Marc Williams’s Reviews > Strange the Dreamer > Status Update

Oh no...

"You said they call you Strange the dreamer. Clearly you're better at dreams than other people."

(I know this book is going to tear my heart out, but for right now, I'm still charmed by it.)

I like Sarai just fine, but I find myself wanting to live in the Lazlo chapters. The book is a lot easier to put down if I'm entering one of her narrations...

Sarai entering Lazlo's dream is giving me a Night Circus vibe. Big time.

"Life won't just happen to you, boy. You have to happen to it. The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions."

Also,

"I'm not giving up on you, though. What's the point of being old if you can't beleaguer the young with your vast stores of wisdom?"

Indeed.

I think that Master Hyrrokkin and I are kindred spirits. I'd like to grow up to be like him.

Also, the question burning in my mind as I read is "Is this a sequel/prequel/sidequel to Daughter of Smoke & Bone?"

So far, I can say that I don't know, and I don't think so. But it does have:

Monsters
Seraphim
Moths
Magic
Evanescence
Fantasy worlds that are like ours, but not ours, but inhabited by humans (?)

I love Laini Taylor. (even though I hate book jacket synopses of Laini Taylor books.)

She is so good at creating a rich and layered world where I want to live. It's magical and fantastic, but feels real and corporeal.

She is also so good at creating sympathetic and nuanced characters. Almost no one is all evil, or all good. I'm still trying to figure this cast out...