THE DREAMERS
BY KAREN THOMPSON WALKER
The Dreamers is an especially timely novel as the world currently watches and waits to see what will happen with the growing coronavirus epidemic.
At first I thought this was going to be a supernatural story or a fantasy, and I wasn’t sure what to expect as those aren’t my favorite genres. However, as the pages turned, I became absorbed in the story of a viral epidemic that invades a small town in California. The virus hits randomly, as viruses are wont to do. Many characters die, and some recover. The epidemic brings out the best in some and the worst in others, just as catastrophes are wont to do.
The author did an excellent job of portraying a widespread cast of characters, from the well-to-do and satisfied to the poor and angry, and everyone in-between. The horror of a spreading calamity that knows no cure and takes lives at random, putting its victims into a deep, dream-filled sleep, is well-told. I was enthralled by this novel and highly recommend it.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Company for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
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