When Dreams Tremble
by Radclyffe
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Author: RadclyffeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-01-01
ISBN: 1933110643
Number of pages: 145
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
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Book Review: A boring romance
Summary: 2 Stars
In her books Radclyffe likes to use angst in order to increase sexual tension between their characters. In fact, Radclyffe has said in an interview to Just About Write: "I'm big on angst and redemption. I like darker romances with a lot of suffering". In some cases, those high levels of angst may make sense, e.g. if one of the characters is dying as in "Love's Masquerade". However in a book such as "When Dreams Tremble", there is not an apparent reason for the characters' suffering. In fact, the level of angst in the interaction between the main characters is kept so high and is so blown out of proportion, that a life-shattering event like a tree falling down on them during a storm is almost an anticlimax.
All throughout this book the characters' motivations and behavior are kept a mystery. For instance, we never really know why Leslie made a 180 degree turn and chose a profession at odds with how she was brought up by her parents. Nothing is shown as to make the reader understand what made those characters what they are in the present and why they are behaving the way they do. That makes it difficult for them to be interesting and for a reader to care for them.
The plot trudges leaving both the reader and the characters exhausted before reaching the obvious ending. The first half of the book deals mainly with the main characters' past. To tell their past, Radclyffe uses a series of flashbacks where the same event is shown alternatively through Leslie and Dev's point of view. The way it is done becomes repetitive and disrupts the narrative in the present. Then, after having dealt with the past, the other half of the book is full of senseless misunderstandings and clichés that postpone the two women getting together. For instance, in the beginning of the book Leslie's relationship with another attorney is described as "Rachel lived to work. So did Leslie. It was the strongest bond they shared". So, plot wise it makes no sense for Leslie to use their relationship as an excuse to procrastinate her involvement with Dev. In summary, I found this book to be rather boring and it is definitely not recommended.
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