It's Lame....

I've had this on my bookshelf for ages and finally picked it up because it was a lightweight paperback to take on the plane. It served its purpose as something to read, but it annoyed me in several ways. The main character was a teacher; I was a substitute and my sister and friend are teachers, and the descriptions of classrooms and schools in the book did not ring true. None of the characters were particularly interesting either and the evil corporation conspiracy storyline was cliche. Plus the story involved around the concept "noble natives" as connected to nature compared to the people in town people who blindly working at an oil refinery, which is destroying nature. It all felt like it was borrowing old ideas, tropes, and stereoypes mixed together into a novel. Not a winner.

Audio

A bit dated but still worth reading.

I gave it 4⭐️ when I might have give it a 3⭐️ even though I clocked the bad guy RIGHT away only due to the fact it was intriguing enough to make me want to see how it was pulled off.

Der Titel der Originalausgabe("Sleepwalk") trifft deutlich besser auf die Handlung zu. Es geht nämlich nicht darum, irgendjemanden in der Stadt zu halten, bzw. ihn zu bestrafen falls er vorhaben sollte, wegzugehen. Ziel ist vielmehr ordentliche und artige Bürger zu schaffen, die tun, was man ihnen aufträgt und zwar ohne nach dem Grund zu fragen.

Mein erster Roman von John Saul, ich hatte mich auf ein spannendes Horrorbuch gefreut und war dann am Ende doch etwas enttäuscht. Die Geschichte ist nicht unbedingt langweilig, nett zu lesen, aber mir fehlte dabei eine ordentliche Portion Spannung. Der Horror blieb aus. Auch der indianische bzw. mystische Teil, der durch den Großvater von Jed einfloss, hat das Ganze nicht retten können.

This one was a bit slow to start, but did pick up and had a pretty good, if abrupt, ending.

I read the digital edition of this book. I have to say I missed the feel of the book in my hand. Still, it was a good read, and not nearly as "out there" or creepy as some of the John Saul books I've read. After having spent time in New Mexico, it was interesting to read a book set there. I might like to read it again in regular book form, but I would definitely recommend it for people who like this genre.

"Sonámbulos" (Sleepwalk) es una novela de terror de 446 páginas publicada en 1990 en la que un pequeño pueblo junto al desierto es afectado por un problema aparentemente sanitario. Pero sus protagonistas pronto descubrirán que hay algo más. Otra maravillosa novela de John Saul que, a pesar del tiempo, nunca defrauda. Muy recomendada para los lectores aficionados al género.

Absolutely a Must Read!!

One of the most exciting and thrilling stories I have ever read. It grabs your attention from the first page,and it will hold your attention until the last word. Makes you cry, makes you laugh, keeps you on the edge of imagination until you are ready to jump through the wall!!

Saul has a way of grabbing the reader's attention in just the first few pages and keeping that attention throughout his entire novels. Each one of his books brings a new story of some of humankind's greatest fears and Sleep Walk is no exception. He is also able to introduce new fears into a world that is already full of them. I wish I could only know where he comes up with the fantastic tales of terror and horror that he is able to weave into a perfect story.



Sleep Walk takes place in a small town in the desert of America. Strange things have been happening as they always seem to do in stories that thrill and terrify the reader. A former resident comes back to the small town to teach in the school she grew up in. Not much has changed since she left and has come back, and the longer she stays in the town, this starts to change. Kids that have normally been trouble makers are suddenly complacent and follow orders no matter the order given to them. Other members of the town start dying and have medical issues that there is no pre-warning for. To top it all off a big oil company comes in and buys out the smaller one that hosts the majority of the jobs in the small town and things get even weirder than that.



Saul's books are ones that I need to read more of. I find them easy to get into and they keep me reading page after page until the book is finished or my eyes are drooping. Just when you think you have the plot and the ending figured out, he likes to throw another curve ball at you.