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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
This books was provided by Bloggerportal and Heyne in exchange for an honest review.
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Blurb
The world faces a fascinating phenomenon. As soon as women fall asleep, they are wrapped in a spiderweb-shaped cocoon all over their bodies. If you wake them or want to remove the weird tissue, they become barbarous beasts. Are they sleeping in a nicer place? The men left behind are increasingly abandoning themselves to their primitive instincts. However, one woman, the mysterious Evie, seems immune to the pandemic. Is it a genetic anomaly suitable for experimental purposes? Or is she a demon to destroy? The scene and focus is a small town in the Appalachians, where a women’s prison is the largest employer.
(According to the blurb at Bloggerportal about Sleeping Beauties, July 17th, 2018)
Cover
The German cover is done super nice and I like it a lot better than the English versions of the story. The color choices and symbolism that you recognize when you have already read a bit in Sleeping Beauties have been well taken. The selected typography makes the book look a little sweeter than the one of the English colleagues, and I think that fits much better with the plot.
First browsing
As always, I flick through a new book quite carefully, and find that the old King chapter layout still exists. First, in Sleeping Beauties, the story was divided into three parts (parts 1, 2, 3 – these parts always jump a little bit into the future after one part has been completed). These parts were in turn divided into chapters and numbered as though parts 1, 2, 3 did not exist (chapters 1, 2, 3 …). Within, each chapter has been divided again (1, 2, 3 …), but this division begins anew after each chapter.
Accordingly, the paging was nothing new to me, but always a pleasure as it makes my reading experience enjoyable. What I personally find important is that the line spacing was chosen pleasantly, because if the lines stick too close to each other, the reading becomes exhausting and you do not want that in a 959 heavy book.
The authors
Stephen King is the author of over fifty books, all of which have become bestsellers worldwide. He is considered the greatest chronicler of American everyday life. In 2014 he was awarded the “National Medal of Arts” by Barack Obama. His works are published by Heyne Publishing, most recently the Spiegel bestseller Mind Control.
Owen King is the younger son of Stephen and Tabitha King. For his short stories, which appeared in various magazines, he was awarded several times.
My opinion
Let’s start with the story because it started off promisingly and reminded me more and more of The Stand. Women who fall asleep and do not wake up but spin a sort of cocoon and become deadly when awakened? Apart from the cocoon, this could happen to me in everyday life – but then there is no doomsday mood since it applies to all women in the world of the novel. The basis of the story sounded interesting and that’s enough for me to get a Stephen King book in any case.
I was so looking forward to the story because I wanted to know what it would be like if not only Stephen King but also his younger son Owen King were involved. From his other son Joe, also known as Joe Hill, who wrote Horns, I was certainly already stoked.
But towards the beginning of the second half of the book, the action began to drag. It felt like the story had no clear story and no clear driving force. It all felt a bit slow. At some point, I began to wonder where the action should go and whether there could even be a clear goal or even an explanation. The good thing about Stephen (and Owen) King, however, is that the writing is very captivating and at least that does help to continue reading the book. Well, the first half describes how the sleeping sickness called Aurora breaks out and spreads slowly, while in the second half pretty much the entire female population sleeps – so it is allowed to be a bit slower.
In retrospect, however, I can say that this book is very much in keeping with its time and is also very important in terms of the subject. The question is asked if a world without men would not be much more peaceful. Would there still be rage, all the violence, even wars? Would societies not be much more pleasant without men?
This question is not 100% answered with a “yes” or “no” and it will probably never be answered with a yes or no. There simply is not a black and white world in which such a question could be a topic at all – unless it comes to the situation of Sleeping Beauties. And even there there is no clear answer. Like the story itself, Aurora, the disease that affects women, leaves such a lasting impression.
The characters in this book were mostly sympathetic to me, except those who were not allowed to be sympathetic because they were extremely disgusting and unpleasant people. But that proves again that the people seemed very real to me. Bad “bad” guys should not be “just” bad because they are “evil”. Good people should not only be good but also have mistakes that make them all more real.
By the way, I found some side blow against Donald Trump very funny – as I follow Stephen King on Twitter, while I did not expect it in any of his books, he also speaks against him there. It’s more subtle in the book and a welcome gesture to make the book more timely.
Last but not least, I was not only a little disappointed with the second half of the book, but also with its end. Well, I should know by now that King is either pulling totally freaky ends into daylight or those endings where you do not know what to do with them because they have no real meaning. There are certain questions left open, which in my opinion should not remain open unless there is a continuation. But that’s nothing new for me with Stephen King.
