Layla's Reviews > Lair of Dreams
Lair of Dreams (The Diviners, #2)
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~ 2.5 stars ~
Buddy reading this series with wonderful Yeganeh! I wouldn't have been able to get through this series without her. You can check out her review HERE.
This book, and series in general is just wasted potential. It sets up interestingly, and then when things are supposed to become good, when the stakes are supposed to be high and my interest should be peaked the most, it ends up disappointing me. The execution for the plotline was weak and anticlimactic.
I did love the concept of this sleeping sickness and I do love the overall atmosphere of this series, which is why I was baffled at how underwhelming this book ended up being. There is no clear direction for the plot and I am finding it hard to care about what ends up happening to the characters.
Admittedly, I do like the banter and some of the character dynamics, but most of the characters individually fell flat. Henry, Ling, and Theta were the ones who intrigued me the most and the ones I genuinely wanted to read about. But on the other hand, Evie, our main character just annoys me and is barley likable or tolerable in my opinion.
Overall, I liked the first half of the book enough, and though I was disconnected from the story, I would not say that this book is one that is necessarily bad. There are redeeming aspects, but I need and want more than what I am getting.
Buddy reading this series with wonderful Yeganeh! I wouldn't have been able to get through this series without her. You can check out her review HERE.
This book, and series in general is just wasted potential. It sets up interestingly, and then when things are supposed to become good, when the stakes are supposed to be high and my interest should be peaked the most, it ends up disappointing me. The execution for the plotline was weak and anticlimactic.
I did love the concept of this sleeping sickness and I do love the overall atmosphere of this series, which is why I was baffled at how underwhelming this book ended up being. There is no clear direction for the plot and I am finding it hard to care about what ends up happening to the characters.
Admittedly, I do like the banter and some of the character dynamics, but most of the characters individually fell flat. Henry, Ling, and Theta were the ones who intrigued me the most and the ones I genuinely wanted to read about. But on the other hand, Evie, our main character just annoys me and is barley likable or tolerable in my opinion.
Overall, I liked the first half of the book enough, and though I was disconnected from the story, I would not say that this book is one that is necessarily bad. There are redeeming aspects, but I need and want more than what I am getting.
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Reading Progress
June 17, 2021
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Started Reading
June 17, 2021
– Shelved
June 18, 2021
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10.6%
""I heard there's a new case on Mulberry, an Italian girl. And possibly another on Hester street," Uncle Eddie said. "You know they're calling it the Chinese Sleeping Sickness." [...]
"But this sleeping sickness isn't just here in Chinatown," Mrs. Chan said [...]
"All it takes is someone to say it started here and we're to blame. I hear the city might even cancel our New Year's celebrations,"
😐"
page
65
"But this sleeping sickness isn't just here in Chinatown," Mrs. Chan said [...]
"All it takes is someone to say it started here and we're to blame. I hear the city might even cancel our New Year's celebrations,"
😐"
June 20, 2021
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33.61%
"Henry and Theta should have been the main characters. I couldn't care less about Evie."
page
206
June 27, 2021
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Finished Reading
July 2, 2021
– Shelved as:
buddy-reads