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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
adventurous
tense
La escritura estuvo rara en ocasiones, no sé si porque está escrito por dos personas, pero no fue en el habitual estilo descriptivo y centrado en el aspecto histórico social que caracteriza a King. Demasiados personajes, algunos de los cuales no voy a recordar absolutamente nada dentro de unos meses. El inicio algo lento, algo a lo que estoy acostumbrada con King y que no me molesta porque sé que se va a poner mucho mejor, pero que puede ser un deal breaker para muchos.
Como siempre, King escribe muy buenas atmósferas y su hijo obviamente comparte el talento. Dan miedo hasta cuando no intentan hacerlo.
Muy recomendado si estás familiarizado con King, sobre todo si disfrutaste The stand, The green mile y Under the dome. No lo recomiendo si estás buscando iniciarte con su obra.
Como siempre, King escribe muy buenas atmósferas y su hijo obviamente comparte el talento. Dan miedo hasta cuando no intentan hacerlo.
Muy recomendado si estás familiarizado con King, sobre todo si disfrutaste The stand, The green mile y Under the dome. No lo recomiendo si estás buscando iniciarte con su obra.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
The Kings pull off a mammoth examination of the stupidity of humans and their failure to understand the perils they create for themselves. Finding the true person within is the main theme, along with the need to reassess what we are doing on this planet and to this planet.
Had to stop reading after 350 pages, never really got to the point even though it was a really good idea and lost momentum
This is my first Stephen King book and I think I picked a good one. I loved getting lost in the characters, whose stories and identities were built piecemeal, with excellent pacing. This book felt organic to me in terms of storytelling -- every moment leading seemlessly into the other, each line of dialogue feeling perfectly natural, every character's actions, thoughts, and motivations falling in line. I dove headfirst into the world of Dooling with an intensity I haven't enjoyed in a while. It's a little slow in the beginning, but I like character-driven books and the build-up to what you might call "the real action" was just as enjoyable as the action itself. There are some beautiful images, too, and the supernatural elements of the book were in turns gorgeous and terrifying in equally satisfying ways. Evie's character especially surprised me as it developed. She has a lot of duality and mystery about her that made her a fascinating "antagonist."
My biggest qualms -- a lot of passages in the book come off as didactic. The Kings make their politics quite clear, and while I definitely don't disagree with them, there's always something about overt, hit-you-over-the-head preaching that turns me off. Also. The weakest moments in the book, however, didn't detract from the excellent story-telling and the questions about gender, race, and redemption that it so skillfully explores. Sleeping Beauties is far from a perfect book, but it's one of the most compelling ones I've read this summer.
My biggest qualms -- a lot of passages in the book come off as didactic. The Kings make their politics quite clear, and while I definitely don't disagree with them, there's always something about overt, hit-you-over-the-head preaching that turns me off. Also
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I find it incredibly difficult to believe that there was only one woman in Our Place who wanted to stay there. And it felt odd for Elaine Nutting to be the one to try and burn the Tree. I'm sure there were plenty more women from the prison who had plenty more reason to want that door closed
This book is long. Lots of characters I worried about keeping straight but it sort of didn't matter for many of them.
This book tried to do a lot of things and did some of them. I don't know. I love Steven King but it was sorta blah.
This book tried to do a lot of things and did some of them. I don't know. I love Steven King but it was sorta blah.
My first time ever reading Stephen King, so I dont know if its standard that theres ten thousands characters with their own storyline. Because of this it took me a good while to get into the book, but when i did i really enjoyed it.
About 10 hours too long.
The narrator was excellent!!!
The narrator was excellent!!!
3-3.5/5 stars
This book brings to focus what a world without men would look like. It's very woman positive and feminist. I love that it's actually written by two men. The thoughts the women in this book have are quite realistic. It's told by many point of views and at first it can get confusing but since I'm an avid fantasy reader, it didn't take me too long to remember who's who. If you're not used to reading books like this, then it might get confusing for you to remember all of the characters and their names. I really enjoyed the concept of this story but sometimes it felt dragged.
This story actually is set during a small period of time. It felt like months had gone past but in reality you're just reading about a week or so. I really liked that about it. It's a 700 page book and it only talks about a few days but to you the reader it feels like longer and I really like that. As for the characters, they were all so very different. Some you liked and some you hated (Don Peters!). Moreover, the story is very unique. I've never read anything like this before. Throughout this story, you're trying to figure out who's the real villain. And you're curious to find out who or what Evie Black is. The world itself is also very realistic. You see what a crisis like this would really look like in our world. What would happen to a world where women didn't exist. I would have liked a bit more action though and for it to be a little more fast-paced. That's the main reason why it took me so long to finish it (that and how huge this book it!)
All in all, I quite enjoyed it and I really love how feminist it is. A book exploring a world without women is something I think a lot of men should read about (and of course women, but we already know why we're equal and why we matter).
This book brings to focus what a world without men would look like. It's very woman positive and feminist. I love that it's actually written by two men. The thoughts the women in this book have are quite realistic. It's told by many point of views and at first it can get confusing but since I'm an avid fantasy reader, it didn't take me too long to remember who's who. If you're not used to reading books like this, then it might get confusing for you to remember all of the characters and their names. I really enjoyed the concept of this story but sometimes it felt dragged.
This story actually is set during a small period of time. It felt like months had gone past but in reality you're just reading about a week or so. I really liked that about it. It's a 700 page book and it only talks about a few days but to you the reader it feels like longer and I really like that. As for the characters, they were all so very different. Some you liked and some you hated (Don Peters!). Moreover, the story is very unique. I've never read anything like this before. Throughout this story, you're trying to figure out who's the real villain. And you're curious to find out who or what Evie Black is. The world itself is also very realistic. You see what a crisis like this would really look like in our world. What would happen to a world where women didn't exist. I would have liked a bit more action though and for it to be a little more fast-paced. That's the main reason why it took me so long to finish it (that and how huge this book it!)
All in all, I quite enjoyed it and I really love how feminist it is. A book exploring a world without women is something I think a lot of men should read about (and of course women, but we already know why we're equal and why we matter).