The Silver Dream (InterWorld Trilogy, 2) Paperback – April 21, 2015

So, after reading "Interworld" and being such a huge Gaiman fan I was honor-bound to read this.This time I entered eyes wide open.Neil Gaiman did not write this book.Neil Gaiman came up with the concept.Michael and Mallory Reaves wrote this book.Ok, now I won't scale my expectations.It was still "blah."Not saying "bad."It was nowhere near "bad," but it was "blah."I felt like Reaves spent an awful lot of time reacquainting the reader with the worlds created, the powers used, the past trials and tribulations, etc.HEY! I read the last book dude. A little lead-in would have been fine, but you went on way too far.Again, I like many of the concepts ("Walking," Alternate universes based on choice, all of the characters being different versions of the same essence, but all from different worlds), but I swear, the characters got so muddled. At one point I actually got dizzy (literally) swimming in a sea of names that start with the letter "J." I stopped trying to figure out who was doing what and kept plodding forth through the meat.Still, this is a YA novel so I understand who the target audience is.My almost 10 year-old son just finished "Interworld" and he loved it (though, conceptually I think he will enjoy it a little more when he is a bit older).The addition of actual "Time-travel" is nice as it adds an extra dimension to explore in this and future novels (literally and figuratively). The characters along with this nuance are quite interesting as well and I am intrigued to see what will come of them next installment (and there will be many).I even felt satisfied with the ending, but again, the pace, the choppiness, the over-explanation...It made this "quick" read more troublesome than it needed to be.I felt like it was about 47% rehash, 10% new stuff, 10% slap-together, 5% trite/cliche, 25% pandering to the new reader and 3% gold.One Star for each golden percentage point (and that may be generous).Namaste~

** spoiler alert ** Warning: This review contains spoilers. Read at your own risk.This book is every bit as good as the original, and actually has an even grander scope than its predecessor. We finally find out what FrostNight is, and we meet TimeWatch: an organization that travels and protects the timestream much as InterWorld travels and protects the Altiverse. We find out that the Binary Empire and HEX aren't so different after all (HEX is ruled by the Council of Thirteen, and Binary is ruled by the Professor, a cyborg named 01101 - 13 in binary). The sheer scale of the conflict between the Binary Empire, HEX, the Techmaturges, InterWorld and TimeWatch is both fun to behold and a pleasant surprise in a YA novel.The story itself left a number of questions unanswered, just as the first one did, and unlike the original ends on a very large cliffhanger. (Seriously, there are spoilers in this review). Despite the main characters' best efforts, FrostNight has gone off and InterWorld itself is trapped, unable to help, in a distant corner of the Altiverse. Joey Harker is alone, but he's going to travel the Altiverse, find more versions of himself, stop FrostNight, and rebuild InterWorld. If he fails, all (literally) is lost.To summarize: it's a shame this never got turned into a TV show like Gaiman and Reeves wanted, and it better have a sequel. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed the first book.

I am twenty eight, and yes, I know this book is supposed to be for teenagers. When I read the first InterWorld Novel I didnt know the target audience and after a few chapters started feeling like maybe it was below my reading level. Then I hit the chapter where they start to explain the physics, math and science of InterWorld and I started to think "maybe this book is ABOVE my reading level". I pushed on, but the jar of youthful narration and high end theory came off as a bit clunky. In the second book this problem has been smoothed out considerably. The whole book feels much more like it could be read at any age.I really enjoyed InterWorld: The Silver Dream. I enjoyed the bright little glimpses of other students and teachers, I liked the commentary on what life would be like if everyone you went to school with was you, and I liked Acacia and that even after the book she is still so much a mystery. The similarities between Joe/y and the Old Man also intrigue me, I'm sure there's more there than what has been revealed so far and I cant wait to read it.Of course the cliffhanger type ending irks me a little bit, I much prefer teaser 'more to come' endings if there is an add in the back of the book for the next book coming out (which there wasn't). Seriously hope this isnt the end of the series.

Couldn't put this one down! What a page turner but what a frustrating one at that!I love the whole concept behind Interworld, but this installment seemed to suffer from trying to force too much awesome into a tiny book. The pages were teeming with cool tech and weird magic and in the end the worlds (yes, plural) overwhelmed the story. At times, I got so caught up in what color Hue was turning and what it might mean, and souls and tech and all this cool stuff that I actually completely missed what was happening.Also, that ending! Really, you're gonna leave us hanging like that? It took YEARS for this second book to come out and who knows how long it'll be for the third book. It's not fair to end a book this way when the third is currently only a pipe-dream.That said, I love this world and weird/delightful cast of characters. Can't wait for more!

Good 2nd book. Most enjoyable. Easy to pick up and read just done chapter or many. Would certainly recommend book 1 and 2. Have not read the last book for it's conclusion as made my own up. Will finally get around to 3rd book.

Continuing from the first book concentrating on earlier events taking them further. Very well written giving the characters life and personalities.

Full of imagination and clearly heading somewhere, but this book is setting the scene for bigger things to come.It should be stressed that this book is not written by Neil Gaiman, despite the top billing the book gives him. Mr Gaiman is co-creator of the story (which is not a bad thing). However, if you are looking for Neil's excellent prose, you won't find it here. Michael Reaves is a good writer, but lacks the mythic touch which Neil Gaiman appears to find so effortless.

At first I didn't enjoy it as much as I did the first part (interworld), but started to really get into the story towards the middle and end and now look forward to future instalments. If you liked the first book then you will most probably enjoy this, but you do need to have read Interworld to really appreciate the story. I recommend you buy both and enjoy another Gaiman classic (and Reaves of course)

I love Neil Gaiman. This is a good sequel, even if about teens. Interworld is a fascinating and well-thought out concept. Gripping action sequences. I will be buying the third book, after countless abandoned Kindle series by less skilled fantasy and Sci fi writers.