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Summary: Very good
Review: Incredible.
Linked to the "Dark Tower" seires.
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Summary: Welcome to the world of Sleeplessness
Review: Ever had a sleepless night? Ever wondered what would happen if you'd never sleep again? Find all the answers you're looking for in this new Masterpiece. The beautiful thing about this book is that it is guaranteed to keep you awake at night. You'll find out yourself what Insomnia is like.
Welcome to the world of Sleeplessness...
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Summary: Best since The Stand!
Review: In the classic King tradition, large enough to keep you
awake for a week. Great story, with lots of links to other
SK novels.
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Summary: Brilliantly done by Stephen King
Review: Stephen King's imagination never ceases to amaze me. Stephen
King enters you into a fantasy world in which two old people (a
man and a woman) begin to see strange "bold doctors" that only
they can see. Forces which they don't know use them to prevent
the death of thousands of people including one that is very important to the earth's future. Insomnia is what this book
gives you because you just can't put it down. You identify yourself with the charachters in such a way that you pull and
pray for them like if it was you in the book. Stephen King creates
such a fantastic world in the book, and yet you start to believe
that it truly exists, and you start to love that world, and
it's charachters.
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Summary: Another Masterpiece!
Review: This book is impossible to lay down after you've started reading it.
It's nothing more too say than perfect.
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Summary: Fascinating, but a little slow and beyond belief
Review: My Stephen King virginity was taken by "Insomnia". Subsequently, I think I have a fairly objective view of King and of this novel. Overall, "Insomnia" is entertaining, sometimes surprising, and occassionally thought-provoking. The story, from a "thousand foot view", is intriguing. Nevertheless, as I waded through the details (nearly eight hundred pages of it in the hardback I read), the story would drag at times and boredom would set in. "Insomnia" was a bit too fantastic for my taste; I just didn't buy into parts of it, which left me lukewarm and disinterested. King is definitely a gifted writer-- he is direct and vivid with his words. I find this to be ironic since critics often laud his story telling and tend to be critical of his writing style. With "Insomnia", I believe the reverse to be true. "Insomnia" would have been a great read for me-- instead of just a good one-- if the story was tighter and more realistic. If you are considering "Insomnia" as your first King book, I suggest another choice to start with (My next foray into King will be "The Stand"). As for Long-time King readers, especially those who have read mostly his earlier horror works and want something different, you may find "Insomnia" refreshingly different at the very least, if not great.
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Summary: Perfect cure for insomnia
Review: If you have insomnia, read this book. You'll be cured quickly by this massive bore. King's brain must have been fried when he wrote this clumsy book.
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Summary: Dark Tower fans will enjoy it better
Review: Stephen King is an author gifted with a great power of development: his characters are, almost always, believable, even if the situations they are involved in are completely fantastic. Among SK's greatest characters we will notice many children. In "It", "The eyes of the dragon", "The talisman", "The shinning", the most interesting character are always children or young people. "Insomnia" is completely different in this aspect.The main character in "Insomnia" is Ralph Roberts, a man pushing seventy, and not in a very good health. After the death of his wife, he starts having sleeping problems, and, stragest thing of all, his perception rises to fantastic level: he starts to see colored auras around people, little bald doctors with scissors and scalpels, and other unbelievable manifestations. Soon Ralph finds that all this has a specific purpose, and the fate of many worlds may lie in his old hands. The beginning of the book is a little slow, very strange, but when the pace increases, it's hard to put it down. I don't think "Insomnia" has any political conotation whatsoever, even with the abortion issue. Serious as the matter surely is, I think it's there only to provide a thrilling background to the story. I don't consider "Insomnia" my favorite Stephen King book, but nevertheless I was never bored while reading it. I think it's very good, but a little confusing at some parts. The confusion and the sense of pointlessness will be greater if the reader is not acquainted with the Dark Tower series. For that, "Insomnia" can be considered a standalone, but more like a complement to the Dark Tower books. I would not recommend reading "Insomnia" without reading the Dark Tower first. Grade 8.2/10
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Summary: Couldnt Put It Down
Review: I loved everything about this book. When the main character starts tripping out when hes first getting insomnia was soo funny, I was right there with him seeing a bunch of weird things. The little bald doctors, the whole bit. The story was interesting, funny, a little spooky at times, overall just darn right great. Very well written and one of my new favorite Stephen King books.
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Summary: What the ???
Review: At first when I was reading this book I wasnt sure what to expect with it. I thought the story was sooooooo slow and a little boring... Then it started to pick up and I just couldnt put it down. It was soo great. I really liked how things kinda ame together at the end there. The characters are all well written and its just a great story with soo much going on.
I really liked the descrition when the main character would go another level higher and sees all the auras and stuff, I thought it was great !!!!
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