![]() ![]() Then the delegation from Weep shows up, and you think you’ll finally have a full picture of the world. There’s rumors of Weep, and legends of magic, but mostly there’s libraries and orphans and failed alchemy. Although there is little of it in the second book, the reader enters the world with it in Strange. ![]() In Muse of Nightmares, though, we see multiple cultures and perspectives on display, and there’s not a clear ‘western’ culture that could overshadow the others.įirst there’s Lazlo’s and Thyon’s culture. Plus, in many fantasies, there’s often unsettling parallels to colonialism. That’s pretty much the definition of ‘portal fantasies,’ and explorations and quests are staples of the fantasy genre.īut it’s rare to go in much depth beyond those two cultures. It’s fairly common to have characters from one culture travel to another in fantasy. There are few worlds that feel as real to me as Weep does. These multiple cultures and contexts gave the world an incredibly fleshed out feeling. Not only was there one secret hidden in history, but there were several, answering or complicating the problems in the present. ![]() ![]() Not only was one culture fleshed out, but there were three or four societies developed, with their strengths and weaknesses. But what stood out to me even more this time was how rich the world was. I wrote about the phenomenal writing in the first book here, and that was still present in Muse. Muse of Nightmares, the sequel to Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor, is a fascinating story. ![]()
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