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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
Usually, even if they creep me or sick me out, I have to admit that King is a good writer.
It was kind of hard sticking to that slogging through this book though.
So many characters and yet somehow they all felt like exactly the same one.
It starts out as something interesting but honestly it fails fast.
I recommend any other King book to read but this one! :P
It was kind of hard sticking to that slogging through this book though.
So many characters and yet somehow they all felt like exactly the same one.
It starts out as something interesting but honestly it fails fast.
I recommend any other King book to read but this one! :P
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
A very interesting concept, but the execution just wasn't there for me. Also, such a long book for no reason.
I’m struggling with a rating for this one. I think I may settle around a 3.5.
This book was a strange journey for me. I went into it not sure what to expect because it had two authors. I felt that the writing seemed “off” in some places and “on” in others. The premise was so interesting to me. It kept me engaged right until the very end but ultimately I was left unsatisfied. I had so many questions that never got answered. I feel like this book more than any other King book had a lot of commentary on the current political climate and gender disparities of today. While I can appreciate what the authors were trying to do, I feel like it got preachy towards the end. It was more of a tell us don’t show us approach which never sits well with me. Overall, I did enjoy the story. I know my review may seem like I didn’t. Not the case! I was caught up in the mystery behind all of the strange events that were occurring. I desperately wanted to know what would happen. I was rooting for my favorite characters to make it through. I would happily check out other books by this collaborative team.
This book was a strange journey for me. I went into it not sure what to expect because it had two authors. I felt that the writing seemed “off” in some places and “on” in others. The premise was so interesting to me. It kept me engaged right until the very end but ultimately I was left unsatisfied. I had so many questions that never got answered. I feel like this book more than any other King book had a lot of commentary on the current political climate and gender disparities of today. While I can appreciate what the authors were trying to do, I feel like it got preachy towards the end. It was more of a tell us don’t show us approach which never sits well with me. Overall, I did enjoy the story. I know my review may seem like I didn’t. Not the case! I was caught up in the mystery behind all of the strange events that were occurring. I desperately wanted to know what would happen. I was rooting for my favorite characters to make it through. I would happily check out other books by this collaborative team.
As an experience: 4/5 stars
As a piece of cultural production written in the current political climate in the USA, I have some questions and issues with the text. I will probably come back and change the star rating to reflect this once I've had some time to digest and process the story.
As a piece of cultural production written in the current political climate in the USA, I have some questions and issues with the text. I will probably come back and change the star rating to reflect this once I've had some time to digest and process the story.
The start of this book grabbed my attention instantly, which was great...except that I then struggled to keep going through the middle. This book had absolutely no right to be so long, and a lot of the middle section felt unnecessary. That being said, for the last third (or so) I did not want to put the book down. Everything happened all at once- death, destruction, emotion- and it did, in my opinion, more than make up for the slow middle.
I also felt little attachment to any of the characters, as there were just so many of them. I did however really like Evie, especially how ambiguous she remained, even at the end.
I would say that overall I did enjoy this book, and would probably have given it 4 stars if not for it being so unnecessarily long.
I also felt little attachment to any of the characters, as there were just so many of them. I did however really like Evie, especially how ambiguous she remained, even at the end.
I would say that overall I did enjoy this book, and would probably have given it 4 stars if not for it being so unnecessarily long.
You know when two white men write a book about how the world would fair without any women (and, alternatively, how the Other World would fair without any men) it's going to be questionable. Stephen King's talent at writing raw pain kept this book going, but in the end the lack of a woman's insight showed. Also, of course, is the question of what happened to all the trans and/or non-binary folks... Don't expect an answer to that one!
Sou fã de Stephen King, e desde que soube que “Belas Adormecidas” seria lançado, antecipei o momento de poder comprar a obra, primeira que o autor produz em parceria com seu filho Owen, uma vez que a trama (“mulheres indo dormir, sendo imediatamente envoltas em casulos para não mais despertar, e se tornando violentíssimas se forem acordadas à força”) e os conflitos (“o que será da raça humana em 60, 100 anos, sem as mulheres?”, “como os homens podem se tornar ainda mais caóticos sem as mulheres”) se mostraram bem atraentes.
