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Insomnia

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Insomnia

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Eli Wallach
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You'll lose a lot of sleep.... Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start - the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death.

That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting out of control - dangerously so. And why his hometown is about to become the new Armageddon....

©1994 Stephen King (P)1994 Penguin Highbridge
Horror Suspense
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Just not that captivating

I've read a number of King titles recently and enjoyed them all. This one wasn't bad. It just isn't especially good. I kept finding myself drifting off thinking about other things. The narrator is top notch however.

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The story makes up for the horrible music

The music is horrible and too loud but I would give 6 even 7 stars for the story.

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Good narrator, good story, crappy music

Great, exception is the stupid random music they put in. please stop that. It takes you out of the story.

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music is a bit overpowering

Good story, a bit slow but with a good ending, classic Stephen King type of novel. Eli Wallach's narration is very good too but the underlying music can be really disruptive and overpowers the narration at times.

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brilliant

really gripoing all the way through the kind of book i could listen to again

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Wonderful

Stephen King is my favourite author, has been for 46 years. I have read this book several times and listening to it has given me an extra perspective. I enjoyed it all.

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Great story and narration. God awful music.

Great story, rivetting. Eli Wallach's voice is a joy to listen to. The only thing was the music, it was terrible and inappropriate. Marred an otherwise excellent read of a great book.

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Mostly great

I really liked the story and the narrator was good but the discordant music at the end of chapters was really annoying and unnecessary. It tried too hard to be spooky but was just obnoxious.

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Wonderful story!

A fine work by mr. King. The narrator does s great job, but unfortunately he is sometimes drowned out by the at times aggressive intermezzi. Through some openings it's nigh impossible to hear what's being said, as some fantastically annoying electric guitar wails across the entire spectrum.

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Too much music

What three words best describe Eli Wallach’s voice?

Talented voice artist and very easy to listen to.

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There is terrible music all through the performance. I assume it is between chapters. It is distracting, detracts from the performance and ruins it. It is also far too loud for the voice of Eli Wallach to be heard clearly. There should be a warning that there is music introduced to the book.

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