Insomnia

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Summary: I can't find the "zero" option for rating.
Review: This book is completely awful. How many pages of pure garbage do you have to cut through to get to the main point? It doesn't matter, there is no point! For starters, this book is NOT a horror novel. It should be in the childrens section of the bookstore, next to "Superfudge" and other simplistic, shallow, 3rd grade reading levels! How about the three hundred times those stupid little freaks had to look at eachother "with concern?" Did you like that? PLEASE don't attempt to read this book.

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Summary: Don't bother.
Review: Stephen King has written a few things that I would recommend: novels like The Shining, parts of The Dead Zone and Pet Sematary, novellas like Apt Pupil, any number of his short stories. I couldn't recommend a single novel of his since roughly the mid-80's. The reason, and perhaps this is colored by the perspective of someone who has read each of his novels in the order in which it appeared, is that from about that point, King ceased to have anything new to say. This is most definitely the case with Insomnia. Roughly 1/3 of the way through the book, and without peeking, I had deduced precisely what was going to happen. Upon peeking, I found myself to be correct. The real measure of this novel, then, is the fact that once I knew for certain what would happen, I no longer had any interest in finishing the tedious job of reading every word in order to get there. The characters are typical King fare and are interchangeable with those from his other novels. The plot is nothing wonderful, nothing of stunning originality, but then originality was never King's strong point. Why only 1 star? Because when one reads a novel of supernatural horror, one expects to experience a reaction other than "ho-hum." Ho-hum.

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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.