E-audiobook
Sleeping beauties : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781508238133
- ISBN: 1508238138
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (1 sound file (25 hr., 30 min., 55 sec.)) : digital. - Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2017.
- Copyright: ℗2017
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Featuring a conversation with the authors"--container. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Marin Ireland. |
| Source of Description Note: | Hard copy version record. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Demonology -- Fiction Women -- Fiction Sleep -- Fiction Demonology Women Sleep FICTION / Horror Fiction Horror Suspense Thriller |
| Genre: | Horror fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Suspense fiction. Horror fiction. Suspense fiction. Fiction. Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |
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Electronic resources
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2017 November
Marin Ireland narrates this ambitious, unsettling collaboration between Stephen King and his son Owen. Women all over the world are going to sleep and not waking up. Even weirder, they become shrouded in cocoons, and there are dire consequences to disturbing their slumber. The cause is unknown to all except, maybe, Eve Black, an otherworldly woman who appears in West Virginia and is immune to the sleeping sickness. Though the novel is occasionally overlong and unfocused, Ireland's audio performance is tremendous throughout. She draws from a bottomless well of accents and tonal variations to make every character in this sprawling story sound unique. With each subplot treated with care and nuance, listeners will be hooked as this world without women descends into chaos. A.T.N. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews - Audio And Video Online Reviews 1991-2018
Across the world, women are falling asleep as usual. But instead of waking up, they are enveloped during their sleep in a silky, cocoon-like gauze, which, if tampered with, turns the women violent, dangerous, and even deadly. The men who are left to make sense of this phenomenon devolve into conflict, while the sleeping women continue to exist happily in a peaceful, alternate world. However, one woman, herself immune to the sleeping sickness, promises a solution, provided she can stay alive. The Kings' novel features a small-town Appalachian setting that's brought to life through narrator Ireland's varied and authentic accents. Although it's sometimes difficult to distinguish among the large cast, Ireland keeps listeners firmly immersed in the characters and the provocative story. Her reading conveys the unsettling tone, and the energy injected into the dialogue will make the long listen worth the time. Copyright 2019 Booklist Reviews.
