The Book of Dreams

[Monopoly]

I like how I murdered everyone but then when I come back no one really seems to care that much

[Ghid]

priorities, man, priorities

the threat of nuclear annihilation is slightly more pressing than doing a cordax, but I assure you it will be gotten to

[Monopoly]

also,

Monopoly in Book of ____:

Monopoly in real life:

[Ghid]

while we wait, enjoy this cursed ‘drawing’ of my favorite moment in the books thus far:

[Rukah]

you should put that in the mausoleum

[Ghid]

that’s an odd way to spell dumpster but aight

[Rukah]

potato, potato

[Axelford]

Great now I’m hearing that in Leonardo “Gatsby” DiCaprio’s voice

[Rukah]

I read it in danny devito’s voice

[Cordax]

Uh oh renner’s typing

[Ghid]

@Cordax

renner’s typing

“ghid do you realize how traumatic it was having my spine ripped out and now you just don’t even care? what about the time I rubbed my jaw from getting slugged in the face by tott? did my ability to react to pain go away when my knee was broken? why don’t you have any consistency, you hack?!”

[Cordax]

@Ghid

ghid do you realize how traumatic it was having my spine ripped out

Ghid do you realize how traumatic it was having my entire body be stomped to tiny pieces

[Ghid]

be quiet, floor soup

[Krelikan]

Ghid, do you realize how traumatic it was being completely helpless all book, and tossed around by you and my useless allies?

[N01InParticular]

my guy, it’s been 2 hours like what the heck.

[Ghid]

@Krelikan

do you realize how traumatic it was being completely helpless all book, and tossed around by you and my useless allies?

[NOTaHFfan]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Yesterday I read chapters 18 to 27 and fully caught up by reading chapter 28 today, so I’m fully prepared to do what has to be done.

@Ghid

no stop

you’re tired, get sleep

Yes, tired I was. Now I am tired no more, but I still kinda stand by my statement.
I legitimately think that this book is the best… one in this series… so far, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have any problems with it. I do. I’ll be sure to address those problems later on in this post.

I’d like to start my review with something positive by just talking about some stuff that I liked the most about The Book of Dreams. Then I’ll move on to my classic theories and my explanations for some things that others (I’m looking at you, Tukah) might have misunderstood. The last part of my review will be about the things that I didn’t like that much… or at all.
I’m sure that this structure for my review doesn’t make any sense to you. But hey, what else did you expect from me?!

Okay, enough of that nonsense… as a wise plumber more than once said: “Yahoo! Let’s-a go!”

NEFARIOUS NOTAHFFAN’S NOISY NONSENSICAL BOOK REVIEW

Part one: the good stuff

Alright, let’s start with the things that I legitimately thoroughly enjoyed about The Book of Dreams.

First off, my favourite thing, the story itself. It was really entertaining to follow.
Unlike with the other two books, there was something interesting in each and every chapter, there weren’t any points in the book where I was bored and felt the desire to skip some stuff. I think that it’s a very major achievement, considering that BoD is significantly longer than the other two books.

(I think that it’s worth mentioning that my favourite chapters are probably chapters 24 and 25, there’s some really intense stuff there)

Like, this book doesn’t give you a single chance to get bored. The story progresses at a pretty fast pace, one action-packed event comes right after another, but when it decides to slow down, there are still plenty of interesting interactions between characters and the plot never stops developing, interesting details and connections with the other two books pop up here and there all the time, giving you food for thought.
Really solid stuff.

I’d also say that it’s fairly well-written overall (I’m not talking about grammar and stuff. I can’t judge something I have no understanding in), I’m talking about the weight behind the words… unfortunately I can’t find the proper word for that in my extremely poor vocabulary.
What I’m trying to say is that all funny moments are actually funny, all intense moments actually feel intense and all scary moments actually feel scary.

I think that chapters 24 and 25 illustrate the latter two examples the best. You actually feel the threat coming from Monopoly, each character death leaves an impact (well, not exactly each, mostly Cordax) and truly feels like a loss (again, mostly Cordax). What is this, if not a sign of good writing?

Speaking of characters, I think they also deserve a spot in this list of good things. They aren’t the deepest things in the world, but each one has a unique enough, memorable personality, making them fun to follow.

Not Cordax though, he is just perfect and deserves a separate spot in this list.

Well, hopefully that wasn’t too high of a praise. I know that you don’t like it when people say so many good things about your books, but I have to give credit where it’s due, okay? That also means that I will feel much better about highlighting the book’s flaws in the third section, hehehe

Part two: the nonsense

This part is probably going to be much shorter than I originally anticipated because the book’s almost over and there’s not much room for theories left, you explained everything pretty well.

