InsomniaHardcover

I’m reading this book and I look up at the tv and OMG it’s the 50th Anniversary of Roe vs Wade. What a bizarre feeling that I’m reading this book at this time when Roe vs Wade has been overturned. I can’t even believe it. Everything that happened in 1992-3 in this book is still happening to this day in real life, what irony. But to this day in the real world, Roe vs Wade has been over turned. Abortion is illegal in many states now, some states it is a crime punishable by numerous years in jail or worse. Again I just can’t believe it. Art imitating life, life imitating art? What a question….. I don’t want to get all political because this is a book review and I’m not a politician. So back to the review. This is one of Stephen King’s best. I love the characters. I love the Easter Eggs that are peppered all the way through the story. I really love the senior citizens as the heroes in this story, it is also a romance. The love story is sweet and tender. The character building is amazing and detailed. I will be reading this book again probably next year. I need to read the Dark Tower series. I had read reviews that said you could read this book as a standalone. Then I read other reviews that said that you should read the series first. My opinion is that I would have read the series first and then this novel. I think I would have gotten a much better overview of this World. I’m much more interested to take a deep dive into the Dark Tower series than I was before reading Insomnia. I’ve read many Stephen King’s books so I recognized many Easter Eggs and some I didn’t understand. I feel if you just sort of know this World you can read this as a standalone and very much enjoy it. I really love these two quotes, they aren’t long but they are very, very impactful,“done-bun-can’t-be-undone” “Life, Death, the Purpose, the Random”. I’m very interested if these show up in the Dark Tower series. Overall this was a great read.