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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
This so wanted to be the Stand, but became just another meh horror with the stereotypical ending.
Audio book review.
Not bad, but not particularly memorable, either. Basically, a woman who commands moths comes to town. All women fall asleep and are awoken in another world. This other world is tied to our own by a magical tree and a few other places. Think Stranger Things. The women are protected in this new world, while the men in the old world are slowly losing their minds and being destroyed by the shells of the women that were left behind. It's kinda built up like this uncomfortable defense of women's rights, must save the women, must protect the women, but really it's just an opportunity for the men to establish dominance in the women-filled roles of warden and chief of police. Eye roll.
The women have the power to return, but only if all women choose unanimously to go back. I think there's a moral in there somewhere, but it's wrapped up in commentary on gender roles and separation of the sexes. Overall, I walk away from this book not knowing what I'm supposed to have learned or enjoyed during this reading experience.
Not bad, but not particularly memorable, either. Basically, a woman who commands moths comes to town. All women fall asleep and are awoken in another world. This other world is tied to our own by a magical tree and a few other places. Think Stranger Things. The women are protected in this new world, while the men in the old world are slowly losing their minds and being destroyed by the shells of the women that were left behind. It's kinda built up like this uncomfortable defense of women's rights, must save the women, must protect the women, but really it's just an opportunity for the men to establish dominance in the women-filled roles of warden and chief of police. Eye roll.
The women have the power to return, but only if all women choose unanimously to go back. I think there's a moral in there somewhere, but it's wrapped up in commentary on gender roles and separation of the sexes. Overall, I walk away from this book not knowing what I'm supposed to have learned or enjoyed during this reading experience.
This was a classic Stephen King. I liked it, but I was ready for it to be over by the time I got to 500 pages. The book was ridiculously long.
This book by far is the best book i've read all year. So this review will be long and i'll try my best not to spoil it because YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK FOR YOURSELF. Okay i'll talk in general about this book first then go into more detail. I thought the first 50 pages were slow but after that this book picked up and was so so good. I loved the writing and i'm definitely interested in reading more Stephen King books now. I was hesitant to start this because it had so many characters but it wasn't a problem.
I can't put into words how much this book made me think and how it changes my perspectives about society and men and women in general. I really appreciated how even know there were lots of characters to keep track of each character was fleshed out and has motives. All of the characters were thought out and had good and bad sides. EXCEPT FOR DON PETERS AND ERIC BLASS WHO ARE NOW TWO OF MY MOST HATED CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME.
Okay lets talk about the characters in particular. Lets start with the ones I hated the most.
DON PETERS DESERVED WHAT HE GOT IN THE END. HE WAS A RAPIST AND A SEXIST PIG WHOM I DON'T FEEL ANY SYMPATHY FOR HIM. SAME GOES FOR ERIC BLASS. I really disliked Frank Geary for most of this book. However, UNLIKE with don and Eric I can understand his motives and why he did the things he did. Lets talk about Elaine. Elaine is one of the most selfish characters i've read about. She didn't want to go back just because her daughter (Nanna) missed her dad. Like excuse me? You have no right to decide on behalf on ALL of the women of the world if they go back or not. I liked Lilia and Clint but I don't have much to say about them. I thought Evie Black was such as interesting character but she freaked me out a bit.
Okay now!! The whole climax at the end of this book could have been avoided if all the guys sat down and had an adult conversation but NO they couldn't do that. It's just sad because so many men needlessly died. I loved the end of this book and how all the storylines with the characters wrapped up. At the end it's obvious the lives of these characters aren't perfect but because of what happened things are slowly changing for the better.
This book made me think which I always appreciate about a book. It made me think how women in this new world were so much better off without men. Like little kids and women could walk home at night without fear of predators. I just thought that it was ironic how the men thought they were helping bring the women home when in actuality they were slowly diminishing the chances of them coming back.
Overall, I loved this book and I'm so glad it was chosen as the first book for the book club I joined.
I can't put into words how much this book made me think and how it changes my perspectives about society and men and women in general. I really appreciated how even know there were lots of characters to keep track of each character was fleshed out and has motives. All of the characters were thought out and had good and bad sides. EXCEPT FOR DON PETERS AND ERIC BLASS WHO ARE NOW TWO OF MY MOST HATED CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME.
