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Sleeping Beauties

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Sleeping Beauties

By: Stephen King, Owen King
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
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 A spectacular father/son collaboration like no other, 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...

The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain?

Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a women's prison, SLEEPING BEAUTIES is a wildly provocative, gloriously absorbing father/son collaboration between Stephen King and Owen King.

(P)2017 Simon & Schuster©2017 Owen King Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Fantasy Fiction

Critic reviews

No longer content with dominating the horror genre for decades, Stephen King now seems set on creating top-notch chillers as a family business....kick-started by a very Kingish high concept...made immersively believable by the usual Kingian control of a vast cast of brilliantly drawn characters. Bravo
'A beauty of a horror tale...The first epic collaboration between Stephen King and son Owen King is ambitious, heartbreaking and, when it comes to its central horrors, all too timely...The Kings create a thought-provoking work that examines a litany of modern-day issues
A bulging, colourful epic; a super-sized happy meal, liberally salted with supporting characters and garnished with splashes of arterial ketchup. (Xan Brooks)
Easily devoured, and I look forward to the next book from either or both Kings eagerly.... One of my favourite books of the year.
This delicious first collaboration between Stephen King (Doctor Sleep) and his son Owen (Intro to Alien Invasion) is a horror-tinged realistic fantasy that imagines what could happen if most of the women of the world fall asleep, leaving men on their own...The authors' writing is seamless and naturally flowing...once the action begins, it barrels along like a freight train'
The prose never loses its vitality and humour; the ideas are always intriguing; and there's no gainsaying the adventurousness and ambition
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Great story, brilliant narration . This is pure nasty but nice King work. Please do constant listener😁😈😁

Fantastic

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Ok but found it rambled on far to much I found it hard to stay with the story maybe it should have been half a long

Fell short for me

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What did you like most about Sleeping Beauties?

I loved how the story unfolded, the ins and outs for the first half of the book.

Has Sleeping Beauties put you off other books in this genre?

No not at all.

Any additional comments?

I lost interest towards the end, it had become too predictable, it was like the Author had given up. I was really looking forward to this book too but I didn't finish it.

I loved most of the book!

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Was disappointed by this novel. Two Kings! Would have thought twice as good but I don't t think so. It kept straying away from the main theme and I actually got opted. I usually love Stephen King books. Quite upset I wasn't thrilled with this one.

Dissappointrd

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Firstly, the narrator of this book is second to none. She does an absolutely fantastic job and easily is the best audio actor I've heard. The story is very engaging right from the start, the characters are strong and well developed throughout.

Fantastically read 😊

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