Book name: Beyond Dreams
Author: Carlotta Amerio
Rating: 4/5
MY TAKE:
The book is about a girl who has a completely normal life, a loving boyfriend, and a caring best friend. The real problem started when she started to experience terrible dreams where she saw a murder and demons, when she failed to unfold that mystery it started bothering her and then she ended up looking for an escape from all her problems which brought her to a point that she started taking drugs.
I read the whole book and in the end, I felt that it was somehow incomplete, maybe I felt that because I wanted more of it. Because the author could have easily expanded the story and could have added quirky details. The book held me from the start, it didn't even disappointed me for once. I was done with this book in a day because of it being a shaking up experience altogether. The book addressed a lot of Mental Health issues passively like depression, anxiety and the cause of suppressing your emotions and feelings which made this book even more interesting.
AUTHOR SPEAKS:
"Ladies and gentlemen, children and penguins (do penguins read books?),
My name is Carlotta Amerio and I am the author of the psychological thriller "Beyond Dreams". I am a very outgoing and lively person who loves being outside in nature and starting off on all sorts of projects and travel adventures. Ever since I was a child, I loved writing and one day my dream came true. The original novel, which goes by the title 'Al limite del sogno' was chosen by a publishing house and then nominated for two national literary prizes. I then independently decided to publish the book in English in order to reach a greater audience of readers. I hope the vivid descriptions keep you glued to its pages and give you some food for thought. And more about me: I have a husband who loves motorbikes (and am quite keen about trial motorbikes myself) and a lovely 8-year-old son who is writing his first book about lions (guess who he's looking up to?!). I live in Italy, enjoy good food and traveling as much as I can (yes, being stuck at home in quarantine was quite a nightmare! Luckily we could at least 'escape reality' by reading and carrying out games and small creative projects within the family) and always remember that it's the small things in life that we should cherish most. I wish you all a great day and that you are all safe and happy in your homes!".
ABOUT PROTAGONIST ❤:
GIULIA
Giulia is a 24-year-old art student, she is a normal girl and has a completely normal life until the day she started experiencing dreadful nightmares, she turned towards drugs to find an escape to these problems. Because of this, she started avoiding people who were close to her, this addiction made her very aggressive and eventually she stopped communicating to her loved ones. Also, this addiction led her to a point where she was out of money and later, she had to turn herself into a stripper to make herself earn a living.
BLURB:
The seemingly ordinary life of twenty-four-year-old art student Giulia descends into a chaotic mix of drugs, sex, and mortal danger that threatens to ruin this tortured female protagonist. Tormented by terrible nightmares every time she sleeps, Giulia turns to heroin for relief and relies on stripping to support her increasing drug habit.
After learning that she can interact with her dreams, she struggles to solve a series of gruesome murders surfacing in her nightmares. Driven to despair by her terrible visions and haunted by the demons of her dark past, Giulia pushes away everyone who cares about her and soon finds herself on the edge of destruction.
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