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Dream Life (2010)

by Lauren Mechling(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0385735235 (ISBN13: 9780385735230)

languge

English

genre

Paranormal Fantasy

publisher

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

review 1: "The plot is improbable and cluttered with distractions. The many characters are poorly developed and lack consistency. As in Dream Girl , Claire's psychic powers are almost entirely peripheral to the story. Only for libraries where the first book is popular.—Eliza Langhans, Hatfield Public Library, MA Copyright 2010 Reed Business Information."I didn't care for this one. Maybe because it is a sequel, I kept wondering who the characters were and I didn't really understand why she kept wanting to keep spending time with her best friend, even above some of the other events in the book. The psychic abilities were never fully realized.
review 2: Dream Life was a terrific follow-up to Dream Girl. We were introduced to a new adventure, an onslaught of new characters... more and even more of Kiki’s crazy attitude.I enjoyed this one a lot more. Unlike the first one, it became quite clear what the story was in Dream Life right away. While I don’t think the dreams were as intense as they were in Dream Girl, they made a lot more sense and fit in more with the chain of events written in this one. The dreams foreshadowed- oddly albeit amusingly- the clues that Claire eventually cracks, and it makes for perfect ‘aha!’ moments.I really enjoyed the new characters as well. None of them replaced the extreme favoritism that I hold for Claire, Becca & Andy. But as small as they were, they were crucial to the story and made things ten times more entertaining. Especially Alex- Kiki’s birthday party was probably my favorite scene of the entire book.Overall, I thought it was much better than Dream Girl. More action, more adventure, more romance and more of Claire’s sarcastic mindset. The perfect easy, entertaining read! less

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