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    Dreams of Shreds and Tatters
    Dreams of Shreds and Tatters
    Dreams of Shreds and Tatters
    Audiobook10 hours

    Dreams of Shreds and Tatters

    Written by Amanda Downum

    Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    When Liz Drake's best friend vanishes, nothing can stop her nightmares. Driven by the certainty he needs her help, she crosses a continent to search for him. She finds Blake comatose in a Vancouver hospital, victim of a mysterious accident that claimed his lover's life - in her dreams he drowns. Blake's new circle of artists and mystics draws her in, but all of them are lying or keeping dangerous secrets. Soon nightmare creatures stalk the waking city, and Liz can't fight a dream from the daylight world: to rescue Blake she must brave the darkest depths of the Dreamlands. Even the attempt could kill her, or leave her mind trapped or broken. And if she succeeds, she must face the monstrous Yellow King, whose slave Blake is on the verge of becoming forever.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateSep 11, 2015
    ISBN9781501903304
    Dreams of Shreds and Tatters
    Author

    Amanda Downum

    AMANDA DOWNUM was born in Virginia, and has since spent time in Indonesia, Micronesia, Missouri, and Arizona, with brief layovers in California and Colorado. She lives in Austin with her partner and their snake, and can be found haunting absinthe bars, goth clubs, and other liminal spaces. Her hobbies used to include cooking hearts and rock climbing, but now most of her time is devoted to studying Mortuary Science. Her day job sometimes lets her dress as a giant worm.

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    • 3/5
      I've read two of Amanda Downum's book before - the first two installments of the Necromancer Chronicles. Those were atmospheric, imaginative blends of high fantasy and gothic horror and I enjoyed them a great deal. Here Ms. Downum turns to a blend of urban fantasy and the mythos of the Yellow King as created by the author Robert W. Chambers in the 1890s. The result, for me, was a little disappointing. For a start, the structure of the book is unruly, and the first 50-60 pages in particular seem to be wanting in terms of holding the reader's attention. The characters are interesting, but they act in strange, unrealistic ways. If people have witnessed strange, magical sights that challenge what they think they know about how the world works, you'd expect them to discuss or talk about it. The writing also seems workmanlike at times. Once the story starts taking shape the whole enterprise starts to become more engaging but all in all its not a particularly memorable book. Look to her Necromancer Chronicles instead.
    • 4/5
      I'm writing this review a little while after actually finishing the book, but I felt I had to get around to actually reading all of Robert W. Chambers' 'King in Yellow' stories before giving this a fair review, since the book is an homage to that mythos.

      Having now read both, I'll say - it's not really necessary, but it's certainly fun to compare.

      Chambers' 'King in Yellow' posits a work of art - a play - which drives the reader mad, possibly by showing them a glimpse of horrific realities beyond human comprehension. Downum skips the play, and skips right to the horrific realities, which is a bit of a shame (I like the idea) - but the 'feel' of the story is spot-on, and in keeping with Chambers' creations. If he'd been writing in the 21st century, instead of the 19th, this is something like what he might've written.

      With its depiction of eccentric young characters involved in subcultures & the art scene and caught up by powers beyond their control, I was also reminded of Kathe Koja's horror novels and Lauren Beukes' 'Broken Monsters,' a bit.

      Liz Drake's best friend Blake moved to Vancouver a while ago, and they haven't been in touch. But when she is suddenly plagued by vivid and terrible dreams concerning him, she insists on traveling out there to see if he's OK. Unfortunately, he is most certainly not OK. In Vancouver, Liz and her partner Alex discover a maze of occult ritual and mind-altering drugs... which Liz must navigate, Eurydice-like, to enter strange realms and attempt to save Blake from the alien land of Carcosa and the malevolent clutches of the Yellow King.

      Many thanks to Rebellion/Solaris and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book. As always, my opinion is solely my own.

    • 5/5
      Amanda Downum has created a creepy masterpiece. The realest of lives merge with the darkest kingdoms of fantasy in a story that bristled the hair on the back of my neck .Protagonist Liz Drake could be your best friend. But hers, Blake, has gone missing a continent away. With her lover, Liz tracks Blake through a nightmare of drugs, murder and magic. This quiet little book was impossible to put down, difficult to finish, and is the epitome of that older line of fairy tales that warn us that what goes bump in the night isn't just the trickery of fey folk, but the evil we countenance and create. Definitely worth your while - but leave the lights on.