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Mar 20, 2023IndyPL_EmilyM rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
The Dreamers was a quick and mostly entertaining read, but it fell a little short of my expectations. The unique premise was what initially drew me to the book and kept me engaged until the end, but the storytelling and characters weren't…
Nov 16, 2021betsymarzoni rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
The novel is about a highly contagious, air transmitted, and previously unknown virus that hits a college town and immediately fells most of the town's residents. Sound familiar? The eerie thing about this is that Walker tells us in the…
Jul 13, 2021severina2001 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A mysterious sleeping sickness overtakes most of the residents of a small town in England. It starts in a college dorm, when freshman Mei cannot wake up her roommate. It doesn't take long for the sleeping sickness to spread: paranoia sets…
Jun 24, 2021Desiree_P rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Age Rating: 13+ As I was reading this book, I felt as if I was reading it through a haze, or through some kind of lens, or like it was a dream. The book follows a variety of characters, from all aspects of life, as the small town of Santa…
Apr 16, 2021Casiepaws rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Entertaining but instead of being written in a close third it is written in a way that is very removed. As a personal preference, I prefer a close third. When it is removed it feels like there is something between me and the story and as…
Jan 11, 2021
I didn’t have high expectations for this book but struggled to put it down! I adored the slightly poetic writing style that allows all the character interactions to be meaningful. Despite being published in 2019, this book had many…
Sep 16, 2020wmtlady rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
There is an uncanny familiarity of fear, panic, questions and frustration as the story of a mysterious virus unfolds. I checked the publishing date (2019) and marveled at Walker's ability to describe the feelings and actions of various…
Sep 04, 2020Kmum1 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I really liked this book. Can't believe this was written before COVID and what a book to read during COVID. Aside from this strange disease taking over the Town, I was actively engaged in all the characters, each one so very different.…
Aug 17, 2020ArapahoeKati rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Love Walker's prose, how it dreamily pulls you in. Probably not the best sort of read to read during a pandemic, but I couldn't put it down.
Jul 17, 2020ArapahoeSarahH rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I read The Dreamers back in May while we were still on stay-at-home orders, and while it wasn't a true suspense novel, I couldn't put it down! Finished in about 24 hours due to interesting comparisons with our current state, beautiful…
May 01, 2020OPL_AnnaW rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
An unknown virus appears in a small, peaceful college town in California, wreaking havoc in the community. The virus is airborne, highly contagious, and makes its victims fall asleep. Told from the perspective of multiple intersecting…
Apr 23, 2020josieschneiderSI rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Despite its terrifying premise (when college students begin falling into an unending sleep, an entire town finds itself in lockdown as the death toll starts to climb), The Dreamers is a very quiet novel. Walker's ethereal prose makes…
Feb 10, 2020sarahjgrant rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
For me this book reads like a sketch--a set of ideas--some of which might have made an outstanding young adult novel, and some of which are certainly the beginnings of powerful foundations for an adult audience (themes of fierce parental…
Jan 29, 2020oddeyecircle rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Sometimes a book is just a book. This just feels like a book I read and can talk about casually, but my investment in it quickly dwindled because of the hollow characterizations and the surface-level philosophy behind it, and it felt like…
Nov 05, 2019michelemurray rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Luke warm read. I started reading it but then found other books to read so I put this one down. If I can't find anything else to read may pick it up again. Yawn.
Sep 10, 2019iujigga2003 rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
This book seemed a little bit like a knockoff of Stephen's Kings "Sleeping Beauties". However, there wasn't really much of a plot in this book. Also, there were so many characters it was hard to become engaged with any of them. I…
Jul 06, 2019EljayJohnson rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I loved Walker's Age of Miracles, and this didn't quite match that, but was quite good nevertheless. While well written and compelling, it slightly lacked emotional entry for me. In a small college town in California, a student falls…
Jul 04, 2019JessicaGma rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A variation on a theme for post apocalyptic tales - not as dramatic as one would be if many people died, but sort of realistic as only so many were affected, and the end was a bit balloon losing its air (pfffftttt and done). I prefer…
Jun 17, 2019engurney rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Finished this over the course of a weekend and found it to be quick, illustrative and fun to read. I felt the characters could have been a little more developed and the mysterious illness explained a bit more in the end. The conclusion was…
TripodSnowDog
Jun 15, 2019TripodSnowDog rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The premise, the characters, the story... all fantastic. Drew me in so much I finished the book in a morning. Without spoiling, though, the ending was lackluster and kind of ruined the experience.
1MTWAIN60
Jun 12, 20191MTWAIN60 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Owes a nod to "Blindness" throughout and to Alice Munro at the end. Still a good read, interesting style.
May 31, 2019jkroselawn rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
There are so many better books, and so little time. For me, there was not enough character development in this one to enable me to care about any of these people. This should have been a short story, but it was stretched out far too long.…
May 27, 2019GreenDog2006 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I'm a sucker for apocalyptic fiction and for medical mysteries, and this is a fine example of both. The entire book has a dreamlike feel - the illness arrives, spreads, and has varying effects on students and townspeople. Those stricken…
May 21, 2019
Not a true sci-fi, more realistic fiction - not too far off from the communities today that are susceptible to measles. We read this in my book club and everyone enjoyed it - though we all thought the ending fizzled out. A true sci-fi…
JCLS_Ashland_Kristin
Apr 30, 2019JCLS_Ashland_Kristin rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A quiet, thoughtful novel about a community where an infectious disease causes sufferers to fall into a deep sleep. For fans of titles like "Station Eleven."