The Cure for Dreaming
Author: Cat Winters
Publication Date: 1st October 2014
Publisher: Amulet Books
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~
Olivia Mead is a headstrong, independent girl—a suffragist—in an age that prefers its girls to be docile. It’s 1900 in Oregon, and Olivia’s father, concerned that she’s headed for trouble, convinces a stage mesmerist to try to hypnotize the rebellion out of her. But the hypnotist, an intriguing young man named Henri Reverie, gives her a terrible gift instead: she’s able to see people’s true natures, manifesting as visions of darkness and goodness, while also unable to speak her true thoughts out loud. These supernatural challenges only make Olivia more determined to speak her mind, and so she’s drawn into a dangerous relationship with the hypnotist and his mysterious motives, all while secretly fighting for the rights of women. Winters breathes new life into history once again with an atmospheric, vividly real story, including archival photos and art from the period throughout
Can we just stop and think for a minute of the oppression of
women in this era? Can we honestly, in this age, know and feel how that
would have felt? 100 pages in and well, anger doesn't seem to cover it. Sexism
still exists, it's a thing along with others that will probably always exist,
especially in a work place and when it comes to what's considered as 'Man
Jobs', Military and cut-throat jobs that
apparently are no places for Women. Now, what I loved about The Cure for
Dreaming, that while it does the oppression and repression well, it also
uplifts the arguments well. Especially in the letter Olivia writes.
