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Summary: Esential for understanding the Tower
Review: I just wanted to say that the people that did not like or understand this book probably have either not read, or didn't like the Dark Tower series. Yes it was long and you have to realize that the entire book was a set up for something very important that will happen later in the Dark Tower series. This book is absolutely essential reading to any fan of the Dark Tower series as it goes more in depth as to the nature of the Tower than even the Dark Tower books do. Everything else in the story is just filler as far as I'm concerned.And remember, all things serve the beam (and all of King's books are tied to the Tower).
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Summary: Insomnia and you
Review: King has always given his readers a chance to explore him and his novels. He never writes just one kind of book, and this is far from a formula novel. Insomnia had me up until all hours of the night reading, because I liked it. It had a strange and somewhat confusing plot, but for the most part the story enterwined and came full circle, giving you a clear idea of what was going on. It was interesting, and fun. As always King's imagination has gotten the better of his die hard fans. If you were expecting another IT, don't be. Inomnia was absolutly orignal and exciting, and proves once again, King delivers, no matter what he writes, or how he presents it.
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Summary: Not the best
Review: I was disapointed in this book. It was not bad, but I felt the ending sounded as King was rushed to finish this book.
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Summary: I read Insomnia 4 times and I cried at the end each time.
Review: I haven't read all of King's books, but I have read a lot. Insomnia is definitely my favorite. It's like a familiar movie that you can watch over and over again and not get bored. The colorful "cartoonish" characters really make you use your imagination. For those who said it isn't like his other work, "A good writer varies in content and style to some extent(especially an author of horror stories). If the author writes the same way every time, the stories would get pretty boring and predictable. Maybe you just need to read it again." :)
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Summary: dark tower lovers: READ THIS BOOK!
Review: This book should be titled The Dark Tower 4 and a Half. It adds depth to an already vast series of stories. If you liked any one of The Dark Tower novels, then by all means, read this fabulous, tremendous, tear-wrenching, heart-stopping, mind-blowing, imaganitive and unbelievably original masterpiece. Probably his best of all time! (that includes the Dark Tower books, I mean the Crimson King, now that's some scary stuff!)
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Summary: Good.
Review: This wasn't one of King's best books- it was a bit, well, strange at some parts. For instane, Bald Doctors. But it was an interesting book- maybe a bit slow in some parts, though. Quite a lot of characters too. But I still read through it and found it hard to put it down most times. I found it interesting with the Auras and Balloon Strings. I would recommend this to Stephen King fans but be prepared for a long and sometimes confusing book!
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Summary: Oh,No
Review: I've read a lot of king's work, and this one was just terrible. If ya want King read The Shining,IT,'Salem's Lot or one of his better ones. I personally just didn't like it. Everything was bad.It just didn't seem like King. It wasn't him.It didn't have any flow, it was dragged out and the whole plot was bad. It isn't worth it.
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Summary: A dedicated King fan says "the worst"
Review: Are you a King fan, but disliked Tommyknockers? If so, I bet you'll dislike this one as well. It has all of the same problems ... cartoonish characters and protagonists, made-for-the-movie- screen cliches ... the multiple-dimension universe idea was standard and weakly developed, and this book really had nothing else going for it ... I mean, little doctors who snip lifeline strings; singing tennis shoes? Here is my theory: this was another of King's tests of his readers, like the Bachman books. Either he got someone else to (poorly) write a Stephen-King-like book, or he intentionally wrote a bad book, to see if his fans would still snap it up.
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Summary: Love this book!
Review: Yes, as does most Stephen King books this one ets slow at times, but if you get through them it is totally worth it. Most of the slower parts are necessary to the plot and it just makes the exciting parts more exciting! I didn't think I would like this book because the main character is an old guy, but that was really a non-issue and the whole story line is so compelling and really might make you think and consider some common everyday things in a different way perhaps. The abortion issue is really not what this whole thing is about and pro-life or pro-choice, neither side is portrayed very favorably at all times. Don't let that subject keep you away from this terrific story. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Not an award winner, but full of action all the way
Review: Insomnia wasn't the greatest book in the world, but it kept me interested through the whole 663 pages. This is one of those stories where the writer purposely doesn't give you all of the facts, but as the story progresses, he reveals them one by one. Ralph Roberts, the main character, is a well developed character, but Lois, Ralph's next door neighbor who he begins to grow fond of, does not grow much. You only see her from Ralph's point of view most of the time. Sometimes I try to guess what will happen next during the sequence of events, and the story races off in the exact opposite direction. So, because of that, I admire Insomnia(I just hate books where it's so obvious of the ending). I was so hooked on the story, because I didn't know what was going to happen, that every time we went anywhere, so much as the gas station a mile away, I would bring it along and read. At the beginning of the story, you have no clue of what's going to happen. There are bits and pieces that the author feeds to you at certain times, but it's impossible to put them together. By the last 200 pages, you are reading and reading and reading and you can't put it down.......great!
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