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Insomnia

Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: Eli Wallach
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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. Marvelous—that is, full of marvels” (Booklist).

Since his wife died, Ralph Roberts has been having trouble sleeping. Each night he wakes up a bit earlier, until he’s barely sleeping at all. During his late night walks, he observes some strange things going on in Derry, Maine. He sees colored ribbons streaming from people’s heads, two strange little men wandering around town after dark, and more. He begins to suspect that these visions are something more than hallucinations brought on by lack of sleep.

There’s a definite mean streak running through this small New England city; underneath its ordinary surface awesome and terrifying forces are at work. The dying has been going on in Derry for a long, long time. Now Ralph is part of it…and lack of sleep is the least of his worries.

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. Fantasy Genre Fiction Horror Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction Paranormal Maine Exciting Guitar
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The performance was fine other than the horrific screeching at incredible volume that I would get near the end of chapters. Completely ruined the book for me as I would be listening intently and suddenly have loud screeching for dramatic effect near the end of some chapters. Completely unneeded and ruined the story, I stopped listening and finished with the Kindle version.

Sound effects? Why???

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This was a bit of the same with a bit of the different. In a good way.

Lovely story.

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I love this story. Another good one from Stephen King. Constant readers will spot a lot of references to other works.
As other customers have said, the musical parts between chapters are really horrible. Super distracting and annoying. The narrator does a pretty good job, but to me he sounds a bit too much like Winnie the Pooh. Overall a good listen anyway though.

great story. so-so audio

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Definitely not as good as I remember when I first read the book. Maybe a little too much fate and God and Ka crap in there for me now.

Not as good as I remember

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I’ve read this book and enjoyed the audio book but the musical score is terrible!

Good story terrible music

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