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Aug 19, 2023ryner rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
What would happen if all women in the world were unconscious? One morning it begins: women and girls in Australia fail to wake from their slumber and are discovered wrapped in gauzy white cocoons. As more and more women and girls fail to…
Apr 01, 2023Pladdin rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A 2017 King novel which he wrote with his son, Sleeping Beauties is a quality supernatural type story I would highly recommend. A mysterious virus causes all women to enter a cocoon like structure when the fall asleep, unable to wake up…
Jul 20, 2022huismannm24k12cppschoolscom rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
It was OK, wasn't my favorite, but it held my interest until the end. Unnecessary language though.
Dec 08, 2021burgundy_snake_30 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Sleeping Beauties explores a hypothetical situation in which all the female population falls asleep in what people call the "Aurora virus", leaving only men to manage the world. This book takes place over the course of about one week in…
Dec 06, 2021WindInHair rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I was sadly disappointed. Too long, too many characters, and just didn't hold my interest. I got about half way through and skipped to read the ending. SK is usually a sure bet for me, but for whatever reason, this one just didn't do it…
Oct 02, 2021sjonap rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
A huge SK fan but this was the one book I couldn't finish. Starts off in typical King fashion and grabs the reader then begins a slow methodical slog that I found myself skipping ahead to get back to the storyline. It now sits on the shelf…
Apr 20, 2021afisher121 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
One of my favorite Stephen King novels. It has a strong ending (I'm attributing to his son Owen King being a co-author, because SK is notoriously bad at ending books), and is beautifully written. The book plays with a fun concept to…
May 07, 2020jesskadoll rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Not my favorite Stephen King book, but still good. I love his writing style, I'm always engrossed in the story even if the plot isn't my thing.
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Jun 28, 2019StephanieOne rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I can't believe how many negative reviews this book is getting! This doesn't read like King's more classic books, that's true. And it was a collaborative effort with his son Owen, so there's going to be a new voice in there along with…
May 08, 2019iujigga2003 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The first half of the book was really good as the women and girls of the town kept falling asleep and turning into cocoons. They were all trying to stay awake like in Nightmare on Elm Street. However, the middle of the book tended to…
Apr 16, 2019samsue rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
People write off Stephen King as a writer of horror only. No longer true. In the early 90s, Philip Wylie wrote a science fiction book called "The Disappearance". It dealt with the sudden disappearance of all the women in the world. One day…
Nov 04, 2018Melibean2012 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I have to say I really enjoyed this book, for it being my first ever read by Stephen King. It seemed more like an apocalyptic story more than horror. Had me really thinking what the world would be like without women. Also thumbs up to Owen…
Apr 19, 2018deebitner rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I am delighted to say that, by and large with a few exceptions, this is not a gory and gross book. King has said that if he can't terrify, he'll horrify, and if not he'll go for the gross-out. It's wonderful to see a book where I wasn't…
Apr 18, 2018talk2terih rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Had this book been about 350 pages, it would have been far above average. Sadly, it was bloated and to be honest, a bit preachy. Certainly not what I expected from the Messrs. King. The last 300 pages are far better than the first…
Apr 09, 2018roysdgtr rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Lots of negative reviews here. I found it captivating though it is so long that I doubted I would bother to finish it. I am so glad that I did. A lot of current social developments are subtly underlying the weird story: How men deal…
Mar 17, 2018Pokey333 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Not impressed at all! Found the opening pages very dragged out and very uninspiring. Not at all up to the Stephen King writing that I have enjoyed over the years. Could not get through more than the first 75 pages as the book totally…
Mar 05, 2018akrafter rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It was....lacklustre. A reasonably good plot, but it really waffles on. Decent read if you have several spare days and nothing else to do.
Feb 07, 2018dollface_1 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Not impressed. Like someone else here, I had a hard time getting through the first 50 pages or so. Something was missing, or maybe I should say, something was there that was better left out. I have read practically every Stephen King book,…
Jan 31, 2018hermode rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Used to love his books. This one, not at all. The rough idea for the story was clever, but the storytelling was awful. As a woman, I felt that he was trying to pander to women in broad, obvious brushstrokes. Every woman had a history of…
Dec 08, 2017ordlas rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of the best books Stephen King has written. I'd put it up there with The Stand and It. If that's due to his collaboration with his son, Owen, then may they work together for a long, long time. How interesting that the…
Nov 29, 2017bigfeet rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This book contains many of the same ideas and themes from King's other books. Nothing new or interesting there. But I still love the way he can pull you inside a character's head. I always enjoy his books.
Nov 22, 2017sandra80 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I really liked this book. Similar to other King books, certainly not his best, but enjoyable. Some say too many characters, but I found it easy to keep track of them. I even liked the ending, which I often don't in King's books.
Nov 14, 2017Blaisew22 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this book from start to almost finish. The characters were all very authentic and I felt that I could relate to many of them. This book was great, but I really had hoped it would end in a BANG, which it did not. I thought…
Nov 02, 2017nicholsfw rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
Unreadable, idiotically inconsistent political slant that makes no sense and adds nothing to the story.
Oct 31, 2017liljables rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I read Stephen King's IT back in September, and while I could. not. put. it. down, I had some icky feelings about the misogyny, homophobia, and racism throughout that book. I was wondering if King's more recent work would be more palatable…