Review: Wake by Lisa McMann

Mar 26, 2010 by shanyn

Title: Wake
Hardcover, 210 pages
Author: Lisa McMann
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
Source: Library
Buy: Amazon

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Book Summary:
Ever since she was eight years old, high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably drawn into other people’s dreams, but it is not until she befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers her true power.

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Review:
I picked up Wake and Fade at my local library mostly because I was simply shocked that my library even had them (later I found out that The Compulsive Reader, who also lives here, convinced them to buy them). They sat on my stack of library books for over a week, because I was afraid to read them – my expectations were set kind of high, plus dreams/dreaming/night/dark kind of scare me, and I won’t usually willingly read a book about things that make me uncomfortable.

One night, I felt like it was THE NIGHT I was supposed to read Wake. Apparently I was right. I was immediately sucked in to McMann’s world, and didn’t stop reading until it was over.

The concept still kind of creeps me out – a girl that sees other people’s dreams? How horrible it would be to be in that situation.

McMann’s creative plot kept me enthralled throughout. She did a great job of answering little questions you start to have, making the book feel more accomplished overall (because, really, this book could have left a lot of things up in the air… and it did, but not EVERYthing). I also enjoyed the interactions between Janie and a boy at her school… but I don’t want to give anything away.

Once I am finished with the series I will officially give my recommendations, but I’m guessing that I will be telling you to give this one a try. If not, at the very least, I will be telling you to read Wake.

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