Dreamwander by Kildare
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Cillian Rysgaard is eighty-six-years-old, and he is not surprised to hear he is facing death. When he heads out of his doctor’s office, he finds himself suddenly in a world that is nowhere like earth and he is also decades younger. Thinking he is hallucinating; he agrees to a hazardous quest for a sword powerful enough to kill a dragon, but he is misled and accidentally releases a powerful prisoner who turns out to be a god with world ending powers. Accepting responsibility for his actions, Cillian sets out to stop this God before he has a chance to destroy the universe in his rage and revenge.
This book certainly had great potential. The worldbuilding was detailed and well thought out, the characters made sense (for their world) and the quest the Cillian is set on is grandiose and long winded. However, sometimes too much description is a bad thing. It is a delicate balance an author must strike where they can transport us readers into a story rather than slow the pacing with endless descriptions of what the character is experiencing at any given moment. I think if the book has a good round of editing with a mind to narrow down some scenes, it will appeal to a much greater audience.


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