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nreyno's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, and Medical trauma
ribbenkast's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
This book is exactly what the title suggests: a complete fever dream.
The prose and storytelling devise were interesting enough. I liked the themes of motherhood, grief and the various motives used by the author. Overall I think this book is very clever and has all the checkmarks of becoming a future classic.
But (and this might be a translation issue) I found it hard to understand what was going on. Despite It's overall literary quality I couldn't quite manage to connect with the book personally. I like unreliable narrotors, especially ones that also have no clue about what is actually happening, but I felt like the hints that are supposed to tell the reader what was actually going on where too hidden away in throwaway lines and are easily missed. You have to be paying attention to every single little word in every sentence and whilst I can respect that whenever an author is doing that, I just didnt care much for it with this particular story.
Also, the back blurb and especially the recommendation qoutes on the inside promised me a bone chilling horror story that would "make me lock the doors at night". Why? The "danger" in the book (if you could call it that) has nothing to do with horror and does not leave you spooked.
The prose and storytelling devise were interesting enough. I liked the themes of motherhood, grief and the various motives used by the author. Overall I think this book is very clever and has all the checkmarks of becoming a future classic.
But (and this might be a translation issue) I found it hard to understand what was going on. Despite It's overall literary quality I couldn't quite manage to connect with the book personally. I like unreliable narrotors, especially ones that also have no clue about what is actually happening, but I felt like the hints that are supposed to tell the reader what was actually going on where too hidden away in throwaway lines and are easily missed. You have to be paying attention to every single little word in every sentence and whilst I can respect that whenever an author is doing that, I just didnt care much for it with this particular story.
Also, the back blurb and especially the recommendation qoutes on the inside promised me a bone chilling horror story that would "make me lock the doors at night". Why? The "danger" in the book (if you could call it that) has nothing to do with horror and does not leave you spooked.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
gotnoculture's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
amyteurhour's review against another edition
3.5
Content warning: death, medical illness/trauma
I started reading this book years ago, but never finished because I got a bit creeped out. I finally decided to give it another try, because of all the good reviews that made me pick it up in the first place. It was still really tense and a bit creepyI kept thinking that Clara would turn out to be a bad guy and try to steal Nina . The end was so abrupt and I'm not really sure how we were supposed to know that's what happened, since the whole book is from Amanda's POV, and I'm pretty sure she died? . Anyways, creepy, but I'm glad I finally read it.
I started reading this book years ago, but never finished because I got a bit creeped out. I finally decided to give it another try, because of all the good reviews that made me pick it up in the first place. It was still really tense and a bit creepy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Medical content, and Medical trauma
opal_scorpio's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
super suspenseful and confusing book. i started it at like midnight thinking i’d just read a bit but instead i ended up staying awake until almost 4 am reading the whole thing in one sitting. and it was so worth it!!
the environment being the villain/killer of the story was really interesting instead of it being david’s change haunting the town. it’s such a rational explanation that you don’t even think about it!! but the deformities and miscarriages of the children of the town and the mysterious animals deaths could be explained by whatever that chemical was in the barrels.
it’s sad that david is blamed for the spooky stuff when in reality his brain was probably fried from the illness that killed the horse and the subsequent fever that lasted for days, NOT his soul being split.
throughout the story it’s hard to tell what is reality and what is made up, but the entire conversation is probably also made up in amanda’s head. but i think what really drives home the “fever dream” is amanda seeing her husband visit david’s father looking for answers and her imagining her daughter had switched souls with david. so scary and kinda plausible within the world but since she, the narrator, dies at the end of the story it makes you, the reader, rethink everything she has recounted up until that point.
fantastic book!! 10/10!
(any technical issues i have with the book are being attributed to its translation from spanish to english. i think the plot was fantastic, just some words here and there that maybe didn’t make a lot of sense but again i think it’s a translation issue and not the author’s fault.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Body horror and Mental illness
Minor: Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Abandonment
jjjreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Classism
dustghosts's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, and Medical trauma
mmirjamm's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
brokenspine's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.5
I'm definitely going to have to take a few days to think about what I just read. I took two days to read this book and not because I wasn't enjoying it. I wanted to finish, but I felt like I needed to sit with and process what I read before finishing the book.
Fever Dream is an indictment on wealthy landowners, the use of pesticides, and the consequences of agricultural pollution.
Fever Dream is an indictment on wealthy landowners, the use of pesticides, and the consequences of agricultural pollution.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma