Insomnia

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Summary: Not the greatest, but OK
Review: I liked this book, and the characters in it, but it just went on for far too long. He should have made it into a 400 page book instead. I got very bored with this book towards the middle.

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Summary: Will make you look at life differently after read!
Review: Thius is my favorite book by King. Although I am only 12,this book touched my heart with all that happened. The ending was beautiful and the middle was mysterious. With his words,you feel right in the story. Oh,believe me,that world is one twisted one.

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Summary: One of the few books that Stephen could done better.
Review: The books beginning and the middle was good but at the ending I didn't like about the kamakazi situation. If you have nothing to do then just read this book.

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Summary: GREEK MYTHOLOGY AT ITS WORST!!!!!
Review: Why does Mr King get involved into areas unknown to him? As a Greek reader I am offended by his latest works, especially Rose Madder and Insomnia, where Greek mythology undergoes a Hercules and Xena rendition! Please spare us your miniscule education on foreign matters, Mr King... and stick to American horror. Obviously getting involved with ancient civilisations is too much for you. I am offended, to say theleast... and so is Minotaur, Klotho, Lachesis and Atropos!

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Summary: Graet story. You know it's a King!
Review: There's only one thing to say about this book: It's great. If you ike a good thriller with a bit of science fiction, you'll love this. Buy it, I didn't regret.

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Summary: King once again challenges our notions about age...
Review: At his best...the human factor is always the most astonishing element of any King novel...insomnia is no exception. After losing his wife to cancer, a retired man finds himself unable to sleep, begins experiencing halucinations and is just about to write himself off as senile...until his perfectly normal neighbor begins displaying psychotic behavior, a pro-choice lobbyist turns the town into a battlefield, and little bald men with a wicked pair of sissors start escorting the recently departed into the hearafter... with courage, humor and a deep compassion concerning human frailty, King takes you to a place like no other...to experience life, death and those strange places in between...

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Summary: This book was Okay
Review: Ralph Roberts doesn't seem to be able to get to sleep latley. He's starting to see things. Little Bald Docters and strange colors. Oh yeah, his next door neighbor is insane too.

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Summary: King's Best -- One of my very favorites
Review: Insomnia, proves what I've suspected all along: Stephen King isn't a horror writer; he's a mainstream fiction writer. I first suspected it with Apt Pupil and the Body and the characterizations at the beginning of It (maybe my favorite first 75 pages or so of a novel ever). Insomnia is not horror but it is a masterpiece! It's a beautiful, touching story that focuses on King's strongest point as a writer: characterization. I knew he was the best in the world at characterizing kids. He is also the best at characterizing the elderly. Not horrific, just phenomenal.

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Summary: VERY Different
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As usual in King's (and Koontz's) books, the characters do sometimes get a little unbelievable, but are still highly enjoyable. One aspect of this book I particularly appreciated was the breaking of the age barrier. I liked that our hero and heroine were portrayed as "hip" characters, and the high level of respect King garners for them. The subject matter was fascinating and unusual. As usual, when reading horror, I was little horrorfied, except for one thing: the realization that the lines between good and evil regarding death and the supernatural were beginning to blur for me, which gave me some food for thought.

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Summary: A good book but Not his best!
Review: This is a good book but it takes way too long to get going! There are 600 and some pages and I didn't know the point of the book until 400! But it is worth reading. Steven King has an imagination!