In any case, Sleeping Beauties was an exciting thought experiment that I was very glad of having read it.
Conclusion
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King get 4 out of 5 stars because of the good base of story, its characters, and the writing style. I have deducted a star because it started to drag from the second half and because for me, this driving force was missing, which normally pushes an action forward.
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Blurb
The world faces a fascinating phenomenon. As soon as women fall asleep, they are wrapped in a spiderweb-shaped cocoon all over their bodies. If you wake them or want to remove the weird tissue, they become barbarous beasts. Are they sleeping in a nicer place? The men left behind are increasingly abandoning themselves to their primitive instincts. However, one woman, the mysterious Evie, seems immune to the pandemic. Is it a genetic anomaly suitable for experimental purposes? Or is she a demon to destroy? The scene and focus is a small town in the Appalachians, where a women’s prison is the largest employer.
(According to the blurb at Bloggerportal about Sleeping Beauties, July 17th, 2018)
Cover
The German cover is done super nice and I like it a lot better than the English versions of the story. The color choices and symbolism that you recognize when you have already read a bit in Sleeping Beauties have been well taken. The selected typography makes the book look a little sweeter than the one of the English colleagues, and I think that fits much better with the plot.
First browsing
As always, I flick through a new book quite carefully, and find that the old King chapter layout still exists. First, in Sleeping Beauties, the story was divided into three parts (parts 1, 2, 3 – these parts always jump a little bit into the future after one part has been completed). These parts were in turn divided into chapters and numbered as though parts 1, 2, 3 did not exist (chapters 1, 2, 3 …). Within, each chapter has been divided again (1, 2, 3 …), but this division begins anew after each chapter.
Accordingly, the paging was nothing new to me, but always a pleasure as it makes my reading experience enjoyable. What I personally find important is that the line spacing was chosen pleasantly, because if the lines stick too close to each other, the reading becomes exhausting and you do not want that in a 959 heavy book.
The authors
Stephen King is the author of over fifty books, all of which have become bestsellers worldwide. He is considered the greatest chronicler of American everyday life. In 2014 he was awarded the “National Medal of Arts” by Barack Obama. His works are published by Heyne Publishing, most recently the Spiegel bestseller Mind Control.
Owen King is the younger son of Stephen and Tabitha King. For his short stories, which appeared in various magazines, he was awarded several times.
My opinion
Let’s start with the story because it started off promisingly and reminded me more and more of The Stand. Women who fall asleep and do not wake up but spin a sort of cocoon and become deadly when awakened? Apart from the cocoon, this could happen to me in everyday life – but then there is no doomsday mood since it applies to all women in the world of the novel. The basis of the story sounded interesting and that’s enough for me to get a Stephen King book in any case.
I was so looking forward to the story because I wanted to know what it would be like if not only Stephen King but also his younger son Owen King were involved. From his other son Joe, also known as Joe Hill, who wrote Horns, I was certainly already stoked.
But towards the beginning of the second half of the book, the action began to drag. It felt like the story had no clear story and no clear driving force. It all felt a bit slow. At some point, I began to wonder where the action should go and whether there could even be a clear goal or even an explanation. The good thing about Stephen (and Owen) King, however, is that the writing is very captivating and at least that does help to continue reading the book. Well, the first half describes how the sleeping sickness called Aurora breaks out and spreads slowly, while in the second half pretty much the entire female population sleeps – so it is allowed to be a bit slower.
In retrospect, however, I can say that this book is very much in keeping with its time and is also very important in terms of the subject. The question is asked if a world without men would not be much more peaceful. Would there still be rage, all the violence, even wars? Would societies not be much more pleasant without men?
This question is not 100% answered with a “yes” or “no” and it will probably never be answered with a yes or no. There simply is not a black and white world in which such a question could be a topic at all – unless it comes to the situation of Sleeping Beauties. And even there there is no clear answer. Like the story itself, Aurora, the disease that affects women, leaves such a lasting impression.
The characters in this book were mostly sympathetic to me, except those who were not allowed to be sympathetic because they were extremely disgusting and unpleasant people. But that proves again that the people seemed very real to me. Bad “bad” guys should not be “just” bad because they are “evil”. Good people should not only be good but also have mistakes that make them all more real.
