How do people in general feel about dream sequences in books? I've noticed lately that I almost start doing eyerolls when we get to a 'that night they dreamt...' part of a novel.
I used to be quite fond of them, especially when used well, like #murakami in the Windup-Bird Chronicle or the dreams of Paul in #dune
But currently reading almost any novel I have the feeling that in a majority of books the dream sequence is just a cheap trick to put some quick symbolism in a novel that's otherwise completely lacking it. Or as an easy way of foreshadowing.
Where I personally think it can be used so well to actually deepen the depth of a character. How does someone's subconscious deal with processing all that has happened lately. And what feeling it leaves behind. But that really rarely seems to be the case.