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Dead Set
Dead Set: A Novel | Richard Kadrey
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After her father's funeral, Zoe moved to the big city with her mother to start over. But change always brings trials, and money is tight. Zoe's only escape, as always, is in her dreamsa world apart from her troubled real life where she can spend time with her lost brother Valentine. But something or someone has entered their dream world uninvited. And a chance encounter at a used-record store where the vinyl holds not music, but lost souls, has opened up a portal to the world of the restless dead. It's here that the shop's strange proprietor offers Zoe the chance to commune with her dead father. The price? A lock of hair. Then a tooth. Then. . . .
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BiblioNyan
Dead Set: A Novel | Richard Kadrey
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🐺Story about a girl who escapes to dream realm to meet her late bro.
🐺Wonderfully atmospheric & ambient.
🐺Imaginative premise that‘s unlike any other urban fantasy tale.
🐺Fallible MC instils empathy & understanding.
🐺Themes about grief & ignoring probs rather than facing them.
🐺Last 30% gets chunky & inconsistent.
🐺Original take on vinyls.
🐺Dark, violent, & vulgar.
🐺Riveting & easy to read.
🐺Cool references to punk rock.
🐺3.75/5.

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BiblioNyan
Dead Set: A Novel | Richard Kadrey
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Today‘s my bday!!! It‘s almost over, but it‘s been hella chill & amazing. I‘m winding down w/anime & books. I wanted to share my current reads with y‘all.

This one is about a girl who escapes her crappy reality by visiting her late bro in her dreams. Then her safe dream realm starts getting haunted by a creepy black dog & something else that‘s ominous, threatening not only her safe dream realm but soon her reality as well! Very spooky.

TrishB Happy birthday! 🎉🎉 6y
Erofan Happy birthday! 🎆🎉🎊🎁🎇 6y
BiblioNyan @Erofan @TrishB THANK YOU!! 🧡❤️🧡❤️ 6y
xicanti Happy belated birthday! 6y
BiblioNyan @xicanti Thank you so much!! 💙💜💙💜 6y
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Soubhiville
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Just finished while waiting for my hubby's plane to land! I enjoyed it! It's quite different and lighter than his other books, while still being in the same genre. Probably aimed at YA audiences.

RanaElizabeth Intriguing! I love the Sandman Slim series. 7y
Easytiger Oh man I read this several years ago and I remember when I read it, it just took me away his storytelling is fantastic 7y
Easytiger Currently reading the kill society 7y
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Soubhiville
Dead Set: A Novel | Richard Kadrey
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A bit of reading before work. I didn't know Kadrey had written anything outside the Sandman Slim series. This feels like YA, I'm not sure if it's supposed to, but it's pretty good so far.

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bookdrunkard78
Dead Set: A Novel | Richard Kadrey

The story is interesting, so far, but I'm finding myself judging the editing super hard. I'm on page 65,and I've already noticed several sentences with words missing, wrong tenses or spelled incorrectly. I don't want to give up on it, but it's driving me mad!

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bookdrunkard78
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My #hallowreads month is going to start early! First up, Dead Set by Richard Kadrey.
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BarbaraTheBibliophage Looks great! Check out these hashtags for more people reading spooky this month! #HalloweenHorror #scaretober #ghostsoflitsy 8y
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