By the way, I found some side blow against Donald Trump very funny – as I follow Stephen King on Twitter, while I did not expect it in any of his books, he also speaks against him there. It’s more subtle in the book and a welcome gesture to make the book more timely.
Last but not least, I was not only a little disappointed with the second half of the book, but also with its end. Well, I should know by now that King is either pulling totally freaky ends into daylight or those endings where you do not know what to do with them because they have no real meaning. There are certain questions left open, which in my opinion should not remain open unless there is a continuation. But that’s nothing new for me with Stephen King.
In any case, Sleeping Beauties was an exciting thought experiment that I was very glad of having read it.
Conclusion
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King get 4 out of 5 stars because of the good base of story, its characters, and the writing style. I have deducted a star because it started to drag from the second half and because for me, this driving force was missing, which normally pushes an action forward.
I enjoyed Sleeping Beauties, but i like pretty much all things Stephen King writes. This one was a bit of a slow ride, but I still enjoyed reading it. I liked how the plot developed and where it ended. I would definitely recommend it.
Wow. I'm sort of stunned that I finished a 700 page book in two days but the story grabbed me from the start and never let me go. King magic at it's very finest.
The King clan take a dig at many things in this book including coal mining, gun control, racism and the male species in general. All valid. The crux of this story is even when women are better off without men they still come back for more.
Stephen & Owen King tackle very timely themes of misogyny head-on in a fantasy/horror novel that feels a little like a cross between "The Stand" and "Under the Dome". A large cast of characters in a small Appalachian town struggles to deal with a mysterious supernatural plague/phenomenon in which women fall asleep, become cocooned, and then do not awaken.
It's interesting to see such an overtly thematic book from King, who, while fairly vocal about his politics, rarely focuses a book around them in such a direct way. The sleeping plague is creative and gruesome (if they women are forced awake, they attempt to violently murder whomever awakened them), and an interesting way of approaching themes of women in society. Additionally, the Kings do not spare the reader from the very unpleasant, misogynistic thoughts of many of the antagonistic characters in the book. To get into too much detail would spoil surprises, but suffice to say the story also examines the possibility of both a world without men and a world without women.
Unfortunately, after a rousing beginning, the book becomes a bit of a slog about halfway through until the big finale, and I found myself wondering why it needed to be 700 pages long. "Under the Dome" did a better job of keeping the tension building throughout, I thought. Conversely, the the book almost needed to be longer to flesh out the cast of characters better - by the time they start dropping like flies near the end, we realize how few of them we actually know or care about.
Sleeping Beauties is still definitely worth a read, but despite the strong, effective themes, I would not place it in my top ten Stephen King list.
It's interesting to see such an overtly thematic book from King, who, while fairly vocal about his politics, rarely focuses a book around them in such a direct way. The sleeping plague is creative and gruesome (if they women are forced awake, they attempt to violently murder whomever awakened them), and an interesting way of approaching themes of women in society. Additionally, the Kings do not spare the reader from the very unpleasant, misogynistic thoughts of many of the antagonistic characters in the book. To get into too much detail would spoil surprises, but suffice to say the story also examines the possibility of both a world without men and a world without women.
Unfortunately, after a rousing beginning, the book becomes a bit of a slog about halfway through until the big finale, and I found myself wondering why it needed to be 700 pages long. "Under the Dome" did a better job of keeping the tension building throughout, I thought. Conversely, the the book almost needed to be longer to flesh out the cast of characters better - by the time they start dropping like flies near the end, we realize how few of them we actually know or care about.
Sleeping Beauties is still definitely worth a read, but despite the strong, effective themes, I would not place it in my top ten Stephen King list.
Fellow Goodreads-user Edward Lorn wrote a review about this book; if you want a really good review, you should look for his.
Still with me? Okay, then; let's get to it.
I think that most of the problems I have with SLEEPING BEAUTIES are the same ones that I had with UNDER THE DOME: the characters are black-and-white on a Dean Koontz level; the ending is pretty rushed; etc. However, one problem that wasn't present in the latter novel, and was in this one, is this: none of the characters--protagonists or antagonists--were likeable. Take Lila, for instance:
Lila accuses Clint of cheating on her, even spitting questions relating to how good a lay said woman was. Clint then, calmly, proves to her that he did not cheat on her, to which she says 'I have some apologising to do' without actually doing so. Then, she accuses Clint of buying a pool without asking her about it, and that's fair--except for the fact that Clint went through the foster system, and the only things he got were bruises and depressive sights. Lila knows this, and yet is upset by Clint wanting something nice. Then, she goes on about how he doesn't tell her about his past, moaning about how he just doesn't trust her, because, as a woman, she's too precious. But wouldn't the more logical answer be that he's worried about how she would view him if he told her about the levels he stooped to? That would be the explanation in any other novel, but because this is a book about how woman are great and men are the worst, the Two Kings go out of their way(s) to make every single man an ass.
