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Sleeping Beauties

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Sleeping Beauties

Auteur(s): Stephen King, Owen King
Narrateur(s): Marin Ireland
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In this spectacular New York Times bestselling father/son collaboration that “barrels along like a freight train” (Publishers Weekly), Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?

In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious “Eve Black,” is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Eve a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain?

Abandoned, left to their increasingly primal urges, the men divide into warring factions, some wanted to kill Eve, some to save her. Others exploit the chaos to wreak their own vengeance on new enemies. All turn to violence in a suddenly all-male world. Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a woman’s prison, Sleeping Beauties is a wildly provocative, gloriously dramatic father-son collaboration that feels particularly urgent and relevant today. Horreur Post-apocalyptique Science-fiction Surnaturels Suspense Thrillers et romans à suspense Effrayant Paranormal Fiction
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Our family recently played the book while driving for a vacation getaway.
The story was interesting and captivating, but the characters and their life experiences made for good family discussions.
(sorry, no spoilers)

Entertaining and thought provoking

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This audio book had me hooked right from the start. The characters have depth and the story keeps you wondering what will happen next. Would LOVE to see this adapted to a mini series and maybe an alternate ending? Great work by a legend and his son, who shows with his skills in writing that he will be just as amazing as his father!

Great Collab by father and son

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Loved it. You could not tell who wrote what. The narrator did well with her different accents.

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I liked the concept or idea these two authors had for male/female dynamics and the oft toxic masculinity tainting things. However, the chapters were done in a choppy, short fashion so the book felt rushed. The story dragged out a long time and then the ending was super anticlimactic. If this book was supposed to suggest a solution (however fantastical) for problems between men/women it failed completely. During the last 30 minutes of ‘the story’ I wanted to turn it off as it was just about how the world slowly came back to normal. As a Stephen King fan of many years— this book was among one of the least enjoyable. The idea or premise of the book did have great potential. :(

Disappointing Ending

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As a woman, I found this to be almost pandering, for a lack of a better description. The story idea was great, but delved deep into the ‘regular’ peoples characters and not enough light was shined on Evie, who’s the reason for the whole event. Sorry, wasn’t one of my faves!

Unlikeable characters

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