Voices, Dreams and Mental disorders. Add in Technology And You'll Get "Dreamtown" By Oseremen A.

First things first, I gushed over this cute cover and then later discovered how wrong I was, hehe. I give the author thumbs up for that, to be honest. Most covers on WattPad, to be frank, are quite bad. That doesn't necessarily mean that the story is horrendous as well, but eh, having read a lot of stories on there; when you find a badly made cover chances are that the story is quite as bad.But no, this cover is cute; but the story isn't cute. In fact, it's captivating. Very.

When you search for a novel on WattPad in general, the first thing you do is look at the number of reads and votes. Well, in my case I do that. And let me tell you this story's stats are unforgiving. It needs way more reads and votes, really!

Synopsis and Details:

Title: Dreamtown

Author: Oseremen A.

Publication Date: April 08, 2017

Genre: Paranormal, Horror, Sci-Fi.

"In this world, your dreams dictate reality. In this world, Alexia Aspen Arden can control your dreams. All her life, she has tried to hide this secret, scared of what might happen if she is discovered. When an organisation finds out, under the threat concerning the safety of her parents, Alexia's power is exploited in a way that leaves her begging for relief. In this world, your dreams dictate reality. In this world, Alexia is a DreamBender."

It all starts with Alexia having trouble with voices in her head and I first pegged this off as anxiety or a Dissociative Identity Disorder.

To those who don't know, a dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) also known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) is a severe condition in which two or more distinct identities, or personality states, are present in—and alternately take control of—an individual. Some people describe this as an experience of possession. The person also experiences memory loss that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.

The starting lines, like literally the starting lines, are Alexia talking to some voices in her head. The author managed to capture the conflict right away in Two Years Earlier. With Alexia trying to understand what is happening, the voices want her to do things that will eventually lead to her being punished by Dr. B and her assistants.

When you suffer from a mental disorder chances are that when you're finally cured from it you'll be, in time, happy. Or that what now healthy people did say about their freedom.

Alexia, though, was a tough case. She hated being normal, ordinary, typical and all the synonyms you can think of. However, I think she has a good reason to it. She didn't want to get bored. The reason was that in her case, they get out when she lets her mind wander.

The Mix of Technology, Dreams and Disorders is what makes this story stand out from the rest!

The first few chapters let you into the organisation that is DreamTown—or DT as Alexia like to call it. To really get into the story, you must understand what DT are aiming for. Despite their techinques, they want more people to remember their dreams as they believe that most of modern technology comes out of people's dreams rather than a necessity.

I like this concept as I myself dreamt about many technological things and ways to improve the world but was stuck five minutes after waking up I forget everything...(not that I am an inventor or anything.)

DreamTown is an example of "being good doesn't necessarily mean nice or wholesome".

Chaotic good if you may. They have morally correct ideas and they are trying to help technology advance further but their methods are questionable 100/100. I also liked how the author added things like the "Heal-Pen" and Jet Pack international H2O2 downfall and managed to make it seem like the inventors stopped with these projects because of a DreamThief.

Lastly, The Author has a great imagery, using the 'skirt' way; short enough to create interest, and long enough to cover the necessary details.

All her descriptions are done that way. You may notice that there is a significant lack of figure of speeches and metaphors; unlike me as metaphors run through my veins, but to me that is the author's writing style and she managed it quite beautifully. You won't feel lost and be like "wait, what did she mean by that?".

Recommendation?

I definitely recommend this book 10/10.

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