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Book of the Month for February
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Like most Steven King efforts, this book is unnecessarily long. He describes many characters, scenes, and props in great detail that helps to give the reader as sense of the situation... BUT these descriptions don't have any bearing on the story... I found that I would read these passages very closely assuming that there would be a resurfacing of these details later in the story... Needless to say, I was disappointed.
The plot also leaves much to be desired. The entire plot can be summed up quite briefly: a man suffers from insomnia, a town is erupting in civil war over abortion issues, and the insomniac gets involved. Herein lies the problem, the story doesn't "go" anywhere. I found myself constantly anticipating, a plot twist or a climatic situation. But the ones that are offered lack punch, explanation or believability.
Furthermore, the ended was choppy at best. I got the impression that Steven King had finished the book and was all set to call the project complete only to have one last brainstorm that neither furthers the story nor closes the loop.
I would recommend this book for hard-core Steven King fans, but not for the average reading looking for something with depth, intelligence, and cleverness.
Keep bouncin,
PingPong
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