Lynnie 
young adult, thriller
I loved Amy Plum’s After the End duology so I was eager to read another book by her.
Dreamfall is marketed as a YA horror novel which gave me some pause because I don’t generally like horror. BUT, this book is not scary, so if that’s holding you back, don’t let that stop you. The book is exceedingly creepy but there was never a point where I was particularly freaked out.
Unfortunately, knowing that this is a duology also meant that I realized shortly after the story began that this book would provide zero closure & would end somewhere in the middle. Honestly, it felt like reading half a book. I really really really wish that writers who cannot find a natural place to pause a story would just write one book.
Anyway, some of the characters are interesting, but mostly I just felt sorry for all of them- they have all experienced some sort of trauma that gives them insomnia & therefore brings them all together for this “miracle cure.” Their lives are just so grim for the most part that rather than sympathizing with all of them, it becomes some weird, “I’m more messed up than you” competition.
I’m just not invested in any of the characters so, while I won’t rule out reading the follow-up, I don’t think I’ll be looking for it either. The best thing this book has going for it is that it’s REALLY short so you can read it in less than a day
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