So I think my reading this was a long time coming but I just kept putting it off because I very much judge books by their covers, or more specifically their titles, and seeing "Oneiroi" as a title? Well I had no idea what it meant or what its significance was so I just skipped over it, when I first read Named and caught sight of it, and then when I read Named again and saw it again. I finally decided it was time when I saw someone's post on Tumblr describing some of the things that you wrote into it, and I saw your name and decided well if mclachlan wrote it how much am I gonna dislike it really
I did not dislike it at all. Or rather, oh my God this was so great.
I think I didn't notice while reading, but after, that you definitely struggled with writing it in Cas' point of view. The story was smooth and flowing as your writing always tends to be, but there was something /about/ it. I can't even explain it. Maybe it's /because/ it was in Cas' POV, but I think there was much more difficulty imbibed in every word. Idk, maybe you did it on purpose, considering the tone, with Dean braindead and Cas giving up his wings and the utter darkness of some parts. Regardless, I loved it, it was just different than my expectations.
I was so pleased with just everything that happened in Demos Oneiroi. Especially when they went through the one of three doors. At the beginning I was convinced it was a dream and then nearing the end, I was convinced it was real life and that they HAD failed, even though logically it couldn't have been, especially considering all the chapters that I had yet to read xD Aside from that, the whole torture memory Cas was thrown into. Oh my God. i was just like aching for him to escape, just HE'S BEEN THERE EIGHT YEARS UGH. And then after that I kept wondering why he didn't control the dreams like he had that one.
And then I'll assume Cas' dream about the future becomes a reality because everyone knows time is an illusion and if Cas is a dreaming angel then he can dream about things past present and future.
I will probably reread it in about a year :P, and probably give Named another go, too.
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Date: 2012-09-06 07:24 am (UTC)So I think my reading this was a long time coming but I just kept putting it off because I very much judge books by their covers, or more specifically their titles, and seeing "Oneiroi" as a title? Well I had no idea what it meant or what its significance was so I just skipped over it, when I first read Named and caught sight of it, and then when I read Named again and saw it again. I finally decided it was time when I saw someone's post on Tumblr describing some of the things that you wrote into it, and I saw your name and decided well if mclachlan wrote it how much am I gonna dislike it really
I did not dislike it at all. Or rather, oh my God this was so great.
I think I didn't notice while reading, but after, that you definitely struggled with writing it in Cas' point of view. The story was smooth and flowing as your writing always tends to be, but there was something /about/ it. I can't even explain it. Maybe it's /because/ it was in Cas' POV, but I think there was much more difficulty imbibed in every word. Idk, maybe you did it on purpose, considering the tone, with Dean braindead and Cas giving up his wings and the utter darkness of some parts. Regardless, I loved it, it was just different than my expectations.
I was so pleased with just everything that happened in Demos Oneiroi. Especially when they went through the one of three doors. At the beginning I was convinced it was a dream and then nearing the end, I was convinced it was real life and that they HAD failed, even though logically it couldn't have been, especially considering all the chapters that I had yet to read xD Aside from that, the whole torture memory Cas was thrown into. Oh my God. i was just like aching for him to escape, just HE'S BEEN THERE EIGHT YEARS UGH. And then after that I kept wondering why he didn't control the dreams like he had that one.
And then I'll assume Cas' dream about the future becomes a reality because everyone knows time is an illusion and if Cas is a dreaming angel then he can dream about things past present and future.
I will probably reread it in about a year :P, and probably give Named another go, too.