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Dream Student started out with such potential, but it progressively just got worse and worse for me. I was really excited to start reading it at first, the first few chapters drew me in and made me want to find out what was going on. It quickly became tedious and kind of boring though. Unfortunate.

**some spoilers ahead**

Sara is a pre-med college student and suddenly she starts being able to see other people's dreams. Not often, usually her roommate or boyfriend, but then they jump to a murderer. It is always the same thing until he kills the current girl and moves on to the next one. An interesting idea, and the dreams were the best part of the book, but it just didn't work for me. Maybe if they would have been a bigger part, and there would have been more dreams that weren't so normal, or just more people's dreams, it would have been more interesting. That and if Sara did something about the dreams, or used them for good, for the first 75% of the book.

So what was the first 75% of the book? Well it was a pretty boring, detailed description of Sara going to school. I swear you were told everything she ate, or didn't eat, or when she forgot to eat. It seemed like every single mealtime was in there. Why? I am not sure. I don't care. That is just one of the over detailed descriptions about her life in this book. There are also way too much detail about what classes she was going to and her study habits and just everything about her life. She is a college kid, finals are coming up, you don't have to detail every hour of her day. I will assume she is studying and going to class and eating sometimes. It was a bit too much.

The other issue with the book? It was almost all telling not showing. I like showing. If you just tell me I don't connect with the characters or what is happening. Sara meets Brian shortly after she sees his dream where he is dreaming of her. I actually liked that scene, liked how Sara described the love at first sight thing. I got it, but then it quickly just was not right for me. I don't know what it was. It was like someone who didn't know what this would be like writing what they think people would want to see or something. It was just off for me. Sara and Brian are both in love right away which was actually fine for me, but some of the thoughts she had about Brian...some of the ways she thought of him were just...I wouldn't want someone to think of me that way. It was almost like she didn't really like him that much at times, but for some reason she felt like she had to be with him. It was odd and I didn't like it. I didn't see the connection because once again we were told not shown. That and sometimes she spoke about herself in a strange way as well. She also got a different personality when all of this started, and she commented on it like why did I say that? I didn't know I wanted to do that until I said it? Odd. I've never spoken like that to anyone before, etc. It was just like she was being controlled by something or someone else, but nothing ever happened with that. It was just the way it was.

One last thing, this book is set in 1989/1990. I am not sure why. Really the only reason I know this is because the date was at the beginning of every chapter. It was just like if you are going to set the book at a certain time then set it in that time. There was only one or two scenes where I thought oh if this were now they would just use their cell phone or something. Basically there was no way to tell this was set in 1989/1990. It was just another thing I found odd.

So the last 25% of the book Sara finally decides to start trying to do something with her dreams. She finally figures out who the killer is (who unfortunately is the guy I figured it would be when you first see him at the beginning of the story) and then instead of going to the police they try and solve the crime themselves! I mean what if the police don't believe them? I get that, but really if it were me I would go to them first. If they did nothing then maybe I would try and stop it myself. But police first. Really when I saw the first girl who was killed and recognized her from my dreams I would have went to them to try and help with the next girl. Even if they didn't believe me I would have tried, and afterwards I would start trying to figure out if I can find a way to figure out who the killer is. I mean you have access to his dreams so maybe you can find something. I wouldn't just try not to think about it and hope it goes away and I don't have to continue seeing girls who are murdered every night. I guess that is just me.

Overall not a very good read. It had so much promise, but it just didn't work for me.

This review was originally posted to Jen in Bookland


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Dream Student The Dream Doctor Mysteries Book 1 edition by JJ DiBenedetto Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews

This was the first book in a series but was written as a prequel to the others. (I have not read them.) I read it as I'm looking for more comps for my book, Dickensen Academy, which also has a paranormal element involving dreams (but in high school). Dream Student was about a pre-med student who can see dreams of those around her. Sometimes they are good dreams and sometimes they are nightmares. The story resolves around Sara and her new boyfriend and her roommate as they try to figure out what her dreams mean and if she can do something positive with them. And in the case of her nightmare, can she find the murderer before he commits another crime. I found the premise interesting and liked the main characters. I would assume the future books are about how she uses her power once she gets into medical school. But in a series like this, I often like the first book best as I enjoy the mystery of how a normal person discovers something extraordinary in their world.
This was an interesting book. The characters were in the wrong age group for me as a senior citizen to really relate to. It says a great deal for the writers skill that it was interesting enough to hold my interest to the end. College student Sara starts having bizarre dreams that really what her friends and fellow students are dreaming. At first they are just embarrassing, but she does find a boyfriend by sharing his dreams. She falls in love with a freshman, 3 years younger than she is. Then her dreams turn dangerous when she starts seeing a man kill a young girl and the dream turns into a nightmare. It is a real shock when she reads about a missing girl who looks like the girl in the dream. After seeing 2 more girls in the mans dreams she feels she has to do something. Her room mate Beth and boyfriend help her look for the man. The ending was very good but I won't give it away. I plan to read the second book in this series Dream Doctor and see what happens this time . Alice Boni
I was thinking this was going to be just a short book and that I would have to buy the next book if it sounded interesting. But, I was pleasantly surprised to see that this was a full length story and it was pretty good. It had me flipping the pages to see what happens next and I couldn't put it down until the end. I really liked the characters. Sara and Brian's relationship seemed strange to begin with but, that quickly changed. And Sara and Beth's relationship is what true friendship should be like. This is an exciting and sometimes a little scary read. I'm glad that there's another book because I can't wait to see what happens next.
I figured from the premise that this book was going to be one rollicking ride, but it ended up mostly sidetracked.

