Title: Barbie: Dreamscape
Author: Alex Aster
Publisher: Mattel Press
Genre: Young Adult
Pages: 304
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Barbie Dreamscape

Barbie lives in Heartland and is basically the perfect student. During graduation, you get to hear your fate, meaning you find out what kind of job or future you’re going to have. But when it’s Barbie’s turn, nothing happens. She is fateless.

Of course, she isn’t happy about this. She is the only one without a job or a clear future. So, she decides to find the Fates and maybe convince them to change their minds. She goes on a long, crazy, fun, and sometimes dangerous adventure. Along the way, she slowly discovers more and more about her mom and, ultimately, herself.

Review

I saw this book suddenly everywhere on social media, and it piqued my interest. I mean, the cover is absolutely stunning, and I thought I would make my inner child happy and read this book. I had absolutely no idea what to expect.

Honestly, I didn’t hate the story. I mean, it’s not the best story I’ve ever read. It’s just okay, but I still had a lot of fun reading it. My inner child was definitely happy while reading this book. I played with a lot of Barbies growing up, so reading about Barbie was pretty cool.

After Barbie finds out that she is fateless, she goes through a lot and decides to go on an adventure. She has to get to Dreamland, but to get there, she has to travel through several other lands first. And they are all crazy, fun, and interesting. A lot of interesting things happen along the way.

Barbie doesn’t have a lot of personality at first, since she basically only wears pink because her mother loved the color. But I think this adventure was really good for her. She finally gets to know herself and discovers the truth about her mom and herself.

I also thought there were a couple of beautiful messages in this book, such as there is light in the darkness and you are never too old to play. But my favorite one was: rock bottom is a pretty solid place to start a new life. It shows that life isn’t perfect, but just because you’re feeling bad right now doesn’t mean it has to stay that way forever.

But I also want to say that, even though this book was marketed as Young Adult, I would say it’s more of a book written for younger teens. The writing style wasn’t my favorite. It didn’t bother me that much, but it might be a dealbreaker for you.

Overall, I still enjoyed reading this book. I thought it was a fun and magical read, and I flew through it pretty quickly.

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