Sleeping Beauties

"Very heartfelt “Girl power” vibe with a twist, it was acknowledging to read about what might happen if women were taken out of the picture somehow. I really enjoyed Evie the supernatural being that starts this all and if you listen or read really good I believe this book tells you what she is!"

"Just so boring. I think I got a full third or more in and the story hadn't progressed. All the men were awful. From what I heard, the rest of the story wasn't worth the time. "

"I have very mixed feelings on this book. Different parts of the book range from 3⭐ to 5⭐. I think I wanted more out of it, but I don't know what that would be. I did like it, but I feel a little let down. I can't really put my finger on why. <br/><br/>The strengths of this book are in the women. I really loved reading about many of them. I feel like there definitely could have been more information on them, and less on some other stuff. However, there are SO MANY characters in this book, and only a few are really standouts. <br/><br/>As with most of the long King books, I would probably love it more if it was 100-200 pages shorter &#x1f602;.<br/><br/>Overall, it was pretty good; unfortunately, it's not one of my favorites."

"I liked it!! This actually took me almost a month to read though…. It didn’t necessarily keep me drawn to it for more than a chapter or two at a time. I will say, the ending was a bit disappointing too!! I almost wish that it ended the other way… I did love how almost every character had their own insane character arcs… even the fox :)Overall I give it a 8/10. "

"Unsettling premise, interwoven small-town plot-threads, feminism and social imbalance commentary, all bound in a soft-textured hardcover. Wonderfully written, too"

"I really enjoyed this one, the story was different than anything I've read before. "

"Starts off slow but keeps you reading !"

"I loved this book, it was exciting and I love how you knew what every character thought! "

"I felt like when I opened the book to 3+ pages of brief character descriptions, I was in deep trouble with this one. I've got three major complaints about the novel, which are as follows: 1. The book is WAY too long. It isn't until ~350 pages into the novel where one of the major characters we follow, Lila, falls asleep and we get a hint into what the women are experiencing. What happens before that point? An overload of characters, getting mad at each other, creating useless drama, talking about how Eve is special and doing nothing about it, and basically just doing **** all. 2. This book could have had two or three well-developed characters in each location/group (the prison, the police, and the townspeople) in order to get an equally well-rounded story. Instead, you have a bunch of characters who I don't care about and most of them are caricatures. Why are ALL the men violent and overreactive? Half the women don't matter only to say if they're awake or not awake. Characters die, who gives a ****, there's like 80 of them! 3. Holy mother of plot holes. I had questions about the novel that I don't think ever really got answered. I hit ~550 pages in and realized that I really didn't care how it ended, but I was already literally 80% of the way through the book, so I just trucked through. I have yet to be 100% blown away by a King novel, but there are two on the 1,000 books list. Maybe they'll be better, but this wasn't it."

"Loved this. Very unique!"