Insomnia
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Summary
You'll lose a lot of sleep。
Ralph does。 At first he starts waking up earlier。 And earlier。 Then the hallucinations start - the colours， shapes and strange auras。 Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death。
That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep。 When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend， Ed， is getting out of control - dangerously so。 And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon 。 。 。
--back cover
Ralph does。 At first he starts waking up earlier。 And earlier。 Then the hallucinations start - the colours， shapes and strange auras。 Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death。
That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep。 When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend， Ed， is getting out of control - dangerously so。 And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon 。 。 。
--back cover
Reviews
Ronron08
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I absolutely LOVE this book， I love the plot and everything about this！！ I highly recommend it。 It is the perfect gift for yourself to read and re-read。 I want you to know， there is a competition happening this April on the NovelStar app， I hope you can consider joining。 https://author。starlight。ink/essay/in。。。 If you have more stories like this， you can also publish them there 🙂 I absolutely LOVE this book， I love the plot and everything about this！！ I highly recommend it。 It is the perfect gift for yourself to read and re-read。 I want you to know， there is a competition happening this April on the NovelStar app， I hope you can consider joining。 https://author。starlight。ink/essay/in。。。 If you have more stories like this， you can also publish them there 🙂 。。。more
Brittany Kolmetoista
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Every time I read King it’s an adventure I never want to end。 That being said， this one was ok。 It was kind of hard to get through for some reason。
Heghine
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Քինգի մյուս գործերին շատ էր զիջում։ Հետաքրքիր սկսվեց， ինչ֊որ տեղ հետաքրքրությունը նվազեց， ինչ֊որ տեղ ընդհանրապես կորավ， նույնիսկ շարունակել չէի ուզում， ինչն ինձ հետ շատ հազվադեպ է լինում։ Վերջին 200 էջը նորից հետաքրքրությամբ կարդացի， բայց ընդհանուր առմամբ շատ չեմ հավանել։ Մոտ 800 էջ է գիրքը， բայց շատ ենթագլուխներ անիմաստ էին ու ոչինչ չտվող։ 400֊500 էջի մեջ էլ կարելի էր տեղավորել， ու երևի գիրքը դրանից միայն ավելի լավը կստացվեր։
Toria
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A fitting book to stay up late reading。 （it's 21。 48 but very late for me）。 Ralph is having some kind of weird and twisted insomnia and reality starts becoming something of the strange side and so much more。 As almost always I enjoyed to characters build up， the mystery of it all was also interesting to follow but it's the the development and the craftment of the characterst that I love the others stuff I nice bonus。 A fitting book to stay up late reading。 （it's 21。 48 but very late for me）。 Ralph is having some kind of weird and twisted insomnia and reality starts becoming something of the strange side and so much more。 As almost always I enjoyed to characters build up， the mystery of it all was also interesting to follow but it's the the development and the craftment of the characterst that I love the others stuff I nice bonus。 。。。more
Lizzy
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 [SPOILERS]Also I can't remember anyone's names so I'm sorry in advance。This one was not my favorite Stephen King。 I felt like it took forever to get to the confrontation between Ralph and the man who was trying to crash his plane into the civic center （I can't even remember his name anymore！） that by the time it actually happened it was over before I even processed it was happening。I suppose the climax isn't really the point - this story is more about how those in our world are manipulated by su [SPOILERS]Also I can't remember anyone's names so I'm sorry in advance。This one was not my favorite Stephen King。 I felt like it took forever to get to the confrontation between Ralph and the man who was trying to crash his plane into the civic center （I can't even remember his name anymore！） that by the time it actually happened it was over before I even processed it was happening。I suppose the climax isn't really the point - this story is more about how those in our world are manipulated by supernatural beings。 But there seemed like there was too much going on for me to care about it all。 I loved the relationship between Ralph and his younger neighbor and her daughter （although the neighbor's abrupt shift at the end to a man-hating lesbian because of the abuse she faced seems a bit。。。 yucky） and the reveal that Lois was going to be a larger character that she seemed at first。But I had a hard time getting into this one。 It especially bothered me towards the end when Ralph talked to the two "good" supernatural beings and it all happened through Lois' perspective。 That is one of my least favorite storytelling techniques because instead of making me curious and excited to see what happens next， I'm just annoyed。The best part of this story is the reveal that the bad guy was going to crash his plane into the civic center。 The audiobook I was listening to had interstitial music， and it reached a great crescendo at that point which led to an amazingly tense revelation。Speaking of those interstitials， maybe it's just me but it felt like the leveling could have used some adjustments。 There were times where I couldn't understand the narrator because of how loud and distorted （it uses string instruments played in a nontraditional way so it sounds scratchy and warped on purpose） the music was。Also at about the 3/4 mark I realized the only personality trait of Ralph's I knew was that his wife was dead。 Nothing wrong with having a character in mourning or that is experiencing grief， but when it was so foundational to his journey as a character it felt weird that then he transitioned into a romance with Lois and that there's a whole chunk at the end talking about how they were both happier together than they had been with their first partners。 。。。more
