Rainbow Library | Reverie Puzzles Review & Time Lapse

Sometimes you fall in love with a puzzle the moment you see the image. That’s how I felt when I first saw Rainbow Library by the Australian puzzle company Reverie. The artwork, created by Sydney Dean, features a gorgeous gradient of books and an adorable dog. That room is life goals.

I’ve been eyeing this puzzle for months. I have never seen a Reverie Puzzle available second-hand in my area. They are a small company focusing on book-themed puzzles with a rapidly growing following. Their puzzles are on the higher end price-wise, approximately $31 for a 500-piece puzzle and $34-37 for a 1,000-piece puzzle, but they are said to be of higher quality. I purchased this puzzle along with another Reverie design a few weeks ago, as I was worried they might discontinue this image before I had a chance to assemble it.

In terms of quality, I had an odd experience. The puzzle itself was gorgeous with a smooth matte finish that handles lighting well. The pieces are medium-thickness and fit together beautifully. Moving small and large sections was easy. The colors were beautiful, but I’ll talk more about that later. Reverie puzzles also come with a reusable unbranded canvas bag. I appreciate that they don’t use plastic but I do think the added weight of the bag for shipping somewhat negates the ecological impact of removing the plastic bag.

As for the colors, they turned out gorgeous once the puzzle was fully assembled. Initially, I was concerned it wasn’t as bright and vibrant as expected. Due to the dust, I thought I might have a defective puzzle. In reality, I expected a bold rainbow of colors at the end of sorting, which wasn’t the case. This puzzle has a lot of warm tones: the floor and ceiling are shades of orange, the plant pot is also orange, and the cabinets are a soft pink. Despite the gorgeous rainbow of books, the unassembled puzzle leans very orange. I also wasn’t expecting so many muted olive tones. Completely assembled this is such a beautiful puzzle and I’m very happy to have it in my collection.

This was a wonderful puzzle to put together despite my initial misgivings. I’m excited to assemble another Reverie puzzle to compare the quality and dust levels to see if this one was a fluke or not. Have you done a Reverie puzzle before or heard of the company? I’m curious about your experience. Let me know in the comments!

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Brand: Reverie Puzzles
Title: Rainbow Library
Pieces: 1000
Artist: Sydney Dean

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    Underwater Library | Reverie Puzzles Review – Every Little Piece

    […] When it comes down to it, this was a highly successful puzzle. The artwork was vivid and detailed in multiple ways, making it highly enjoyable to put the different sections together. When I compare this puzzle to the previous Reverie I put together, the Underwater Library image really pushes ahead of the Rainbow Library image in terms of enjoyability. Rainbow Library is, without a doubt, a gorgeous puzzle, but even with the rainbow of library books, it didn’t have a lot of different sections that were varied in color or had enough interest among the larger sections. The details in that puzzle were much smaller or not varied at all (little stickers on the cabinet, small repetitive lights on the ceiling, the repeating checkerboard pattern and the wood grain of the floor). Underwater Library, in contrast, is layered with details small and large (the starfish stuck to the shelves and lying on the floor, the bubbles and stars, the different colors of the mermaids’ hair and their varying hair and skin styles, the jellyfish tentacles that floated in front of the shelves, the rug, and the ceiling). Even the hardest section of the glass ceiling was actually manageable due to the varying shades of blue that the artist used. It probably would have been a touch more enjoyable if she had varied the colors on the fish from the stingrays a little more, but I actually liked having one section that was a little harder than the rest. Read my full review of Rainbow Library and watch the time-lapse here. […]

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