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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
Sleeping Beauties, by Stephen and Owen King, is a perfect example of an idea being more important to the authors than characters or story. The idea in this book is: what if all the women in the world were gone? It gets a Stephen King twist, of course. Here, the women have succumb to a mysterious condition that puts their bodies to sleep, cocooned in a web-like substance, and sends them to another world. Where this book goes wrong is that I think it required a lot of editing to get rid of extraneous subplots and characters and a lot more work to create characters that are better than stock villains and heroes. At times, I thought Sleeping Beauties was written like two men creating something that women might like to see because most of the men are just bad dudes and most of the women are victims or ass-kickers. Over and over, this book declares that women are better than men, using tired stereotypes that are as irritating as straight-up misogyny...
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a good book. It wasn't his best work, in my opinion, but I still really enjoyed the atmosphere it was shrouded in. Always a sucker for Appalachian themes. Thank you.
I'm not even completely sure how I feel about this book. I loved some things, didn't like other things. A lot of the plot and characters seems to be carbon copies from some of King's other works. I'm not familiar with Owen King's writing, so I'm not sure who did what.
I enjoyed it overall. Good read! Rating 3.5
I enjoyed it overall. Good read! Rating 3.5
A King book through in through. I was trying to identify which King was writing which parts, but alas I could not tell. A very well spun yarn. There were times that I had to ask "Wait, who I'd this person again?", but I knew them well enough by the end that it was no longer an issue. I love that the ending wrapped up all the important characters and gave each one a proper send off. It was a novel that was both bleak and hopeful; not an easy feat to pull off. The world-building and rules of the cocoons really had my interest. It told just enough to satisfy while keeping the mystery alive. What I REALLY loved was the "Watership Down" moments of the fox. I could have a whole book of just that. Not the best of King(s), but a damned fine novel.
So many characters for such a small town, and since there is almost no description for most until half way in the book, you can't visualize them in your mind and they all blend together. I had to study the character list in the front of the book and took a long break once I reached part 2, just because it was so unnecessary long, with so many unnecessary characters, and so many unnecessary details.
Dear Stephen and Owen King:
I get it. Boys will be boys. All women are mothers and should heal those poor men. Go. Fuck. Yourselves.
Sincerely,
An Angry Woman™️
I get it. Boys will be boys. All women are mothers and should heal those poor men. Go. Fuck. Yourselves.
Sincerely,
An Angry Woman™️
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i‘m still conflicted bc i actually wanted to give this book 3.5 stars but the ending was amazing. way too many characters and names but a very good plot with very interesting approaches!