Review: John Dreamer

John Dreamer by Elise Celine

 

Title: John Dreamer

Series: none

Author: Elise Celine

 

Published: AuthorBuzz; 2014

203 pages, kindle edition

 

Source: Netgalley

 

 Description (from Goodreads):

Andy wasn’t usually sure about much, but she was absolutely certain this was the weirdest day of her life as she stood stranded in the middle of a great white room with six strangers. Well, they were mostly strangers. She could have sworn she’d seen the guy with the green eyes before, and maybe that was why he kept staring at her.

When a man calling himself the Guardian appeared and said they had come to make their deepest dreams come true, they embark on an adventure none of them ever imagined, and the consequences of their actions would change them forever.

My Thoughts:

Well, I don't know what expected from this with its pretty cover and intriguing description but it was I was most certainly not expecting this. When a man calling himself the Guardian appeared and said they had come to make their deepest dreams come true, they embark on an adventure none of them ever imagined, and the consequences of their actions would change them forever. That sounds exciting doesn't it? It has such potential and intrigue but it turned into nothing more than a dull fable preac...more Well, I don't know what expected from this with its pretty cover and intriguing description but it was I was most certainly not expecting this. When a man calling himself the Guardian appeared and said they had come to make their deepest dreams come true, they embark on an adventure none of them ever imagined, and the consequences of their actions would change them forever. That sounds exciting doesn't it? It has such potential and intrigue but it turned into nothing more than a dull fable preaching morals of self-acceptance, love and justice... blah, blah, blah. It was dull beyond anything I have ever read in a long, long time. I couldn't get through it any faster, wanting to get it over with as soon as I could. I'll admit to a bit of skim reading in the middle where nothing was happening. I was just bored, bored, bored. The characters were insufferable. Blabbing their sob stories to the world and generally feeling rather sorry for themselves - letting every see that they were to. Andy's backstory was left mysteriously blank in an effort to intrigue the audience and this failed to because I couldn't have cared less what oh-so-sad tale of hers was about. The attempt at romance was simply vomit-inducing. Not only was it cheesy, lame and rather cringe-worthy lovey-dovey stuff it was the worst case of instalove I have ever read about it. Our protagonist, Andy, sees John for less than ten seconds - 8 point five seconds to be exact. She actually counted! - before deciding she was in love with him. Ridiculous! The ending was so lame that I cannot even comment. Overall this was boring and just plain old stupid. If there is a sequel I won't be reading it. I tired to like this but I couldn't. There wasn't anything redeeming in it. I have to say I am disappointed.

 
 Note: a copy was provided courtesy of Elise Celine and AuthorBuzz through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. No compensation was given or taken during this process.