Book Details
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Sleeping Beauties |
| Author: |
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Stephen King, Owen King |
| Times Read: |
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1 |
| Last Read: |
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11.24.17 |
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Notes History
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| 11.24.17 | Stephen King and his son imagine what would happen if all the women of the world suddenly disappeared. As with a lot of King stories, the real horror comes from the bad characters slipping away from justice and getting up to no good. the supernatural aspect is really just there to justify the premise of the book. In that regard, it seems terribly arbitrary and bothered me throughout the book because you never really know what Evie's deal is. What I did like is the structure of the book where you meet a bunch of characters right up front, not really knowing why we're spending any time with them until Part 2, where the book takes focus. By the time you get to the climax, you're pretty invested with the good guys and truly hate the bad guys. However - and maybe this is just me knowing King's age - I never felt true danger. Even though the bad guys felt bad, I knew that King would eventually punish them somehow. The days of endings like Cujo and Pet Sematary are long gone. So in the end I didn't really love this one. There was a long way to go before things picked up. |
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