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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated Night Walks in Books

Oct 7, 2020  
Night Walks
Night Walks
Charles Dickens | 1869
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This slim book of essays by Dickens is a true joy to read. While not all of these are actually accounts of his wanderings after sunset due to a case of insomnia, all of them have to do with something dark - making it a cohesive collection. Of course, as this is Dickens, the language is a touch difficult at times, but never to the point where readers won't understand the gist.
  
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Detta (1 KP) rated Milkman in Books

Feb 3, 2019  
Milkman
Milkman
Anna Burns | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
2
3.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
It's cured my insomnia (0 more)
Probably the most tedious book I've ever read (0 more)
Tedious
Why use one word when five will do? It's as though the author can't quite decide on which descriptive term to use, so writes a list of alternatives then uses them all.

This makes for a very laborious read. I think the book had something to say, but it didn't say it well. There may well be a story hidden somewhere too.
  
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LikitySpliff (2 KP) created a post

Sep 16, 2017 (Updated Sep 16, 2017)  
Hello Smashbomb World!!

Im new and looking to meet all kinds of ppl from all over the world. Laid back and just an over all chill kind of person. Chatterbox that has super hyper insomnia and am on all kinds of crazy hours. Huge bookworm and gamer of all sorts. I have an American Bulldog and an English Staffy and they make up the majority of my day. Proud mum of 2 boys who live in the US.
      
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Sara Cox (1845 KP) rated Insomnia in Books

Feb 23, 2020  
Insomnia
Insomnia
Marina Benjamin | 2018 | Biography, Mind, Body & Spiritual
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is not what I expected. I checked this book out thinking it was going to be more science based. Instead it was more anecdotal. It was interesting hearing about different aspects of insomnia and what happens to a person. I found this goes a lot of topic at times. Nevertheless it is one of the the most beautifully metamorphically written book I’ve ever read. Listen to it, at times I felt like I was surrounded by colour.
  
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ClareR (5674 KP) rated Insomnia in Books

Jan 15, 2024  
Insomnia
Insomnia
Sarah Pinborough | 2022 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Mystery, Thriller
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Insomnia wasn’t at all what I expected - and that’s a good thing!
Emma is terrified that she will end up like her mother on her 40th birthday: which is only 12 days away. At the same age, her mother became paranoid and tried to kill Emma’s sister. She ends up in a psychiatric hospital for the rest of her life - but not before predicting that Emma will end up the same way.

Emma isn’t sleeping. Is the insomnia an understandable result of the worry and trauma caused by her mother, or is she really going to end up with the same mental illness?

Ooh, this was a twisty-turny one! When Emma starts ‘losing’ parts of her day, even I thought she was heading down the same path as her mother. Trying to keep her disturbed past and her successful present completely separate seems an impossible task, and really piles the tension on.

This was a very tense read, and I was completely hooked - this is one of those books that you won’t want to put down.
  
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Leah Lopez (7 KP) rated Mayhem in Books

Nov 6, 2019  
Mayhem
Mayhem
Sarah Pinborough | 2013
8
8.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Battling with insomnia, and his addictions to Laudanum and the Opium dens of London, Dr Bond, (a) Police Surgeon, is assigned to help identify (the) mutilated female corpses'-inspired by true events-The Thames Torso Murders-found in the gaslit Victorian era of London.

Jack the Ripper is the accused but Dr Bond believes the eerie deaths are the works of somebody, or something else and sets out to find whoever, or whatever, it is.

Based on true events, Sarah Pinborough has added a supernatural ending.