So… backup plan: I’ll spend a significant amount of space in this part roasting Ruhroh!

@Rukah

somehow they and fifty and racie and winger and cordax and eilrach came back

Well, if you actually read The Book of Logic, it would make so much more sense

@Rukah

I think this is probably @Vile_Cephalopod

@Rukah

could fifty be @Dadertrix

I… actually think you’re right this time. Good job!

@Rukah

Hey, could that guy be @Axelford?

Yeah, it’s either @Axelford or @OraNui… I’m not sure… Sorry Ghid, I failed you once again…

Actually, originally I was going to write a really long theory about the connection The Book of Logic to The Book of Dreams, but, since you have basically already explained how it works in the book, I’m just gonna write my interpretation of that to see if I actually understood that correctly.

So, BoL took place in some artificial world akin to the Matrix created by Ghid for whatever reason. Some people who had died in that world got reincarnated in the main one as some strange things. It’s explained in this weird poem written by Chronicler’s hand attached to Monopoly’s body (chapter 18) :

@Ghid

SON∩S FINDS NEW LIFE IN THE DEPARTED

This one’s pretty self-explanatory: Sonus got reincarnated in Jethryn’s Dreamer’s body (small skeleton dude)

@Ghid

CHRONICLER GONE I BID YOU RETURN IN FORM FIT TO FIGHT

This one’s also quite simple: Ghid attached Chronicler’s left arm to Monopoly’s body that happened to lack one in the cider factory.

@Ghid

STORY DEPARTED FIND NEW LIFE TO BRING ABOUT THE UNDEAD

This is @Lesnichiy. He got reincarnated as a weird computer thing with the ability to revive people deep under the cider factory.

@Ghid

AND MAY HE WITH IMPERFECTIONS BE FOUND FLAWLESS HERE

And this is the glowing guy that descended from the factory and got teleported to the sun by Diero in the last chapter. I’m not sure if he’s OraNui or Axelford. I’ve already forgotten many things from BoL.

@Ghid

HE WHO SWALLOWED THE SUN WILL MEET HIS END

This is either Axelford or OraNui, although I have a suspicion that He Who Swallowed The Sun is Ora and He With Imperfections is Axel. Just a suspicion, nothing more. I’m too lazy to actually check BoL.

But it’s quite fascinating to me that you knew how you were going to use all those characters ever since chapter 18. That’s some serious planning.

But I still have one small theory left: in the fourth book everyone’s gonna face off against the forces of Ghid. I don’t like Marvel movies, but I think that it’s begging for an Avengers Endgame comparison. But I think that this all is too obvious, so I won’t spend any more time on it.

@Monopoly

I like how I murdered everyone but then when I come back no one really seems to care that much

Yeah, Monopoly has a very fascinating kill count. Like, the guy casually eliminated one third of the entire cast from all three books.

Alright, what’s next?

Part three: the bad stuff

Oh no this is my least favourite part.

While I really enjoyed most of the stuff from this book, there are some things in it so annoying that I can’t avoid mentioning them.

Most of the problems I have with BoD are plotholes. I’m going to cover the most major ones, ignoring the minor stuff like Renner’s inconsistent ability to react to pain (that could be easily explained by Renner having pain receptors only on his face, which is probably the only part on him that is still partially organic (Writhe that down, I’m giving you free ideas))

Here’s the major stuff:

• Black Wall of Schrodinger, as I like to call it. It exists and doesn’t exist at the same time.
  We know that it was built as a prison for Ghid that he can’t escape. We also know that the cider factory is outside the wall, so how did Ghid get there in the end of BoR? Is the factory the only place outside the wall that Ghid can access or was the wall built after the events of BoR?
  Also, we know that Ghid’s tower pierces through the wall/dome at the top. Tott and the party fell from the top of that tower in the beginning of BoD, but they didn’t hit that dome or didn’t even see it. How does that work?
  If Fifty can relocate the wall by the snap of his fingers, effectively releasing his master Ghid from his prison, why didn’t he do that much earlier?

• The nuclear chamber is made of cardboard or something. Tott, the party and Winger were standing on top of the dome of the nuclear chamber, Tott, a child-sized wooden person, jumped and they all fell through it. Also, the same dome could hold several nuclear explosions. Does Tott jump harder than nuclear warheads explode?

And then there’s a moment that I don’t know how to feel about.

In my native language there’s a phrase that goes something like “a piano in the bushes” and has basically the same meaning as “deus ex machina”

So,

@Ghid

I’m willing to exercise my influence over this world to revive all those lost to fate in this whole area

This is no piano in the bushes, this is an entire orchestra with a choir and an organ, accompanied by Frank Sinatra, Elton John, the Beatles, Queen, Pink Floyd, Daft Punk and AC/DC in the bushes.

