Insomnia

AGAIN

STEPHEN JUST KEEPS THE HITS COMING- AGAIN HE HAS DUG INTO HIS WEIRD BRAIN AND COME UP WITH ANOTHER "CAN'T PUT IT DOWN" STORY. GREAT - GREAT - KEEP IT UP - I'LL KEEP READING. ANNIE

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Almost a Great Read

I would rate this novel 3.5 stars. Going by the title and description I was thinking this book was going to be more of a psychological thriller than the strange scifi category I would put it in. It started off great and the character development is outstanding (like all of King's novels) but there were points in this story where the plot just got flat out ridiculous. I mean fighting a dwarf underground with an elderly woman's pair of panties in order to get a magical ring? cmon... it seemed like King ran out of ideas towards the end of this one. Putting the strange parts aside, the rest of this was a great read. But It is not one I will be reading again.

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MUST BE DEDICATED TO ENJOY

This book like most of Kings books is better understood if you read ALL of his work. Insomnia is loosley linked to the Dark Tower series which I have not read but was lucky enough to know someone who did. You dont have to read this series to understand this book but from what I have heard it helps. Its still a wonderful story if you can follow it. I have actually read it twice now and enjoyed it equally well both times.

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Great!

Don't let the bad reviews fool you this is a great book. it was tedious for the first few chapters but after the beginning is over it starts to get really really good.

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Convoluted mess

What starts off as a creepy, intriguing story, quickly snowballs out of proportion and into a total mess. A convoluted mythology that makes little sense and a very questionable philosophical underpinning are the biggest failures, followed by the sheer amount of words King wastes on such a primitive story. He is at his best when at his most minimal and when the dangers stem from within (The Shining), not from something this abstract and baseless.

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Duncan to flow

Idiot.

Brian

What the... what are ou talking about?

Gale

What the hell...

Miya

Go away, Duncan.

Hmm...

I liked the book but have read better from king. Overall it held my interest but lagged at times.

Odd...but good

In this odd book ...well you can guess ...its a Stephen King book!

Good

Very good

Very good book.

I loved this book. One of the big things that i enjoyed was the old age of the main characters. Its not everyday you read a story about an old man and woman saving the day. This book kept me hooked from page one.

Highly Recommended

Like all of Stephen Kings books this is another great one

Great Read

I am not really a fan of Stephen King; I tried to get through several of his other books but could not.

SK is a magnificent, well-crafted writer, and I will have to reconsider reading his books after reading “Insomnia”.

It is great.

Anyone who writes as I do, would also like to read his short book On Writing ...

“Insomnia” was well worth the time spent in his world.

Anthony

This book may be one of stephen kings best. Me being 16 years old, i started reading king's books about a year ago and i figured that i would read one of his bigger books. When seeing that the book was 600 pages, i thought i would be reading it for a month. I was way wrong about that. Yea, the story does start out slow but after the first 100 pages you cant put the book down. Its one of the best books i ever read! I got the book done in a week where every day it kept me up at night thinking about what will happen next! This book will forever make you think twice about life and death, and old people too haha. This is a great read that i would recommend

Extremely original story. Loved it!

Extremely original story. Loved it!

One of my favorite King novels

This is one of King's more inventive projects. In this novel, the main characters' perceptions are elevated by sleep deprivation, revealing a world just beyond normal human senses, in which the personifications of order are opposed by the agents of chaos. It ties well into the whole Tower mythology that perhaps began with The Stand and was central in the disappointing Gunslinger series (with apologies to the first three books, which were terrific).

King's formula of pitting ordinary people against extraordinary events works as well in this novel as ever.

If you are like me, you read King for the brisk development of the plot, the simple characters (they are), the foreshadowing, and the need to read just a little bit more late at night, even if just to confirm what you already know is going to happen. King is just simply a great master of telling a story. Most of the time. In this case, that holds true.

Sureal

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Amazing!

Amazing writing. Love the fact that it refrences IT and Pet Semetary sometimes :D

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