Reviews

How the Dead Dream by Lydia Millet

dllh's review against another edition

4.0

I sort of hated Millet's Oh Pure and Radiant Heart, which was my introduction to her work, but this one I liked quite a lot. While it started off as an oddly distanced portrait of a boy, it wound up being kind of a lovely story about growing up and learning to be a real person with concerns beyond yourself. The prose is effortless and at times beautiful. I liked reading about T's development, even when I didn't believe it's how people actually work in the real world.

amywoolsey_93's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

ksprokes's review

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

dotkiiro's review

informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

silverjennydollar's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

ms_matou's review against another edition

3.0

i couldn't really get into it...

edboies's review against another edition

3.0

The beginning and the end of this were dumb, but the middle was pretty good.

alijahgail's review against another edition

3.0

had to write a paper on this

esselleayy's review against another edition

5.0

Strange and intense. Lydia Millet's way with words is awesome. I would love to hear this read aloud.

sundaydutro's review against another edition

4.0

She’s a phenomenal writer and this book is incredibly well done, but not one I’d recommend to people. It’s very dark and intense and while it has her humor woven throughout it’s a very sad book.