their actions aren't just "black and white;" there is some grey in their morals. This, in turn, makes you think about what you would do in their dilemma. Do the sins of the past justify violence in the future? Can monsters become heroes?
The one critique I have for this novel is that I wish Laini Taylor had included a map. I think it would have helped build the world a bit more.
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