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DreamsideIntroduction of the ebook: Dreamside
Đánh giá : 3.63 /5 (sao)
Finally available in America: the debut novel from the author of The Tooth Fairy and Dark Sister
It began as an experiment in college–a seemingly harmless investigation into “lucid dreaming,” the ability to control one’s dreams.
But they stayed too long on Dreamside, and now, ten years later, the dreams have returned–returned to upend their adult lives. The dreams of yout Finally available in America: the debut novel from the author of The Tooth Fairy and Dark Sister
It began as an experiment in college–a seemingly harmless investigation into “lucid dreaming,” the ability to control one’s dreams.
But they stayed too long on Dreamside, and now, ten years later, the dreams have returned–returned to upend their adult lives. The dreams of youth fade, if you’re lucky. If not, they can consume you . . . and will.
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Review ebook Dreamside
Being a massive fan of lucid dreaming and everything to do with the subconscious, I picked up Dreamside expecting my mind to be absolutely blown away by the scary imagery, the ridiculously in-depth character background and how their individual relationships with each other.
Needless to say, I was rather underwhelmed. Joyce delivered a solid story with a decent plot and believable characters, but I felt that the dream imagery was rather underplayed. There were a fair amount of bizarre moments, and Being a massive fan of lucid dreaming and everything to do with the subconscious, I picked up Dreamside expecting my mind to be absolutely blown away by the scary imagery, the ridiculously in-depth character background and how their individual relationships with each other.
Needless to say, I was rather underwhelmed. Joyce delivered a solid story with a decent plot and believable characters, but I felt that the dream imagery was rather underplayed. There were a fair amount of bizarre moments, and I loved how Joyce incorporated real-life aspects of dreaming (false awakenings, sleep paralysis, etc). However, the dreamscape seemed too similar and bland all the time for me to be truly immersed, and what all the characters decided to do in the lucid dreams were pretty unoriginal. Yet, this opinion is strongly based from taste, and creating a ridiculous dreamscape is a tough challenge for an author, so I’m not going to let this affect the rating too much.
The characters had a bit too much of a Dean Koontz feel to them; they were three-dimensional, but seemed to have absolutely no life outside of the plot. Sure, they had professions, personality traits and different dynamics with each other. Yet they weren’t complicated, they seemed like plot puppets that were only in the book to move forth the story. I didn’t feel any emotion at the end for the characters, which spoke volumes for me, personally.
I’m not sure, this book could have handled the dream theme a lot better, but I’m thankful it exists, because I think the topic of lucid dreaming is severely ignored in today’s society. The book featuring a part of its story in the past was a very clever idea, and even allowed Joyce to get away with the almost perfect characterisation of Ella (she’s much more roughed up in the first section of the book). However, the book still has its glaring flaws, and as a result I can only give it so much. …more
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