Review: Might Be Too Much
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2012
Someone has taken the dreams. The stream of dreams that flows by the village of the elves has dried up and a dozen elves set out on  a perilous journey to find why the stream has stopped. Along the way they meet up with the fairies, who find them good littles ones and welcome them. The elves realize that their parents are seeking more power in the form of magic even though their parents didn't need more magic.Dream Robbers has some excellent landscapes and descriptions. My main concerns with the book was more to do with the intended audience and how well it would play to those readers. First, there are twelve main characters who don't get fully introduced. Since this seems to be a book for 8 to 12 year olds, this appears to be too confusing.  I had a hard time identifying each character let alone empathizing with them. Having said that, children read with a different eye than adults do. I loved the Blue Fairy Book as an eight year old; not so much as an adult. I also had some concern about the level of the language used in Dream Robbers, though I am not an expert in this area. Finally, there are several moral lessons in the book - we should be the best that we can always - and  - parents should be spending time with their children, not chasing power (dollars)- but these messages were very heavy handed.I did contact the author before publishing this review and he did assure me that some of his young readers did enjoy the story. (He also assured me that an honest review is a welcomed review.)Please note that this book is well edited and well written. And you can consider my rating as a high 2+ with the writing and editing a 4+.