Look, the fact that I am a man is probably getting in the way of my judgement here. I'll admit that. I won't say you're stupid for liking this novel or its characters, because how I viewed SLEEPING BEAUTIES is probably clouded by my gender.
Also: Evie Black. She is a disappointment of a character; what starts as a mysterious, cunning entity turns into a hypocrite. She goes on about how men naturally turn to violence, and yet she instigates most of the death occurring in SLEEPING BEAUTIES. She says about how women should have a choice, and yet she a) forced them to leave the real world and b) let a SINGLE COMMUNITY decide whether they would stay in the new world or not. She says about how no women has ever started a war (in reality, this is true), but then she starts the big civil war in Dooling and is responsible for the complete collapse of society following the impacts of Aurora.
On that note: every man in this book is written to act like a complete dumbass. No way would society collapse that quickly if something like Aurora actually happened. Sure, it would collapse eventually--since, let's be honest, humanity needs women to survive, where as if men blipped out of existence, life would go on--but not that fast, and not to that extent in less than a bloody week.
Barely anything in SLEEPING BEAUTIES is actually explained; Evie hints at being the servant of some kind of higher power (probably some kind of Dark Tower thing), but said higher power is never mentioned again. Evie says that she isn't a supernatural being and is just a normal woman, which is a crock of shit considering her powers. It set's up a history between Evie and the snake, along with the tiger and the Tree, but never actually goes into it.
Also, they try to use the Bible as a jab against men (one character says something along the lines of 'The Garden of Eden without Adam'), but anybody who knows of the Bible would also know that Eve was the one tempted by the Devil to eat the apple, then convinced Adam to do so. Another thing I think is dumb is how they act like all men--every single one of them, even children, even babies!--are exactly the same in every single way, that they are all sexist pigs who see women as fragile, and how there is no diversity among the characteristics of men. What about male feminists, then? Are they mindless brutes too? Or transgender people? Or tom-girls? What about, and here's where we get into some really dangerous territory here, what about people who aren't sexist pigs and are respectful of women? Good lord, could such a male exist?! Don't tell the Two Kings that! Also, one thing that I really dislike is how they tell you that men are pigs often than they show you. Look at Grady Hendrix’s SLAYING VAMPIRES novel and you’ll see that he has his male characters, specifically the main protagonist’s husband, act like a completely unlikeable jerk. Here, however, you are simply told that men are bad, and are expected to just shrug, say “Well, okay, I can work with that”, and go along with it. With SLAYING VAMPIRES, I wasn’t offended by the cutting remarks about the men, because even I, a man, hated the male characters. With SLEEPING BEAUTIES, though, it’s hard to hate the male characters when you’re, for example, praising Clint for putting up with that bitch Lila for so long.
All these things aside, SLEEPING BEAUTIES was an okay book. The writing wasn't too bad, the idea was actually pretty interesting, and the fight scene towards the end was one of King's bests (although it's possible that Owen wrote that). I honestly believe that it would have been better of Stephen wrote this book with his wife, Tabitha King, for then it would probably be a more realistic look at how women feel about men and how they would adapt to a world without them. All books about women written about men go to extremes in order to convey a feminist message, which makes them seem forced, and it comes of as hypocritical when two men get angry at other men for being men. But I guess what the Kings were trying to achieve is pretty admirable, so I've got to give them that. Also, the fight scene at the Prison towards the end of the novel is one of the best fight scenes in any of King's works, so that's something that demands to be acknowledged.
All in all, I would probably recommend SLEEPING BEAUTIES to King fans, but I warn you that it isn't one of his strongest. I'm sorry if I've offended anybody with this review, but like I said earlier, being a male probably gets in the way of a fair judgement of this book, and maybe even shows that some of what this book says about males is partially true; everybody has their opinions, though, and this is mine regarding this novel. Again: sorry for causing any anger. If you disagree with my review, then you'll probably enjoy SLEEPING BEAUTIES. (Side-note: how gorgeous is the cover of this book?)
