3 6 9 insomnia stephen king11/18/2023 ![]() ![]() Sometimes it was so loud, it covered the words I was trying to hear. But more than that, I really disliked the creepy, atmospheric music that was played at the beginning and end of segments. His voice as children was especially off-putting. Right-to-Lifers are pitted against Pro-Choice people, and this doesn't bode well for anyone.Despite a storyline I could have bought into, (I like Stephen King and have a pretty good capability of suspending my disbelief), this story just didn't resonate with me, didn't make me care about the characters nearly as much as some of his other books have done.I listened to an audio version of this book, and the narration by Eli Wallach also didn't work well for me. Of course, the protagonist is called to save the world. And good neighbors have become bad neighbors. To me, it feels like it was phoned in, although something that is approximately 900 pages long would take one heck of a phone call.The protagonist, a recent widow, has increasing problems with severe insomnia, and starts seeing people's auras. This is one that I'm not crazy about.Sure, it was entertaining, but there was nothing new of different or exciting about it. Some of them just fall a little flat for me. I've been reading Stephen King novels for what seems like ages, and I love some of them. Returning to the same Maine town where It took place, a town that has haunted Stephen King for decades, Insomnia blends King’s trademark bone-chilling realism with supernatural terror to create yet another masterpiece of suspense. Now Ralph is part of it…and lack of sleep is the least of his worries. The dying has been going on in Derry for a long, long time. There’s a definite mean streak running through this small New England city underneath its ordinary surface awesome and terrifying forces are at work. He begins to suspect that these visions are something more than hallucinations brought on by lack of sleep. He sees colored ribbons streaming from people’s heads, two strange little men wandering around town after dark, and more. During his late night walks, he observes some strange things going on in Derry, Maine. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he’s barely sleeping at all. Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Marvelous-that is, full of marvels” ( Booklist). A #1 national bestseller-“A yarn so packed with suspense, romance, literary reference, fascinating miscellaneous knowledge, and heart that only Stephen King could have written it.
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