Insomnia Book Review

Samantha harvey s memoir of sleeplessness is more like a small and well worn eiderdown quilt.

Insomnia book review. It was suspenseful and compelling but it also had deeply insightful moments of reflection and philosophizing. Since his wife s recent death ralph roberts age 70 has been beset by insomnia and hallucinations. There s terror when a basic animal need isn t met. Unlike the say good night to insomnia this one is laid out like a reference book with each chapter targeting a specific area.

I certainly do not agree. Harvey conveys the hell of insomnia with the precision and passion of one who has come to know it too well. Insomnia in my opinion isn t as good as some of king s books but it s still a really great story that joins into the frequent setting of the fictional small town of derry maine often present in king s works as the mysterious place where oddities and evil happens. The original hardcover edition was issued with dust jackets in two complementary designs.

Stephen king author morgan author viking 27 95 832p isbn 978 0 670 85503 2. I read in several of the reviews that you had to slog through the first 150 200 pages or so before insomnia really got going. A sprawling 916 pages 21 discs for the audio book clocking in at just over 25 hours of reading insomnia is a slow paced character driven read that could effectively be halved and split into several narratives without losing the actual verve which captivates readers way passed the half way mark. In this particular one it features an ordinary an whose lack of sleep allows him to see the monsters affecting everyone in town.

A small town in maine again serves as king s nightmares and dreamscapes 1993 etc setting in this deft steady tale in which two lovable geezers travel through hyper reality to balance the books of human existence or something to that effect. It might not cover everything but it both cools and warms lofts and lulls settling gradually on its. Insomnia is a 1994 horror fantasy novel by american writer stephen king. Gaudy insomnia with its wide lapels and toothy grin is the last groover on the dance floor still going at it after everyone has collapsed in a heap or gone home this brilliant mix of memoir mythology literature and science is a meditation on too many sleepless nights.

Like it and dreamcatcher its setting is the fictional town of derry maine but it also includes strong connections to stephen king s novel series the dark tower. I found insomnia very enjoyable.