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A review by feliciaclark
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King, Owen King
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
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The Kings came together to tell a feminist, post-apocalyptic story. This is a horror fantasy book about what would happen in our modern world if every woman who went to bed never woke up. Instead they ended up in a manless world where they no longer had to fear for their safety or fight for their rights. The men are left in today’s world scrambling to survive in a society without women’s leadership.
I wish this book would have dove more deeply into the women’s perspective but it was a fascinating read nonetheless.
Owen and Stephen King dedicated this book to Sandra Bland, whose death under the surveillance of police at a Texas prison made national news. Say her name.