Okay lets talk about the characters in particular. Lets start with the ones I hated the most.
DON PETERS DESERVED WHAT HE GOT IN THE END. HE WAS A RAPIST AND A SEXIST PIG WHOM I DON'T FEEL ANY SYMPATHY FOR HIM. SAME GOES FOR ERIC BLASS. I really disliked Frank Geary for most of this book. However, UNLIKE with don and Eric I can understand his motives and why he did the things he did. Lets talk about Elaine. Elaine is one of the most selfish characters i've read about. She didn't want to go back just because her daughter (Nanna) missed her dad. Like excuse me? You have no right to decide on behalf on ALL of the women of the world if they go back or not. I liked Lilia and Clint but I don't have much to say about them. I thought Evie Black was such as interesting character but she freaked me out a bit.
Okay now!! The whole climax at the end of this book could have been avoided if all the guys sat down and had an adult conversation but NO they couldn't do that. It's just sad because so many men needlessly died. I loved the end of this book and how all the storylines with the characters wrapped up. At the end it's obvious the lives of these characters aren't perfect but because of what happened things are slowly changing for the better.
This book made me think which I always appreciate about a book. It made me think how women in this new world were so much better off without men. Like little kids and women could walk home at night without fear of predators. I just thought that it was ironic how the men thought they were helping bring the women home when in actuality they were slowly diminishing the chances of them coming back.
Overall, I loved this book and I'm so glad it was chosen as the first book for the book club I joined.
DNF with fewer than 100 pages left. I just couldn't make myself care about the story enough to pick it back up.
I am a huge Stephen King fan. Hell, I've read the Tommyknockers more than 3 times. But this, this was so disappointing. It should have been everything I love - practically post apocalyptic, commentary on society at large and Stephen King in the drivers seat but it was just a big bunch of meh.
The one thing you can say about King as a writer is that he imbues his books with heart and characters you care about. This is not one of those times. I'm not sure if he has gone off the book or if Owen King wrote the lions share. This book only made the barest of impressions.
The one thing you can say about King as a writer is that he imbues his books with heart and characters you care about. This is not one of those times. I'm not sure if he has gone off the book or if Owen King wrote the lions share. This book only made the barest of impressions.
I actually finished this last night and have been trying to put my feelings into words but just keep coming up with more questions. I read "It" and "The Stand" back in junior high in the early 80's and this one is reminiscent to those. I couldn't tell who wrote which parts.
Can't believe it's taken me 26 years to read a Stephen King book! I really enjoyed this, so will be picking up more of his novels asap.
The premise of Sleeping Beauties is pretty out there, but that seems to be standard for Stephen King's story ideas and I was hooked from the start. Over the course of its 700 pages, the story never faltered and I never felt bored.
I loved the huge cast of characters – sometimes when authors write many characters they all start to meld together, their voices and personalities not distinct enough to tell the difference. In Sleeping Beauties I never once forgot who a character was or got them mixed up with anyone else, which I found really impressive!
I really liked how the story used its fantastical premise to examine gender roles and misogyny; a lot of the points it made felt very poignant and true and will leave me thinking for a while.
The only complaint I have is that the 700 page build up and conflict felt too neatly wrapped up – the ending was just too easy. It definitely left me wanting more but I think that's a common complaint with Stephen King novels!
The premise of Sleeping Beauties is pretty out there, but that seems to be standard for Stephen King's story ideas and I was hooked from the start. Over the course of its 700 pages, the story never faltered and I never felt bored.
I loved the huge cast of characters – sometimes when authors write many characters they all start to meld together, their voices and personalities not distinct enough to tell the difference. In Sleeping Beauties I never once forgot who a character was or got them mixed up with anyone else, which I found really impressive!
I really liked how the story used its fantastical premise to examine gender roles and misogyny; a lot of the points it made felt very poignant and true and will leave me thinking for a while.
The only complaint I have is that the 700 page build up and conflict felt too neatly wrapped up – the ending was just too easy. It definitely left me wanting more but I think that's a common complaint with Stephen King novels!
DNF p 433. This book was an absolute crock of shit. How they managed to stretch women falling asleep and turning into cocoons into 700+ pages is beyond me. Someone get this man an editor 🙄 What a big, fat waste of my time
I enjoyed this. It isn't my favourite King, but an entertaining read.