I like the idea of seeing into a murderer's dreams. It reminded me of the movie "Eyes of Laura Mars," where the heroine "sees" through the eyes of the murderer. In "Laura Mars," it makes sense that you "witness" murders-- you're seeing real events unfold before you.

Dreams are different. I don't expect to see a murderer "dream" what had actually happened, to the point of being able to pick out details such as license plate numbers. This inconsistency nagged throughout the book.

But that could be excused in a story that concentrates on the murders. Instead, "Dream Student" is in love with college dorm life and romance in the pre-Internet, pre-First Gulf War look-it-up-in-the-phone-book era. The heroine, Sara, is very well drawn as an imperfect, nerdy, yet very girly girl, and school is affectionately portrayed with its bad cafeteria food, potluck alcohol parties, final exam anxieties, and improvised male-female sleeping arrangements. Sara's romance with the clueless but very loyal Brian feels real, too.

I would rather have had a lot more thrills and chills, and a lot fewer Pizza! Pizza! runs.
Dream Student started out with such potential, but it progressively just got worse and worse for me. I was really excited to start reading it at first, the first few chapters drew me in and made me want to find out what was going on. It quickly became tedious and kind of boring though. Unfortunate.

**some spoilers ahead**

Sara is a pre-med college student and suddenly she starts being able to see other people's dreams. Not often, usually her roommate or boyfriend, but then they jump to a murderer. It is always the same thing until he kills the current girl and moves on to the next one. An interesting idea, and the dreams were the best part of the book, but it just didn't work for me. Maybe if they would have been a bigger part, and there would have been more dreams that weren't so normal, or just more people's dreams, it would have been more interesting. That and if Sara did something about the dreams, or used them for good, for the first 75% of the book.

So what was the first 75% of the book? Well it was a pretty boring, detailed description of Sara going to school. I swear you were told everything she ate, or didn't eat, or when she forgot to eat. It seemed like every single mealtime was in there. Why? I am not sure. I don't care. That is just one of the over detailed descriptions about her life in this book. There are also way too much detail about what classes she was going to and her study habits and just everything about her life. She is a college kid, finals are coming up, you don't have to detail every hour of her day. I will assume she is studying and going to class and eating sometimes. It was a bit too much.

The other issue with the book? It was almost all telling not showing. I like showing. If you just tell me I don't connect with the characters or what is happening. Sara meets Brian shortly after she sees his dream where he is dreaming of her. I actually liked that scene, liked how Sara described the love at first sight thing. I got it, but then it quickly just was not right for me. I don't know what it was. It was like someone who didn't know what this would be like writing what they think people would want to see or something. It was just off for me. Sara and Brian are both in love right away which was actually fine for me, but some of the thoughts she had about Brian...some of the ways she thought of him were just...I wouldn't want someone to think of me that way. It was almost like she didn't really like him that much at times, but for some reason she felt like she had to be with him. It was odd and I didn't like it. I didn't see the connection because once again we were told not shown. That and sometimes she spoke about herself in a strange way as well. She also got a different personality when all of this started, and she commented on it like why did I say that? I didn't know I wanted to do that until I said it? Odd. I've never spoken like that to anyone before, etc. It was just like she was being controlled by something or someone else, but nothing ever happened with that. It was just the way it was.

One last thing, this book is set in 1989/1990. I am not sure why. Really the only reason I know this is because the date was at the beginning of every chapter. It was just like if you are going to set the book at a certain time then set it in that time. There was only one or two scenes where I thought oh if this were now they would just use their cell phone or something. Basically there was no way to tell this was set in 1989/1990. It was just another thing I found odd.

So the last 25% of the book Sara finally decides to start trying to do something with her dreams. She finally figures out who the killer is (who unfortunately is the guy I figured it would be when you first see him at the beginning of the story) and then instead of going to the police they try and solve the crime themselves! I mean what if the police don't believe them? I get that, but really if it were me I would go to them first. If they did nothing then maybe I would try and stop it myself. But police first. Really when I saw the first girl who was killed and recognized her from my dreams I would have went to them to try and help with the next girl. Even if they didn't believe me I would have tried, and afterwards I would start trying to figure out if I can find a way to figure out who the killer is. I mean you have access to his dreams so maybe you can find something. I wouldn't just try not to think about it and hope it goes away and I don't have to continue seeing girls who are murdered every night. I guess that is just me.

Overall not a very good read. It had so much promise, but it just didn't work for me.

This review was originally posted to Jen in Bookland