Victor Bevz
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Insomnia is a good breakaway for anyone tired of King's archetypal tortured writer protagonist。 Widower Ralph Roberts suffers from ever-worsening insomnia。 His world is slowly infected by frightening but beautiful hallucinations of colour around the people he encounters。 But it's not madness。 Ralph is discovering that he has an enigmatic role to play on his level of a delicate cosmic order。 Definitely for patient readers， and - fair warning - this book explores confronting perspectives on aborti Insomnia is a good breakaway for anyone tired of King's archetypal tortured writer protagonist。 Widower Ralph Roberts suffers from ever-worsening insomnia。 His world is slowly infected by frightening but beautiful hallucinations of colour around the people he encounters。 But it's not madness。 Ralph is discovering that he has an enigmatic role to play on his level of a delicate cosmic order。 Definitely for patient readers， and - fair warning - this book explores confronting perspectives on abortion and depictions of domestic violence。 。。。more
EmmaPorzee
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This really helped me to lessen my stress！ what a great story， thank you for writing this” If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Paula Ortega
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En realidad la calificación sería mas acorde a 4，5， la novela en sí me parece una maravilla como todas o la mayoría de las novelas de Stephen KingMe parece una maravilla que el protagonista sea un señor mayor y como Stephen trata tramas tan terroríficas como reales
Lisbeth Tischbein
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Schwierig schwierig。。。 Die ersten paar hundert Seiten hab ich mich nur unwohl gefühlt， so， dass ich kurz davor war， abzubrechen。 Dann kam zur Mitte ca。 der Plottwist， der das Ganze wieder rumgerissen hat。 Und das Ende。。。 hätte es nicht gebraucht meiner Meinung nach。Ich liebe Stephen King， aber das hier war definitiv kein Highlight für mich。
Amalia
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Como amante de La Torre Oscura que soy， he disfrutado muchísimo con esta novela por sus conexiones con la saga。 Sin embargo， para aquellos que no se la han leído no las entenderán y el libro se hará muy aburrido。 。As a lover of The Dark Tower that I am， I have really enjoyed this novel because of its connections with the saga。 However， those who have not read it will not understand them and the book will become very boring。
spaccapagine
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Insomnia， inizia， attraverso la voce e i pensieri di Ralph Roberts， uomo sulla settantina che in una notte come tante altre comincia， a causa dell’insonnia， a vedere cose e persone mai viste。 Presto si renderà conto di non essere il solo ad avere queste insensate visioni e condividerà con Lois， una donna della sua stessa età， incontri， scoperte e vicissitudini che come un corrente in piena vi trascineranno all’interno di questa memorabile storia。Evocazioni che giungono dal passato， dalla mitolog Insomnia， inizia， attraverso la voce e i pensieri di Ralph Roberts， uomo sulla settantina che in una notte come tante altre comincia， a causa dell’insonnia， a vedere cose e persone mai viste。 Presto si renderà conto di non essere il solo ad avere queste insensate visioni e condividerà con Lois， una donna della sua stessa età， incontri， scoperte e vicissitudini che come un corrente in piena vi trascineranno all’interno di questa memorabile storia。Evocazioni che giungono dal passato， dalla mitologia e dalla leggenda vi condurranno in una trama dove il bene e il male sono ancora una volta gli artefici del nostro e unico destino， contro il quale ognuno di noi può fare davvero poco。 Ralph scoprirà che meno dorme più ringiovanisce， ma non solo: si renderà conto di aver acquisito anche un potere soprannaturale che gli permette di vedere una strana aurea intorno alla testa delle persone collegata ad un filo a cui è sinistramente appesa la vita e la morte。 Dal colore dell’aurea è possibile capire se la persona che la porta sia sul punto di morire o tra quanto morirà。 E nel momento della sua fine， al suo capezzale， appariranno Cloto e Lachesi， i due dottorini calvi e pallidi che in quanto esecutori dell’Intento， saranno coloro che con le forbici recideranno il filo che come un palloncino tiene ancora legato il corpo alla vita。 Essi sono una chiara personificazione delle tre Parche della mitologia greca， insieme ad un altro personaggio， Atropo， l’incarnazione della parte malvagia della vicenda， che opera al servizio del Caso。Se la storia nella prima parte apparirà un poco lenta allacciate le cinture perché nella seconda parte il ritmo serrato e frenetico catapulterà il lettore in una spirale difficile da arrestare。 Ferma tutto voglio scendere。 。。。more
