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

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ 4.0

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.