Wake by Lisa McMann

Wake (Wake, #1)

by Lisa McMann

For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams at any given moment is getting tired. Especially the falling dreams, and the standing-in-front-of-the-class-naked ones. But then there are the nightmares, the ones that chill her to the bone… like the one where she is in a strange house…in a dirty kitchen…and a sinister monster that edges ever closer. This is the nightmare that she keeps falling into, the one where, for the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant…

Reviewed by Chelsea on

2 of 5 stars

Share
Wow this book sucked. I was excited to read it from the little blurb on the back but holy geez it was bad. First of all the writing sucks. Everything is super choppy and there's like no detail. We don't know anything about anything or anyone.
I didn't really like the characters but I'm not sure because WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING! Janie is just stupid. She drinks and swears too much which she is way too young for. For a young adult book there's way too much mature content. Underage drinking, drugs and illegal sex. I think that's a little too much for teenagers. Then There's Cabel who we also know nothing about. He's more of the "good guy" in this book but still stupid. He talks to Janie once, sits with her on the bus, she tells him her biggest secret then passes out, they make out and then they're in love. Really? You're kidding right? Anyways I would not recommend this book to anyone. Ever. I'm only giving it 2 stars because it's a really good concept that the writer failed to bring to life.

Last modified on

Reading updates

  • Started reading
  • 2 August, 2013: Finished reading
  • 2 August, 2013: Reviewed