Still with me? Okay, then; let's get to it.
I think that most of the problems I have with SLEEPING BEAUTIES are the same ones that I had with UNDER THE DOME: the characters are black-and-white on a Dean Koontz level; the ending is pretty rushed; etc. However, one problem that wasn't present in the latter novel, and was in this one, is this: none of the characters--protagonists or antagonists--were likeable. Take Lila, for instance:
Lila accuses Clint of cheating on her, even spitting questions relating to how good a lay said woman was. Clint then, calmly, proves to her that he did not cheat on her, to which she says 'I have some apologising to do' without actually doing so. Then, she accuses Clint of buying a pool without asking her about it, and that's fair--except for the fact that Clint went through the foster system, and the only things he got were bruises and depressive sights. Lila knows this, and yet is upset by Clint wanting something nice. Then, she goes on about how he doesn't tell her about his past, moaning about how he just doesn't trust her, because, as a woman, she's too precious. But wouldn't the more logical answer be that he's worried about how she would view him if he told her about the levels he stooped to? That would be the explanation in any other novel, but because this is a book about how woman are great and men are the worst, the Two Kings go out of their way(s) to make every single man an ass.
Look, the fact that I am a man is probably getting in the way of my judgement here. I'll admit that. I won't say you're stupid for liking this novel or its characters, because how I viewed SLEEPING BEAUTIES is probably clouded by my gender.
Also: Evie Black. She is a disappointment of a character; what starts as a mysterious, cunning entity turns into a hypocrite. She goes on about how men naturally turn to violence, and yet she instigates most of the death occurring in SLEEPING BEAUTIES. She says about how women should have a choice, and yet she a) forced them to leave the real world and b) let a SINGLE COMMUNITY decide whether they would stay in the new world or not. She says about how no women has ever started a war (in reality, this is true), but then she starts the big civil war in Dooling and is responsible for the complete collapse of society following the impacts of Aurora.
On that note: every man in this book is written to act like a complete dumbass. No way would society collapse that quickly if something like Aurora actually happened. Sure, it would collapse eventually--since, let's be honest, humanity needs women to survive, where as if men blipped out of existence, life would go on--but not that fast, and not to that extent in less than a bloody week.
Barely anything in SLEEPING BEAUTIES is actually explained; Evie hints at being the servant of some kind of higher power (probably some kind of Dark Tower thing), but said higher power is never mentioned again. Evie says that she isn't a supernatural being and is just a normal woman, which is a crock of shit considering her powers. It set's up a history between Evie and the snake, along with the tiger and the Tree, but never actually goes into it.
Also, they try to use the Bible as a jab against men (one character says something along the lines of 'The Garden of Eden without Adam'), but anybody who knows of the Bible would also know that Eve was the one tempted by the Devil to eat the apple, then convinced Adam to do so. Another thing I think is dumb is how they act like all men--every single one of them, even children, even babies!--are exactly the same in every single way, that they are all sexist pigs who see women as fragile, and how there is no diversity among the characteristics of men. What about male feminists, then? Are they mindless brutes too? Or transgender people? Or tom-girls? What about, and here's where we get into some really dangerous territory here, what about people who aren't sexist pigs and are respectful of women? Good lord, could such a male exist?! Don't tell the Two Kings that! Also, one thing that I really dislike is how they tell you that men are pigs often than they show you. Look at Grady Hendrix’s SLAYING VAMPIRES novel and you’ll see that he has his male characters, specifically the main protagonist’s husband, act like a completely unlikeable jerk. Here, however, you are simply told that men are bad, and are expected to just shrug, say “Well, okay, I can work with that”, and go along with it. With SLAYING VAMPIRES, I wasn’t offended by the cutting remarks about the men, because even I, a man, hated the male characters. With SLEEPING BEAUTIES, though, it’s hard to hate the male characters when you’re, for example, praising Clint for putting up with that bitch Lila for so long.
All these things aside, SLEEPING BEAUTIES was an okay book. The writing wasn't too bad, the idea was actually pretty interesting, and the fight scene towards the end was one of King's bests (although it's possible that Owen wrote that). I honestly believe that it would have been better of Stephen wrote this book with his wife, Tabitha King, for then it would probably be a more realistic look at how women feel about men and how they would adapt to a world without them. All books about women written about men go to extremes in order to convey a feminist message, which makes them seem forced, and it comes of as hypocritical when two men get angry at other men for being men. But I guess what the Kings were trying to achieve is pretty admirable, so I've got to give them that. Also, the fight scene at the Prison towards the end of the novel is one of the best fight scenes in any of King's works, so that's something that demands to be acknowledged.