Josh Pearl
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Really enjoyed the ideas put forth by Sire King about mortals and the way they're different and sometimes more admirable。 Some fun ties to the Tower series as well but I'll admit I had to look up who Patrick Danville was。 Really enjoyed the ideas put forth by Sire King about mortals and the way they're different and sometimes more admirable。 Some fun ties to the Tower series as well but I'll admit I had to look up who Patrick Danville was。 。。。more
David Lajeunesse
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Quelle superbe histoire ！ Et ô combien longue。。。 Se farcir + de 950 pages， c'est pas à tous les jours que ça arrive。 Bref， le personnage principal， Ralph Roberts est de loin， un de mes préférés qu'à créé King。 Fidèle à son habitude， King nous fait tomber amoureux de son histoire， de ses principaux protagonistes。 Ne lisez pas celui-ci si vous cherchez de la violence ou du sang。 Y'en a pas beaucoup， vraiment pas。 L'histoire est mise dans un contexte ultra-psychologique。。。 Un des meilleurs King que Quelle superbe histoire ！ Et ô combien longue。。。 Se farcir + de 950 pages， c'est pas à tous les jours que ça arrive。 Bref， le personnage principal， Ralph Roberts est de loin， un de mes préférés qu'à créé King。 Fidèle à son habitude， King nous fait tomber amoureux de son histoire， de ses principaux protagonistes。 Ne lisez pas celui-ci si vous cherchez de la violence ou du sang。 Y'en a pas beaucoup， vraiment pas。 L'histoire est mise dans un contexte ultra-psychologique。。。 Un des meilleurs King que j'ai lu。 。。。more
Mark Jordan
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My emotionally most favorite of Stephen King's books。 It is very spiritual， uplifting and strange。I cried at the end and still can summon the emotions to this day。This is a book that makes you feel better about the world， not in a sugary trivial way， but with a deeper sense of underlying goodness behind even the bad things in life。 My emotionally most favorite of Stephen King's books。 It is very spiritual， uplifting and strange。I cried at the end and still can summon the emotions to this day。This is a book that makes you feel better about the world， not in a sugary trivial way， but with a deeper sense of underlying goodness behind even the bad things in life。 。。。more
Agus Shaw
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Picking this up to get extra reading on crimson king but ending up enjoying more than what I expected。 Few references on Roland and his world came up， make it all an interrelated dark tower universe。Enjoyable read。
Brianne
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I honestly loved the story！ It was something completely different and unexpected。 4 stars just because it has sooo much unnecessary filler that could have substantially cut down on the 700+ page count。
Tecilli Tapia
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Nuevamente， King ha logrado estrujarme el corazón。La historia llevó a un mundo desconocido entre lo conocido， me cubrió de colores vibrantes y sombríos， y sobre todo， me dio esperanza entre la desolación。Obviamente es un libro muy ambicioso， con partes que pueden pasar desapercibidas y otras que realmente requieren de toda tu atención。Esperaba un guiño a la Torre Oscura y lo que encontré me voló la cabeza。Realmente recomiendo este libro。¿Qué estamos dispuestos a hacer por amor？
Jake Smith
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5。0 stars。 This book is long。 It is also worth every page。 I worried about the last 150 pages。 I thought I had the book figured out， but King surprised me。 This book is just bursting with characterization。 I grew to love the main characters。 The ending felt appropriate and had a ton of heart。 The cross overs with IT and The Dark Tower are entrancing。 I cannot wait to read more King。
Jackie Heath
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Excellent。 I enjoyed this book， it was better than expected。 Best Stephen King so far。。。
Ivor
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An interesting read for fans of the Dark Tower series， but a weak entry as a stand alone book。
Almin（:
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Once you read this book there is no coming back， while you are reading Insomnia you feel like you are deeply connected with the main character。
Filipe Silva
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É sempre interessante a sagacidade com que o King descreve sensações。
Jaeden Palanog
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I like how the main characters met each other， I love the plot and everything about this book。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on NovelStar， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top or joye@novelstar。top
Lea
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Very long book I just couldn't get in to。 There were some bits I enjoyed but otherwise my mind was elsewhere。 Definitely one of the weakest one from King。 Very long book I just couldn't get in to。 There were some bits I enjoyed but otherwise my mind was elsewhere。 Definitely one of the weakest one from King。 。。。more
Wesley
