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Summary: I couln't sleep for reading, My first King book.
Review: First of all, do not pay attention to all the blubbering about how long this book is. When a book is good, who cares if it is long? What an intriguing novel, and probably one of the more original I have ever read. I loved the way King portrayed the seniors in such a sensitive way. He truly got to the heart of their concerns, fears and loves. This is not really the typical horror book, so if that puts you off reading it, please do not let it. I really didn't sleep much, either, for the book was better than catching those zzzz's!
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Summary: Caught Between a 2 and a 3; not King's best
Review: Ok, first let us discuss what was good about the novel. The characterization was very very strong, and you WILL care greatly for the characters by the end; especially the admirable Ralph Roberts (If I must grow old, may I at least be that great of an "old crock.") The storyline is highly original--I truly was in awe of King's imagination when I read this one. It was decent reading.And finally, there is a very special treat for those of you who love the Dark Tower Series (though I'm not a big fan of it...at all...I'm going to give it another chance within the next year); Just think of the little blonde boy from Drawing of the Three. The negatives: The book went on and on and on and on. King knows how to over-write but he truly outdid himself and his book this time. My biggest complaint with overwriting (as usual comes at the end.) The book reached its climax, which is very effective, but then King drags the book out for another 100 pages and creates a little mini-climax making the true one rather..well..anticlamatic. Certainly not his best, but it's an ok read.
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Summary: Will not keep you up at night
Review: "Insomnia" is a negative example of the problems with later period Stephen King novels. A passibly scary story idea worthy of perhaps a novella length treatment in a "Four Past Midnight" type collection, instead stretched out for seven or eight hundred pages until as a reader insomnia is one of the last of your problems. Once again, King creates a decent setup that loses effectiveness as many pages crawl by with little or no action. This is not one of his best or in the end even all that scary.
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Summary: Not one of King's Best books
Review: Insomnia started out interesting, but halfway through the story, it started getting dull and didn't really seem to make much sense.
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Summary: insomnia
Review: If you want to read a good book from Stephen King, do not pick Insomnia. This is not one of Stephen King's best book that he has published. The story takes place in a small town in Maine called Derry. Ralph Roberts is the main character in the book. Ralph suffers from insomnia after his wife dead of cancer throughout her whole body. That was the best part in the book because it kept my attention with the details he added during whole time while she was dying and what she had went through. Stephen King had a good point when he said "that every human being has a death watch in their head." Nobody knows when it will stop ticking. But then after her death, the story went down hill. Stephen King just dragged on the rest the story plot. There was lack of details in the chapters. Ralph was the only character that was talk about in any kind of details was is was still not enough to capture the moment. During the story, one little scene that would take so long to end I would forgot what started this scene. Then you have to go back and read it again to keep up the boring plot. I could not wait until a chapter was done thinking the next one would not be as bad as the previous one. I was wrong. They just kept getting worst and worst. Of course, this book has to be 663 pages long. On the cover of the book, it reads #1 bestseller and that must be a misprint. They have to be people like me that are very disappointed with this book after reading it. If you like to read a book that puts you to sleep I've got the one for you. Russ
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Summary: Stephen King doesn't disappoint
Review: Here I am past midnight writing my review of Insomnia....SK creates a world where the main character can see people's pyschadelic auras that surround them...some are good and some are bad. And everyone has a little balloon string like attached from their skull to their aura above their head. But you better watch out because there are little bald doctors that only our hero can see....they are up to no good, they are not of the purpose you see...but of the random. Yes they cut people's ballon string auras...thus killing them. Crazy as all this sounds, this was a cool book and fun to read as most all of King's books are no matter what professors of literature may say about it!
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Summary: Premature waking
Review: Mr. King has written another perceptive book. This one regarding the insomnia of the elderly, you would think he either was an insomniac himself or had experienced visual phenomena himself, hallucinations, things that go bump in the night.
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Summary: Death, Life, Purpose and Random
Review: This book is and isn't a sequel to 'It', the longest and most sophisticated Derry story, with some similarities, and cross-references. Snip: (...)
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Summary: Just understand............!
Review: This Book is Great!...and doesnt matter how many people might think is Boring or confusing or long or blah blah blah; you can't always expect an author write his best work thinking I need to make this book a commercial hit, Mr. King does agreat job writing a complex book that enrolls his point of view in politics and society, and that makes it very special...also If you Like the Dark Tower series, I gotta tell you that this book contains VERY important aspects about the series....I true Stephen King Fan will enjoy this book and will not expect the same type of stories as some other noels he has written! Slow beggining but the book is full of ideas and concepts that makes you think about life. If you are extremely close minded or if you just want to read some murder thrills, etc.... dont expect Stephen King to write like that...he is a genious and his intepretation of the worlds life in this book is excellent...and he brings the Clinto administration...that only proves how critical he can be and how lucky we are to have a great writter like him...doing all that magic
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Summary: Insomnia is fraught with great writing, an interesting story
Review: Insomnia is a great read. The characters are interesting and involving. Also includes great use of some Stephen Dobyns poems, I liked them so much I bought Dobyns "Cemetary Nights". I also liked the novelty of an elderly man as the hero in this book. This is King at his best, entertaining and some horror. There are also some ties to the Dark Tower in here.
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