All in all, I would probably recommend SLEEPING BEAUTIES to King fans, but I warn you that it isn't one of his strongest. I'm sorry if I've offended anybody with this review, but like I said earlier, being a male probably gets in the way of a fair judgement of this book, and maybe even shows that some of what this book says about males is partially true; everybody has their opinions, though, and this is mine regarding this novel. Again: sorry for causing any anger. If you disagree with my review, then you'll probably enjoy SLEEPING BEAUTIES. (Side-note: how gorgeous is the cover of this book?)
Huge potential but it felt more like a TV mini series script than a book.
3.5/5. I quite liked it, but found it dragged on a little bit (to me, some parts felt a little not too useful? I mean, it's good for sketching background but there may be something that's too much background sketching?). The ending was not completely satisfying to me, as I felt that there were some things that were left unexplained. This might have been on purpose, but for me detracted from the satisfied feeling you may have when closing a finished book. I did like the revisitation of all the relevant characters of the book, and felt that somehow, even though at the beginning I found the number of characters quite overwhelming, I still had started to care a little for them. All in all, not a bad read and a super interesting concept, but a little too dragged out for my tastes.
Stephen & Owen King: Ruususen uni
Tartuin tähän hiukan epäröiden, koska kirjannon kirjoittanut isä & poika ja minua hiukan epäilytti se kombo.
Turhaan epäröin, sillä tämähän oli varsin onnistunut juttu.
Tarinassa porukka jakaantuutavallan kahtia, ensin oletuksena on että he ovat hyviksiä ja pahiksia, mutta sehän olisi liian helppoa.
Jutun edetessä hyviksissä osoittautuu ikäviä piirteitä ja pahiksissa taas hyviä piirteitä.
Vaikka tällä erää yliluonnollinen on aika isossakin roolissa, kaiken käynnistäjänä käydään varsinaisesti läpi naisten roolia amerikkalaisessa yhteiskunnassa, eikäse kuvaus kyllä mairittele.
Myös perhe- ja lähisuhdeväkivallan ja asehulluuden teemoja käydään läpi, joten kaikkiaan saadaan melkoinen paketti aikaan.
Loppuratkaisu ei ole läpeensä itsestäänselvyys joten sekin on varsin onnistunut
#Helmetlukuhaaste2021
2. Kirjan on kirjoittanut opettaja
7. Kirjassa on kaveriporukka
8. Kirja, jossa maailma on muutoksessa
25. Kirjan on kirjoittanut kaksi kirjailijaa
27. Kirjan päähenkilö on eläin
29. Kirjan henkilön elämä muuttuu
36. Kirjassa liikutaan ajassa
38. Kirja on käännetty hyvin
Tartuin tähän hiukan epäröiden, koska kirjannon kirjoittanut isä & poika ja minua hiukan epäilytti se kombo.
Turhaan epäröin, sillä tämähän oli varsin onnistunut juttu.
Tarinassa porukka jakaantuutavallan kahtia, ensin oletuksena on että he ovat hyviksiä ja pahiksia, mutta sehän olisi liian helppoa.
Jutun edetessä hyviksissä osoittautuu ikäviä piirteitä ja pahiksissa taas hyviä piirteitä.
Vaikka tällä erää yliluonnollinen on aika isossakin roolissa, kaiken käynnistäjänä käydään varsinaisesti läpi naisten roolia amerikkalaisessa yhteiskunnassa, eikäse kuvaus kyllä mairittele.
Myös perhe- ja lähisuhdeväkivallan ja asehulluuden teemoja käydään läpi, joten kaikkiaan saadaan melkoinen paketti aikaan.
Loppuratkaisu ei ole läpeensä itsestäänselvyys joten sekin on varsin onnistunut
#Helmetlukuhaaste2021
2. Kirjan on kirjoittanut opettaja
7. Kirjassa on kaveriporukka
8. Kirja, jossa maailma on muutoksessa
25. Kirjan on kirjoittanut kaksi kirjailijaa
27. Kirjan päähenkilö on eläin
29. Kirjan henkilön elämä muuttuu
36. Kirjassa liikutaan ajassa
38. Kirja on käännetty hyvin