🌿 The Daydreams - Laura Hankin🌿 

⭐️ - 4.75 

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Ok so just to caveat this, a lot of the reviews for this book are not that great so maybe take this with a pinch of salt but I really loved this book. 

I have been in such a reading slump for the past couple of months really but I literally listened to this whole audiobook in two days (which is extremely fast for me). I found this so addictive, I couldn’t put it down. 

The Daydreams follows the cast of a 2000’s teen show as they return for a reunion years later. It is clearly inspired by the stories of Disney/Nickelodeon child stars that have come out in recent years. To me, this story is primarily an exploration of the way that these stars (particularly the young women) are treated by the media. It does touch on other themes but that was definitely the one that stood out to me. 

It did a really great job of making me constantly question how I felt about each of the characters which I think was intentional. And as I said, I literally just couldn’t stop listening to this. There was one aspect of the ending of this that I’m not sure I liked but that didn’t ruin the book for me. 

I think I was just in exactly the right mood for this right now and now I’m at a bit of a loss of what audiobook to read next. 

‼️Content warnings: predatory men, body image issues, eating disorder, addiction, parent death