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April is shaping up to be one of the best pub mont

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Now: The Martian 👨‍🚀🛰️
Next: The Underground Railroad ❤️
Last: A Room With a View 🍋

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Sharing my review of Long Bright River in honor of

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**OUT NOW** Set in the near future (2034, to be e $**OUT NOW** Set in the near future (2034, to be exact), The Dream Hotel imagines a world where the government can use your dreams to predict future criminal behavior you may or may not commit. The main character, Sara, has been detained on the premise that she MIGHT commit a crime because of a dream she had one time. Sara is taken to a center where she is constantly monitored. All women are taken to the center under the guise that it is a 21-day period, where their dreams and behavior will be monitored until they are deemed safe to re-enter society. However, no matter what she does, Sara (or any of the other women) can’t gain enough points to reclaim her freedom. Every infraction is time added to her stay at the center. I felt for Sara as she described her feelings of frustration and anger with the center and her situation overall. Going into this, I didn’t expect it to be so eerie! The combination of Sara’s POV as well as the behind-the-scenes of the center guards and other staff members showed their true colors, which gives the novel an overall eerie feel. It’s marketed as a thriller, but I would categorize this one as dystopian fiction vs. a true thriller. I noticed several reviews comparing it to Minority Report, which I’ve never seen, but after reading a bit about the movie I can see where the comparisons are drawn. Thank you so much to @pantheonbooks for the free eARC in exchange for an honest review! #TheDreamHotel #NetGalley$