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Book Of Dreams (2011)

by Davis Bunn(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1416556702 (ISBN13: 9781416556701)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Howard Books

series

Book of Dreams

review 1: It isn’t often I read a book that balances thrills, faith, and romance in an entirely believable package. But that is what Davis Bunn does in Book of Dreams. The main character, Elena, does not come across as pious or unsympathetic. She is real, she has doubts, and she suffers fears and conflicts of faith just as any of us.Davis Bunn has a compelling Voice and writing style. It draws the reader into the lives of the characters in such a way that you cannot help but continue to turn the pages. You root and rave for the end game, heart palpitating and mouth dry as the thrills and suspense hammer at your imagination.In addition to his compelling style is the true-to-life conflict his characters are facing. It is a gentle shake to the shoulders and – almost – a call to a... morerms for our own economical plight for this country.Overall rating: 5 out of 5 starsWould I read it again: DefinitelyWould I recommend it to others: A resounding ‘yes’!
review 2: Already a fan of Davis Bunn, ever since he authored books as T. Davis Bunn, I was pleased to be thrust into the same high level vivid description, gripping plot and concise research which I expect in Bunn's writing as I read his novel, Book of Dreams.To Dr. Elena Burroughs -- widow, clinical psychologist, and "foremost authority on dreams"- the "professional mask" she wears maintains her distance from the world. With her office at Oxford and a bestselling book: Book of Dreams, Elena hides by helping clients cope with their own problems.The mask begins to crack with two events:First, a high profile client with frightening dreams enters her office after being referred by Elena's mentor and godmother, Miriam.Second, Miriam, a former clinical psychologist and her dearest friend, entrusts Elena with an ancient book of Holy Scriptures, termed "the book of dreams."Of Elena's early encounters with the Holy phrase, "Our Father, who art in heaven," Bunn writes "The words seemed to find shelter in the morning breeze, as though chanted by the leaves overhead. As though the birds sang them in time to Elena's own heart."Bunn's research of dream theory is apparent in referring to Carl Jung and Freud, yet he skillfully brings theory to an understandable level. When helping her client to cope with a recurrent dream, Elena says, "Dreams often reveal very deep issues that the conscious mind seeks not only to avoid, but to actually flee from. Yet the unconscious mind realizes that this repressed emotion and memory must be confronted. It expels the putrid mess with the same steady insistence with which the body forces out pus from an untreated wound."While layering the story with dreams and ancient scripture, Bunn set me on a learning curve into the world of "political fixers," "hedge funds," and "financial derivatives" in an all too real parallel where "the common man is crushed by debt and despair."Bunn is a master of gripping plot intensity much like a conductor directs a symphony in a crescendo. Just enough rests to catch your breath, but then all elements converge and build intensity as multiple characters' dreams and reality reach the climax.However, it's all a novel and our dreams are only irrelevant mirages when morning dawns...or are they? less

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