Sixteen year old Jordan Parker lives in a group foster home, hiding her true self from the world. What people see when they look at her is a six-and-a-half foot tall dumb jock, and she’s learned not to try and change that impression. But in her dreams she can be her real self. There she can do almost anything. Her life changes in one night, when she steps out of a lucid dream directly into the real world, and finds things have changed: she has the body she’s always wanted, she can do the kinds of things she could only do in dreams before, and there’s a mythologically incorrect minotaur rampaging outside the home. This may take a little getting used to.
i liked this a lot! For a while
i was convinced parker was actually the only one with powers and she'd started the entire thing off with a dream she lost control over haha
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The love child of Madoka and Legion, and I happen to hold both of those shows in very high regard. Seriously, if you have any interest in trippy, imaginative storytelling with a trans vibe you can't go wrong reading this.
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It's a nice trans story, but it feels like it somewhat lacks a good resolution.
The writing style is also very stream of thoughts-like, so it feels like amateur writing. Still, if you're fine with the writing quality, and if you like gender-benders, cool superpowers, and a tiny bit of interdimensional travel, it's a nice afternoon burner that's available here on scribblehub for free.
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The story is well written. I find the idea of dreaming in the real world brilliant. It is the story that I can recommend. There's only one thing that I didn't like nor completely understand (major? spoiler)
the thing with Valeria happened that felt so forced and out of place. I don't know why autor decided to do this. I assume it was to make the whole 'deciding between families' matter easier. Even so, I think there was a better way to do that. She could just reject her because she's not gay... Valeria didn't seem dumb enough to screw the relationship that much without realizing it. Same with the concept of ending the relationship with basically one sentence. It makes me... Uncomfortable (or something like that. I'm not sure myself.)
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Never before have I read a story that implemented the mindf**kery of dream logics in such a genius way as Lucid did.
The story also shows the painful reality that gender dysphoria brings with it and the suffering, a couple of wrong words can cause. Highly recommendable. Trans girls will find a lot of themselves in the MC. Allies may find some understanding.
I also enjoy the fact that this is a rather "light" fun story. Kids getting super powers, fighting evil, finding a much bigger evil, dealing with curfews, school days, sleep deprival, family matters... Yes. Definitely recommendable!
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Complicated, and brilliant. Worth the read.
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The novel reads like a dream, and giving the premise, that's a succes. I do wish the ending was different though, it's not bad, but.. It feels unforfilling? I hope the epilogue chapters will help with that though.
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