While I enjoyed A Multitude of Dreams, I thought it wasn't as good as The Poison Season. I think that is because this novel just moved slowly. Things truly started happening at the halfway point.
I liked the idea of an illness creating vampires. I enjoyed the several comparisons with the rich and those that leach off people in real-world pandemics. Coming after COVID it was moving. And of course, I loved the illness being called the Red Death. I thought including that she was Jewish in a fantasy world weird, but the author was using it as a teachable moment and allowed her cultural heritage to shine through.
The characters have some development but there isn't a huge arc for the major or minor characters. The ending is a little too on the nose and doesn't match the tone of the rest of the book. But overall, I enjoyed this inventive vampire tale.
I liked the idea of an illness creating vampires. I enjoyed the several comparisons with the rich and those that leach off people in real-world pandemics. Coming after COVID it was moving. And of course, I loved the illness being called the Red Death. I thought including that she was Jewish in a fantasy world weird, but the author was using it as a teachable moment and allowed her cultural heritage to shine through.
The characters have some development but there isn't a huge arc for the major or minor characters. The ending is a little too on the nose and doesn't match the tone of the rest of the book. But overall, I enjoyed this inventive vampire tale.