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Love and hateSometimes ill read a book and it changes me。 In little ways， small things like a random reference or a fly-away comment resonate in a new way， in a different light maybe。 Such occurrences may remind me of childhood or teenagehood or， now， in the years labeled as adulthood， i find myself thinking， and even stronger， feeling， its too much。 Im grateful Mr。 King。 Ive read much， but not nearly all， and ill continue the journey。 As always， thank you。 I hope i come out the other end， event Love and hateSometimes ill read a book and it changes me。 In little ways， small things like a random reference or a fly-away comment resonate in a new way， in a different light maybe。 Such occurrences may remind me of childhood or teenagehood or， now， in the years labeled as adulthood， i find myself thinking， and even stronger， feeling， its too much。 Im grateful Mr。 King。 Ive read much， but not nearly all， and ill continue the journey。 As always， thank you。 I hope i come out the other end， eventually。 。。。more
Jessy Hrdlicka
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An extra delight for anyone who has read The Dark Tower anthology， I really enjoyed this book all the more having been familiar with the Gunslinger。。。What a beautiful， vividly painted story。。。Brings on a near acid trip of visualization in the mind's eye。 Stephen King is just so damn good at describing the indescribable。 An extra delight for anyone who has read The Dark Tower anthology， I really enjoyed this book all the more having been familiar with the Gunslinger。。。What a beautiful， vividly painted story。。。Brings on a near acid trip of visualization in the mind's eye。 Stephen King is just so damn good at describing the indescribable。 。。。more
Shawn
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One can only go so long without sleep before they start seeing things。 Since Ralph's wife died， he loses more sleep each night until。。。well。。。until he's not sleeping at all。 And he's seeing little bald men with scissors and a troll-like creature with a scalpel。 Friends he's known forever are acting strange - some very badly， some ethereally kind。 Then he learns that his long-time friend， Lois， has suffered the same type of insomnia and is witnessing the same things。 Together they learn they have One can only go so long without sleep before they start seeing things。 Since Ralph's wife died， he loses more sleep each night until。。。well。。。until he's not sleeping at all。 And he's seeing little bald men with scissors and a troll-like creature with a scalpel。 Friends he's known forever are acting strange - some very badly， some ethereally kind。 Then he learns that his long-time friend， Lois， has suffered the same type of insomnia and is witnessing the same things。 Together they learn they have been chosen for a quest - one that will save many lives in the interim， but will have profound long-term consequences for the future。 I didn't realize how LOOOONG this book was when I started reading it （787 pages in print。） Sometimes that's the danger of downloading an ebook = without the heft， you don't know what you're getting into。 I hung in there for all of it， but there were a few times that things got REALLY out there - even for King。 I may have rolled my eyes a few times and thought "this is merely a 2-3 star story。" But - as usual， King redeemed himself by the end。 And that is why I keep coming back。 Side note: I did not sleep worth a HOOT while I was reading this book。 Coincidence？ Maybe。 If nothing else， it made me appreciate the benefits of。a good night's sleep！ 。。。more
Bjarne Pedersen
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Not a personal favorite。 I really liked the main protagonist Ralph Roberts and some of the heavy themes in this book， but I think it was way overlong。 The Dark Tower connections were cool， and the story being set in Derry was interesting。 Overall， not one of my favorites by Stephen King。
Courtney Wallace
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According to Mayo Clinic， symptoms of insomnia include difficulty falling asleep， irritability， depression， tiredness， and ongoing worries/paranoia about sleep。 （As a chronic insomnia sufferer， I can confirm all of the above。） According to Stephen King， symptoms of Insomnia include seeing auras， hidden things， and pushing yourself into an internal struggle of cosmic balance。 （And writing super long books， maybe？ Hmm？） Like many King books I've read， I feel that this may be overly long。 Some part According to Mayo Clinic， symptoms of insomnia include difficulty falling asleep， irritability， depression， tiredness， and ongoing worries/paranoia about sleep。 （As a chronic insomnia sufferer， I can confirm all of the above。） According to Stephen King， symptoms of Insomnia include seeing auras， hidden things， and pushing yourself into an internal struggle of cosmic balance。 （And writing super long books， maybe？ Hmm？） Like many King books I've read， I feel that this may be overly long。 Some parts drag and it took me nearly three weeks to get through the whole thing。 But， like almost every King book， by the end I was completely enthralled and hanging on every word。 Overall "Insomnia，" the book， is suspenseful with deep moments of reflection and insight on behalf of the protagonist。 Definitely one for any suspense fan。 。。。more
Omar Siddiqui
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I really enjoyed the premise of the book and the first third i breezed through。 The second third is where things got rough and it became a bit too much。 Over explanations and alot of filler that felt like it was padding out the story。 It picks up again in the the final act。 Overall it is solid but can drag at a lot of points。
Reference
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