No que diz respeito à conflitos, aliás, “Belas Adormecidas” se mostra muito similar à “Sob a Redoma”, outra obra de King Pai. A história de “Belas Adormecidas”, dividida em 3 partes, começa bem, com o espanto, a surpresa e o pânico se espalhando à medida em que a população feminina que se mantém acordada cai a percentuais extremamente baixos. Mas não senti que a trama manteve seu atrativo quando passou para a segunda parte. Os personagens (muitos, aliás), não se mostraram cativantes o suficiente: não há um deles pelo qual você sente aquela verdadeira vontade de torcer. Evie, peça central de “Belas Adormecidas”, um ser aparentemente sobrenatural que parece ser a chave do mistério sobre o sono que afeta 50% da população mundial, é mal explorada, e não creio que possa ser chamada de vilã. Na verdade, seu papel fica muito aquém do que poderia ser.
Na arrastada segunda parte do livro as mulheres, aliás, têm que tomar uma decisão, que fica muito, muito previsível. A trama poderia nos economizar páginas e tempo de leitura, sobretudo quando vai para sua terceira parte, onde o desfecho de muita gente que nem importa muito é explicado, evidenciando o excesso de gente que surge na trama.
No final, dou três estrelas para a obra: Não é a melhor de Stephen, e fica evidente quando ele escreve e quando o filho escreve, e o conjunto parece um daqueles seriados de TV que vai desenrolando bem a trama até que a emissora manda um pedido pra “acelerarem as coisas porque a audiência está caindo”, e isso provoca uma correria que joga a trama por água abaixo.
No que diz respeito à conflitos, aliás, “Belas Adormecidas” se mostra muito similar à “Sob a Redoma”, outra obra de King Pai. A história de “Belas Adormecidas”, dividida em 3 partes, começa bem, com o espanto, a surpresa e o pânico se espalhando à medida em que a população feminina que se mantém acordada cai a percentuais extremamente baixos. Mas não senti que a trama manteve seu atrativo quando passou para a segunda parte. Os personagens (muitos, aliás), não se mostraram cativantes o suficiente: não há um deles pelo qual você sente aquela verdadeira vontade de torcer. Evie, peça central de “Belas Adormecidas”, um ser aparentemente sobrenatural que parece ser a chave do mistério sobre o sono que afeta 50% da população mundial, é mal explorada, e não creio que possa ser chamada de vilã. Na verdade, seu papel fica muito aquém do que poderia ser.
Na arrastada segunda parte do livro as mulheres, aliás, têm que tomar uma decisão, que fica muito, muito previsível. A trama poderia nos economizar páginas e tempo de leitura, sobretudo quando vai para sua terceira parte, onde o desfecho de muita gente que nem importa muito é explicado, evidenciando o excesso de gente que surge na trama.
No final, dou três estrelas para a obra: Não é a melhor de Stephen, e fica evidente quando ele escreve e quando o filho escreve, e o conjunto parece um daqueles seriados de TV que vai desenrolando bem a trama até que a emissora manda um pedido pra “acelerarem as coisas porque a audiência está caindo”, e isso provoca uma correria que joga a trama por água abaixo.
I did enjoy this book but it had too many characters to keep track of. Not his best work and I wonder if its because he wrote it with his son. However, it was interesting and a good read.
I heard a lot of negativity surrounding this book. Was told by several people to skip it altogether. I don’t get it. I thoroughly enjoyed this one from the first page to the last. One of my favorite king books thus far.
One of King's best books in the 21st century, this book explores issues related to gender and the question of nature vs. nurture. I really enjoyed this exploration because it is a significant issue in modern society. The book is fairly similar to Under the Dome, but its relevance makes it unique.