Book: Insomnia

 Book: Insomnia

Author: Stephen King

Pages: 912

This is my 78th read for the year

What Amazon says:

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 mn wandering around town after dark, and more, H 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 gnig 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.

This was an interesting book.  It is very long.  I saved it to listen to on a very long car trip and got it finished in a few days.  It is an interesting concept and has some interesting characters.  There is supernatural (shocking) elements throughout.  I liked the beginning where we are eased into the main character's life.  It just was way too long, and I started to wish he would wrap it up.  Overall a solid read, but could have been about 200 pages shorter.

Stars: 4