The first book I read by John Saul and one of his best.

SAUL NEVER WRITES TO WASTE YOUR TIME....
ALWAYED PREPARED TO UNLEASH A TALE OF UNCERTAINTY AND A CLIMAX THAT WILL KEEP YOU UNSEATED AND FROTHING FROM THE MOUTH AND THE BRAIN.
OH THAT WAS SOO GOOD!!!
GOD THAT WAS SO GOOD!!!!!

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.

If you are looking for a gory horror novel that will scare you out of your mind, well this one isn't for you, but I thought it was fantastic nonetheless. This book is chalked full or conspiracy theories of corporate overlords, and Native American mysticism, and the combination of the two made it both engaging and entertaining. This is a solid PG-13 book, so while it is unsettling, it would still be a great book for someone who wants to dip their toes into the horror pool, but as an avid horror reader, I also really, really enjoyed it! It makes you really think both of how far people are willing to go to get what they want, and the risks others will take to protect themselves, and others, from those people.

I read this book for the first time when I was in high school and I don't remember it being so creepy. I loved it then and I loved it the second time around. John Saul is an amazing storyteller and he just pulls you in from the first page and holds you all the way to the end. I think rereading this book as an adult makes it a bit more unnerving because I know that this is very possible.

This is the first book that I ever read by John Saul. The story takes place in a small town called Borrego in New Mexico. Something is going on in this town. They have oil wells and for some confidence the original owner of this company is dead from a stroke. The company is being brought out by another company and he dies and his house is burnt to the ground and his wife is killed. Prior to his death a teacher dies the same way from a stroke. On top of that one of the brightest students wakes up one night and sleepwalks to the top of a Mesa and commits suicide. All of the students are acting as robots for some strange reason. This is the premise of the book. The last 24 pages of the book is great and very tense. You have here a great mystery as well as a great science fiction novel. The character building in the book was great. This book is a great read and should not be missed.

This is a book about a dam

Not an amazing book...slightly entertaining.

Average, good story, but it was hard to motivate myself to finish it at a fast pace.

I have been very busy. This is a well written and interesting book

A very generous 2 stars. One of Saul's very lackluster efforts.

Eh, it's okay. Not as interesting as the blurb indicates.