Fever Dream
Books | Fiction / Literary
3.8
(372)
Samanta Schweblin
“A wonderful nightmare of a book: tender and frightening, disturbing but compassionate. Fever Dream is a triumph of Schweblin’s outlandish imagination.” –Juan Gabriel Vasquez, author of The Sound of Things Falling and ReputationsA young woman named Amanda lies dying in a rural hospital clinic. A boy named David sits beside her. She’s not his mother. He's not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, toxins, and the power and desperation of family. Fever Dream is a nightmare come to life, a ghost story for the real world, a love story and a cautionary tale. One of the freshest new voices to come out of the Spanish language and translated into English for the first time, Samanta Schweblin creates an aura of strange psychological menace and otherworldly reality in this absorbing, unsettling, taut novel.
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Author
Samanta Schweblin
Pages
192
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2017-01-10
ISBN
0399184619 9780399184611
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""I had to sleep with the lights on after finishing this one. Absolutely terrifying." - Emily C"
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"The quick dialog made the conversation intense at times however I unfortunately could not follow along if what was happening. A boy, David, having a conversation with a dying woman requesting her to share her memories of both her daughter Nina and the Boy’s mother Carla. All in all confusing and unproductive from what I could follow. "
Chena
"This book was weird. Not my usual vibe (like at all) and honestly, I only picked it up so that I could complete a reading challenge. I don't think there's anything wrong with this book. I'm sure some people find it enjoyable, but it just wasn't my cup of tea. "
Madison C
"Reading this book fills you with a sense of dread. It's like waking up from a dream and not being able to remember it, but having that "bad feeling" that it was a scary dream. I devoured the book in one sitting. The ending made my heart jerk a little."
Darya 🖤
"Listened to the audiobook. It’s a nice short listen, to pass the time. <br/>It did feel almost like a fever dream as I was listening to it, I was confused at first about when the switches were and did fall in and out of sleep (I listen in the morning on my days off of work).<br/><br/>"
L H
""Fever Dream" like the title implies is written like one long fever dream that captures the decent into madness that blurs reality and fiction into one. This book is definitely written in such a fluid way that ot will not resonate with all readers. I feel like it may make more sense in it's native language, since some key elements may have been quite literally "lost in translation" - but even so I thought the English translation was extremely well done! If you're open-minded and are looking for a fresh new horror book to read, this is definitely worth checking out!!!"
Cherry Lover 🍒
"didn’t really like this lol."
• nova •
"I didn’t really like it. This was the only way it would let me leave a comment. It was a lot of rambling with no real story or plot."
Brooke Gross-Gilbert
"A chilling tapestry of illness, memories, and parental instinct. As surreal and disjointed as it’s namesake, Fever Dream is a deeply unsettling portrayal of environmental contamination and the horrific consequences of ignoring nature’s cries for help. Tense, focused, and nightmarish in its rapid similarities to real life. "
Emily
"I want to say I liked it but it was honestly confusing and I still don’t think I understood it. "
Megan Bender
