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Ladataan... The Last DreamwalkerTekijä: Rita Woods
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Layla’s mother has recently passed away. They had a tumultuous relationship at best. So, when she discovers several secrets her mother kept hidden, Layla decides to learn more and do what her mother refused to do. I so enjoyed the characters, especially the aunts. But, Layla is no slouch. She gets tougher and tougher as the novel moves along. I also loved reading about the Gulah-Geechee culture. Talk about a novel full of just about everything imaginable…this one has it all! Now, to be honest…this book is out there…but is it really?!? I mean, dreams are weird. I am definitely still thinking about this. I am not a huge dreamer, but when I do dream…it is different and sometimes I visit with a few of my relatives, past and present. And this is pretty much what Layla encounters in her dreams. Except sometimes hers get violent and she ends up with bruises. The narrator, Nedra Marie Taylor, is amazing. She had great voices for each of the characters and really made this story come to life! Need a novel which will have you thinking…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today! I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review. After Layla's mother dies, her estranged aunts enter her life to tell her that she has inherited an island house that has been in her family for generations. In an alternate voice, we learn that the house was a former plantation signed over to a slave who used her magical ability to enter her master's dreams to obtain his property. In the present, Layla travels to the house she never knew about and is confronted by another relative who refuses to allow Layla entrance. As Layla gradually realizes her own dreamwalking powers, and becomes closer to her aunts, she claims her own place in this family of strong women along with her artistic self. näyttää 3/3
A young woman discovers that her inheritance from her estranged mother includes an island—and a supernatural power. Like many of the scariest horror stories, this one is set amid family drama. A young Black woman named Layla Hurley struggles with how to mourn her mother, Elinor, a cold and exacting woman from whom Layla was long estranged.... As Layla tries to understand the nature of her own power, she also must decide whether to deploy it—and whether the outcome would be worth the cost. Woods develops complex and mostly appealing characters, and she keeps the plot moving at a swift pace. Family life is the grounding for a compelling story of strange powers and old secrets. PalkinnotDistinctionsNotable Lists
"In the wake of her mother's passing, Layla Hurley unexpectedly reconnects with her mother's sisters, women she hasn't been allowed to speak to, or of, in years. Her aunts reveal to Layla that a Gullah-Geechee island off the shore of South Carolina now belongs to her. As Layla digs deeper into her mother's past and the mysterious island's history, she discovers that the terrifying nightmares that have plagued her throughout her life and tainted her relationship with her mother and all of her family, is actually a power passed down through generations of her Gullah ancestors. She is a Dreamwalker, able to inhabit the dreams of others--and to manipulate them. As Layla uncovers increasingly dark secrets about her family's past, she finds herself thrust into the center of a potentially deadly, decades-old feud fought in the dark corridor of dreams. The Last Dreamwalker is a gripping, contemporary read about power and agency; family and legacy; and the ways trauma, secrets, and magic take shape across generations."-- Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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There's also a second living dreamwalker in the family. This woman, Charlotte, sees Layla as a threat to the family's ownership of their Gullah island and to Charlotte's personal safety. Almost immediately, Layla finds herself under attack by this much more experienced dreamwalker. The Last Dreamwalker is built around this struggle between Layla and Charlotte.
Woods does a complex and convincing bit of world-building in the first two-thirds of the novel. Readers, who know as little about dreamwalking as does Layla, learn alongside her—and face the threats of Charlotte's rage with her. Magic is afoot, a magic that is the legacy of a family of former slaves and their descendants.
The Last Dreamwalker came close to being a five-star read for me. What fell short was the novel's end, where a resolution that is not a resolution is less than convincing and leaves too many questions unanswered.
Did I enjoy The Last Dreamwalker? Yes. Would I recommend The Last Dreamwalker to others? Yes. But the pleasure lies in the gradual build of knowledge and action within the novel and not with its resolution. I'll have an eye out for what Woods writes next. The Last Dreamwalker has so much in it for readers to savor, and I'm trusting that Walkers' future books will allow readers to savor her work through to the very end.
I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via NetGalley; the opinions are my own. ( )