Book: Insomnia
Author: J.R.
Johansson
Publisher: Flux
Date: Now available
Source: Publisher via
Netgalley
My grade: A
Her eyes saved his
life.
Her dreams released
his darkness.
After four years of
sleeplessness, high school junior Parker Chipp can't take much more. Every
night, instead of sleeping, he enters the dreams of the last person he's made
eye contact with. If he doesn't sleep soon, Parker will die.
Then he meets Mia. Her
dreams, calm and beautifully uncomplicated, allow him blissful rest that is
utterly addictive. But what starts out as a chance meeting turns into an
obsession; Parker's furious desire for what he needs pushes him to extremes he
never thought he'd go. And when someone begins to terrorizing Mia with twisted
death threats, Parker's memory blackouts leave him doubting his own innocence.
Initial reaction
Thank goodness there’s a sequel….this book was creepy good!
Cover story
Creeptastic! I love
this cover. I think it also has great
“boy appeal”. I like the title too. I mean, we all know how horrible it is to
suffer from insomnia, so it’s relatable.
And it makes me want to pick up the book and see what’s what.
What’s the Story?
This book was really cool.
I really liked it. It’s about
this boy, Parker, who basically hasn’t slept in 4 years. Why?
Because when he goes to sleep, he actually just enters the dream of the
last person whose eyes he met. And so he
watches that person’s dream or nightmare all night and wakes up the next
morning with no sleep of his own. But
then, miraculously, one night he meets eyes with a girl he doesn’t know because
he almost hit her car on his way home.
And he’s able to enter her dream and go to sleep in it! It’s the first time he’s slept in 4 years!
Of course, she shows up the next day as a new girl at his
school. So he basically goes all
stalkerish on her as he tries to look at her eyes every day so that he can
sleep.
Now, at the same time, he seems to be developing that alter
ego that he calls Darkness. It’s him,
but with a dark side. And as he stalks
Mia more and more, she becomes afraid of him because she is actually being
stalked by someone. So all these
mysterious things start happening and Parker isn’t sure if it’s him or not and
he thinks he’s blacking out and doing stuff and…….you get the picture, right?
I thought this book was a great thriller. I was on the edge of my seat trying to figure
out who the mysterious people were, who the stalker was, if Parker was a good
guy or a bad guy or what. I couldn’t put
it down. So I guess it gave me some
insomnia! But seriously, if you like paranormal thrillers that are a
little on the creepy side, I suggest you pick this one up.
The Soundtrack
Every Breath You Take by The Police
I Will Possess Your Heart by Death Cab for Cutie
Sleeping Sickness by City & Colour
Insomnia by Faithless
Burn by Nine Inch Nails
Perfect Insanity by Disturbed
Welcome to My Nightmare by Alice Cooper
The Final Grade
My final grade for this book is an A. It’s a paranormal psychological thriller that
had me turning pages as fast as I could.
I liked Parker a lot and I can’t wait to see what is going to happen in
the next book.
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