Book Review: Wake By: Lisa McMann

Not all dreams are sweet.



For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams is getting old. Especially the falling dreams, the naked-but-nobody- notices dreams, and the sex-crazed dreams. Janie's seen enough fantasy booty to last her a lifetime.


She can't tell anybody about what she does — they'd never believe her, or worse, they'd think she's a freak. So Janie lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control.


Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant....

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Characters: 16/20

Plot: 18/20

Originality: 18/20

Writing: 15/20

Recommendation: 17/20

Overall: 84 or "B"


The Characters in the book wasn't a strong point for me. I found it hard to connect with Janie because of how the author chose to write the book. So it may just be me, but I wasn't to fond of the characters in this book. The plot was good. I really liked reading about other people's dreams and such, so that was a stronger point for me. The book I feel was very original, at least I haven't read another like it. The writing was...lets say not my cup of tea. I tried to get into it, but she wrote in such short bursts. What I mean is, she's all over the place in her writing style, in my opinion and I'm not the only person who thinks that way. I think the writing is mostly what keeps this book from being amazing. This book would've been almost an "A" if it wasn't for the writing. My overall recommendation would be, probably a good book, but it wasn't my favorite. Although, don't let me stop you from reading this book because I didn't like the writing. Believe me, this is far from a bad book. I've given books "F"'s already. So people might enjoy this, some may not. I will probably buy the next two books in the trilogy to find out what happens next, but lets just say I wouldn't cry if they suddenly stopped selling them. Sorry!