Insomnia

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Summary: This novel was thoroughly disappointing.
Review: I have never before read a Stephen King book that I didn't enjoy. This one, however, was a struggle to read and a big disappointment. While usually I read one of King's novels in a few days, this one took me weeks to finish.

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Summary: sign of a good author
Review: I've been reading Stephen King's novels since "Salem's Lot" was first published, but like most readers, I've been disappointed with many of his books. I approved of "Insomnia" for a reason that would make most Stephen King fans shiver: fewer supernatural occurances (which make even small events seem earth-shaking, since in fact they should), and more character development. The characters had well-developed personalities, so much so that I could think of them as real people. I actually cared about imaginary figures, and believe me, it takes some serious writing to pull that one off! Based on this, I must recommend this book as a real page-turner and as an example of how books are made interesting. As long as "Insomnia" was to read, I was sad that it wasn't longer. Bravo, Mr. King. You've restored my faith that horror can be serious fiction

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Summary: Insomnia may be the perfect cure.
Review: This book by Stephen King clunks along at a slow clip in the begining, but it soon goes into a slack jawed plodding crawl. I've never had to fight through one of King's books like this. Two things: 1)I couldn't find a zero for this review 2) If Insomnia: 2 comes out, kill me.

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Summary: After you begin reading, see if you're not waking at 3am.
Review: I found this treatment of a fairly common problem to be unique. The story itself is very enjoyable and makes one wonder if there are perhaps different levels of consciousness. It isn't as fast paced as 'Desperation' or 'The Regulators', but it is definitely a true Stephen King and a very fast read. Especially if you find yourself waking at 3am like I did.

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Summary: Top Notch Stephen King!
Review: One of King's best books! Clearly he is the master of horror and knows what he is doing. So good I actually believed I was getting insomnia myself until I realized it was King's writing that kept me reading so I could find out what was going to happen to Ralph and the little men who cut the auras of animals and dogs. Great book and a must for any one who claims to be a King fan!!!

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Summary: A KING-size thrill!
Review: Insomnia is a must-read for King fans! Stephen continues to give his readers glimpses at what is in store in the next book of the Dark Tower series with vivid images and eerie details of the things lurking within the walls of the tower. King has an incredible slant on life, its meaning (and its seemingly random meaningless), as well as what comes one step beyond. He has taken ordinary people and introduced them to extraordinary circumstances. This is another riviting novel by the Master of Horror. Insomnia is deliciously addictive with a captivating finish! Buy the book...the insomnia is free

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Summary: Hunter is right - another klunker
Review: I have to agree with Hunter (8/26/96). I haven't read a good book by Stephen King since the one before Tommyknockers. (I found Tommyknockers a bit too slow-moving.) When I read The Stand, I thought it would have been a much better book if the first 400 pages had been reduced to about 200. Now that I am slugging my way through Insomnia, I feel the same way. By page 300, almost nothing has really happened. Will anything ever happen, other than a stray dog shivering at sights unseen by others? I regret having begun it, but keep hoping that it will pick up. Stephen King's books used to hold you in their grip. You are afraid to stop reading, because you are at such an exciting point. Something crucial or scary is always about to happen. The Shining had me afraid to go out of my bedroom at night. I can barely stay awake to read Insomnia.

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Summary: Well, it left ME sleepless....
Review: When you enter the world of Insomnia, you won't wake up before you finish ("No, I'm Danish") the last page!

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Summary: Yet another klunker from King.
Review: I really wonder nowadays just what the heck Stephen King isthinking. While I'm a huge fan of his earlier works...anything he'sdone after The Tommyknockers (outside of his Dark Tower series) has just fallen totally flat for me. Insomnia is yet another reminder of how he's lost his way. A monster of a novel, clocking in at 787 pages, it lacks the laser-like focus on character and dialogue he used to propel such other long novels as IT and The Stand. Insomnia meanders to and fro...but these side-trips no longer seem like fun diversions from the main narrative, they're just fat that needs to be trimmed. Even looking only at the core of the story, which deals with a man afflicted by terrible insomnia after his wife's death and his subsequent visions of people's life-forces and little bald men running around with scissors, you see only an interesting premise. This is what Stephen King's books have turned into. A nugget of a good idea, buried alive by filler.

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Summary: BORING !!!!!!!
Review: If it wasn't written by Stephen King, I would want my money back. I expect so much more from King, what a disappointment