Reviews - Sleeping Beauties

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Sleeping Beauties

Owen King, Stephen King

3.63 AVERAGE

kuuraketti's review against another edition

3.0

There was too much unnecessary rambling and too many characters, I kinda lost track of who was who. The idea was interesting.

ravenbloodwitch's review against another edition

3.0

I love the concept of this, it creates tension and shows the effects of the pandemic on the ensemble of characters, several of these characters I thought were great. I was really enjoying this until it got towards the end where there just really wasn’t enough explanation over why this was happening and a very underwhelming climax.

heathergreads's review against another edition

3.0

Believe it or not, this was my first Stephen King novel and I was excited to see what all the hype has been surrounding this author. I definitely should have glanced at the reviews before choosing this one, as it's apparently not one of King's best. It was a little bit difficult to stay interested in the first 200 pages, but once I was past that part, it was a pretty smooth ride through the next 500. There was definitely an abundance of overly thought out, lengthy descriptions and random rabbit trails that were thrown into the book. The book characterized all of the males in the story as either rapists, secret keepers, or anger-filled abusers while the women were all victims of the situations males put them in. The most disappointing part of the book was that after reading about all of the various storylines of women's lives being destroyed by men, and having one active feminist trying to save womankind, the women all chose to return to their previous lives after being presented with a new world that they could recreate as their own (and living in that world for a year). Additionally, the authors decided to spend the last 50 pages showcasing the majority of the women regretting the choice that they made. Wouldn't recommend if you're looking for a happy ending. Or a quick read. I'll try another King novel some other day.

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dianadomino's review against another edition

4.0

An interesting look at a world in which all the women fall asleep.

glopgloppy's review against another edition

3.0

Finally finished this one after 6 months and many breaks/naps. Too many characters and too long! There’s so much going on when 1 King writes a book - so imagine the chaos with 2! I’m still rating it 3 because I appreciate the effort of these 2 men to reflect on gender roles and feminism