I understand that it was done so that literally anyone could join the fourth book and it would still make sense story-wise, but on the other hand, I feel like it’s a but too contrived that Lesnichiy got reincarnated in that exact location with the exact ability that Tott needed. But I guess it is sort of justified, considering that you touched upon the topic of fate several times in these stories, and this entire situation situation could be explained with the phrase “it was his destiny”.

Part five: part four

Part eight.

And ungodly number of hours later… it’s finally finished. My magnum opus. The best essay I’ve ever written. A true masterpiece. Please enjoy.

@Ghid

he’s been typing for half an hour

45 minutes now, either a lot of theories or I am about to lose my fingers

it’s been an hour. guys I think he’s writing a new chapter

my lands it’s been two hours - what is he concocting

Three Hours - it’s been Three Hours of typing and I’m concerned for his health

I like this progression. Also, don’t worry for my mental health, I had been out of my mind long before I started typing this.

Also, is it just me, or does The Book of … series need an anime adaptation?

[Rukah]

@NOTaHFfan

: I’ll spend a significant amount of space in this part roasting Ruhroh

yoikes

@NOTaHFfan

Well, if you actually read The Book of Logic, it would make so much more sense

but I did read BoL

@NOTaHFfan

I… actually think you’re right this time. Good job

hooray

Also your whole post was quite interesting. I liked all the theories

@NOTaHFfan

And this is the glowing guy that descended from the factory and got teleported to the sun by Diero in the last chapter. I’m not sure if he’s OraNui or Axelford. I’ve already forgotten many things from BoL.

I’m pretty sure it’s Axelford because it was clearly described in BoL that he was a bent axle

[Ghid]

@NOTaHFfan

I’d also say that it’s fairly well-written overall

stop

@NOTaHFfan

I know that you don’t like it when people say so many good things about your books

hiss

@NOTaHFfan

Most of the problems I have with BoD are plotholes.

well it’s a good thing I’m a genius author and I never fail to cover everything ahaahahaahahahehhehehhueuhuhhuhh…

okay, I’m going to spoiler the answers to these so people don’t get spooked: read at your own risk!!!!1!!!1!

**SPOOKY SPOILER OF NONIMPORTANT PLOT DETAILS**

@NOTaHFfan

We know that it was build as a prison for Ghid that he can’t escape. We also know that the cider factory is outside the wall, so how did Ghid get there in the end of BoR?

Ghid never went there, Monopoly simply went into the story that Ghid had constructed around Yuo. It’s a bit complicated, but since Ghid has near universal control over that dimension, he can yeet himself in an out whenever he chooses (and anyone else, but there’s limitations). More deets will be clarified in the next book (did you see that I made a cliffhanger guys look at the the cliffhanger guys)

@NOTaHFfan

Also, we know that Ghid’s tower pierces through the wall/dome at the top. Tott and the party fell from the top of that tower in the beginning of BoD, but they didn’t hit that dome or didn’t even see it. How does that work?

cloud

They went just beyond the clouds and it was a cloudy night. The dark wall is just conveniently tall enough. Yes I’m lazy but ysee, that was the plan all along

@NOTaHFfan

If Fifty can relocate the wall by the snap of his fingers, effectively releasing his master Ghid from his prison, why didn’t he do that much earlier?

The inner machinations of Ghid’s mind are an enigma

to answer that question, you’ll need to wait til the end of the book

@NOTaHFfan

In my native language there’s a phrase that goes something like “a piano in the bushes”

ok but dude that is incredible

@NOTaHFfan

I understand that it was done so that literally anyone could join the fourth book and it would still make sense story-wise

…what?

No no no. I have other means to keep the cast around if need be.

No, this was for a couple of folks… And to make the next chapters far more fun. I mean well thought out and interesting um no don’t go reading into that no wait stop

@NOTaHFfan

situation situation

It’s kinda sad Cronk isn’t coming back for the next one, I was going to delve far deeper into that whole concept. Ah well.

@NOTaHFfan

in the fourth book everyone’s gonna face off against the forces of Ghid.

…interesting.

@NOTaHFfan

Monopoly has a very fascinating kill count. Like, the guy casually eliminated one third of the entire cast from all three books.

Monopoly is one of the most dangerous characters in the entire series. However - and something I don’t think anyone’s brought up - in Book of Ramblings, he’s not exactly the villain of his story. I wonder to what that could refer?

Again, couple actual spoilers there - read at your own risk.

[Cordax]

@Ghid

Monopoly simply went into the story he had constructed around Yuo

what
so the “artificial dimension” as renner called it that one time is a universe created by Monopoly?

I have a feeling that Ghid won’t answer this so @NOTaHFfan please explain