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A review by jmsv45
Hunts in Dreams by Tom Drury
2.0
Personally I'm a little... stunned, I think.
This book was nothing like I expected. That being said, I'm not exactly sure what I expected.
It took me forever to read this book because I've been so busy. Every time I did read it, I felt like I was stuck in some kind of dreamlike trance. Weird? Yeah, I think so. Probably more me than the book though. Although the book had a lot of dreamlike qualities in my opinion. Which suits the title and theme very well.
I feel really bad looking at its two stars, but it was okay. I don't feel any strong attachment to it. I wasn't able to connect to any of the characters for whatever reason. I was rather shocked by them so perhaps that's it.
Oddly enough, I really enjoyed the last ten pages. I felt like I was finally escaping that trance I mentioned earlier. The ending was pretty great. The irony was something I appreciated a lot.
I was a bit confused by some parts of the book, but I feel like if I read it again, I'd get it a bit better.
Sadly that probably won't be a while because I have so many other books I need to go through.
But I will definitely be revisiting this one.
I will add that the title does get explained over the course of the book. And then the whole dream-like thing doesn't feel as weird.
I don't have a specific recommendation for this, sorry.
Note: I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. This in no way affected my opinion of the book.
This book was nothing like I expected. That being said, I'm not exactly sure what I expected.
It took me forever to read this book because I've been so busy. Every time I did read it, I felt like I was stuck in some kind of dreamlike trance. Weird? Yeah, I think so. Probably more me than the book though. Although the book had a lot of dreamlike qualities in my opinion. Which suits the title and theme very well.
I feel really bad looking at its two stars, but it was okay. I don't feel any strong attachment to it. I wasn't able to connect to any of the characters for whatever reason. I was rather shocked by them so perhaps that's it.
Oddly enough, I really enjoyed the last ten pages. I felt like I was finally escaping that trance I mentioned earlier. The ending was pretty great. The irony was something I appreciated a lot.
I was a bit confused by some parts of the book, but I feel like if I read it again, I'd get it a bit better.
Sadly that probably won't be a while because I have so many other books I need to go through.
But I will definitely be revisiting this one.
I will add that the title does get explained over the course of the book. And then the whole dream-like thing doesn't feel as weird.
I don't have a specific recommendation for this, sorry.
Note: I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads. This in no way affected my opinion of the book.