Sleeper

by MacKenzie Cadenhead

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2.5 stars

Sarah has a sleep disorder that causes her to have such vivid dreams that she actually acts them out in real life, causing possible harm to her and those around her as well. In the past, she's tried medicines and therapy but they haven't worked. So instead she gets tied to her bed each night to stay safe.
At her first sleepover though things go wrong, causing her to seek out a new medicine to stop her vivid dreams.
This medicine though is still in trial and is one that could have not so good effects. In the trial, she also meets another teenager who has the same disorder. This seems like a really great thing, they'll have something in common and maybe they won't feel so alone. But things quickly get weird once they've started taking the medicine.

Honestly, I really wanted to like this book, and the first third of it I did like. But at about the halfway point, things took a bad turn that you just can't recover from. The other teenager starts wanting to and encouraging Sarah to do things that aren't good, and have real life causes to those around them.

While Sleeper does mention sexual and physical abuse, it never really goes in depth into them. Also, emotional abuse happens quite a bit towards the end. Nothing gets fully addressed in this book and most things just get glazed over and not mentioned again unless it is to cause some form of emotional trauma to get the victim to comply.

One thing I did like about this book is Sarah's friendship with her best friend. Everyone needs a friend like her one that will help them and not judge and go along with them in order to stop something bad from happening.

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