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 Review: I remember reading Daughter of Smoke and Bones, but whereas everyone loved it, I just thought that it was "okay", in a good way though. I still liked it enough to give it 4 stars and that went straight for the rest of the trilogy. I sort of had the same feeling reading Strange the Dreamer. I enjoyed bits and bits of it, but I don't LOVE it. 
 'Well, im no alchemist. You know me, Strange the Dreamer, head in the clouds. Miracles for breakfast.' 
 Strange the Dreamer follows a story of Lazlo Strange, a librarian, a dreamer, and an obsessor over this ancient, mythic, and mysterious city called Weep/Unseen City. Lazlo presents and put himself up for this opportunity from person called Godslayer to save Weep. Lazlo follows his dream to the city and discovers the mystery behind what this city hold. 
 I have really mixed feeling with the writing. Of course it didn't take me long to get into the book, but I couldn't decide if this book was ineffable or lucrative or too dreamy or straight up Americano when I only signed up for Cafe Latte. I'm really confused because I don't know if I should decide to love the writing or not. Some parts I really loved or some parts bored me to death. There's no in between. 
 I will stand on my belief that the worldbuilding and setting in this book was beautiful and unexpected. I mean Weep? Unseen city? Citadel over everything? Exquisite. I know that with Weep and Citadel made gods and ghosts and magic collide together so well, but I just couldn't care less whenever gods or monsters or seraphim or chimaera was mentioned. You see what I mean when I said I had mixed feeling? Perhaps it depends on the situation. The plot was the strongest at the ending and second best at the beginning; anything in the middle weren't interesting enough for me to remember. That's the reason I took one star back. I understood the concept of using moth spying and the tension of the romance, but it didn't capture or etch my feeling with it because it was spent on chapters and chapters. 
 The characters in this book were beautiful as well. Lazlo is so smart, but what I really liked about him is that he didn't know it or maybe he didn't make such a huge deal out of it. I enjoyed reading his character more than any other characters in this book, especially the gods, Ruby and Minya etc. 
 Overall: I liked this book, I really do. But I wish I could love it more, if I were into gods or monsters or whatever. Recommended for people who like dreams and shit like that.