The Dream Lover

by Mark Upton, Lawrence Sanders

A haunted man is lured by a seductive obsession into the ritzy world of Hollywood, where he pursues deadly dreams of betrayal and revenge that bring those he contacts to the edge of disaster. Reissue.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published December 1, 1978

Reviews

[Tabitha · Rating 1 out of 5]

The entire time I was reading this I felt as though I was waiting for the story to start, like the entire book was filler. It was a chore for me to get through.

[Reuen · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

I will start by saying I am a big Sanders fan. I devoured his Sin and Commandment series in high school. Loved his New York setting,( being a New Yorker) he portrays everything spot on. Even the food is memorable.
20 years later, I saw a huge Sanders lot on Ebay. I purchased it and decided to read them in chronological order. I had no memory of this book. Until I came to Goodreads I didn't know he had written this under a pseudonym (Upton).
The book is a slog fest. It's hard to believe Sanders wrote this. Boring all the way through and an ugly ending.
Don't recommend. Never thought I would say this about a Lawrence Sanders book. Really 1.5 stars but I gave it 2 stars out of sympathy. Big disappointment.

[John Lyman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I rarely read fiction these days, but I found this book and, as a fan of Sanders, (Upton?), I decided to check it out. It was interesting semi-historical fiction. I enjoyed it pretty well until about the last 10% of the book. It seemed the author was rushing to end the story and he turned to a much more broad/vague style of prose that left me with the feeling the book had ended without resolving most of the issues raised in the story.

[AJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

what a mess, boring and silly at the same time, but not in a fun way!!!

[Tina · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good solid story.

[Jim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not up to Sanders best work, and he may have realized that as the book was originally published under the pseudonym Mark Upton. The work plays as a diabolically over-acted silent film, much like the setting of the story itself.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has it's moments but not quite as good as his other works.

[Dream Apollysus · Rating 4 out of 5]

(8/10)
Very Good.