The Edge of Sleep
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Average rating4.3
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Average rating4.3
What if the whole world fell asleep...and didn’t wake up again? Dave Torres, a night watchman in a placid coastal town, knows all about sleep troubles. Since childhood, he’s battled terrors and nightmares. Sometimes those battles leak into his waking life, with disastrous consequences for those he loves. Now Dave lives alone and self-medicates to neutralize his dreams. It’s not much of a life, he knows. The morning after Independence Day, Santa Mira, California, is so quiet Dave can hear the ocean from miles away. Traffic signals blink from red to green over empty intersections. Storefronts remain locked up tight. Every radio station whispers static. And all over town, there are bodies, lying right where their owners left them. Dead right where they slept. Dave—along with his ex-girlfriend, Katie, his best friend, Matteo, and Linda, a nurse he’s just met—struggle to unravel the mystery before sleep overtakes them all. Except the answer to the mystery might lie in the one place that frightens Dave most: His twisted, unnerving dreams. Now Dave and his friends must straddle the liminal boundary between life and death as they fight to save everyone they’ve ever loved—and to keep their eyes open. Because if any of them falls asleep now, it will be the last thing they ever do.
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I just finished The Edge of Sleep By Jake Emanuel, Willie Block, Jason Gurley and here are my thoughts!
Who knew one day that going to sleep would be the end for life as you know it.
Dave has had sleep issues since he was a child so he is no stranger to not sleeping which may well have saved his life.
When the world around him is silent and the only people who didn't fall asleep are his best friend Matteo, his ex-girlfriend Katie and a nurse they find at the hospital, the unlikely team soon discover that the way to salvation is through Dave's dream. They have a destination but can they get there before someone else falls asleep?
This book was so weird. So weird. It's one of those books that makes you want to talk about it to anyone else who has read it. I do hope there is another book but the ending left me really unsatisfied. I hate not getting an actual answer to the millions of questions I now have floating around in my head. Is everyone really dead or did they end up somewhere else? How did Katie end up at the pyramid? If they were already dead, how did they all manage to stay together!! I then found out this is a podcast so it's now on my list to get to.
I felt the characters were a tad undeveloped for my liking but I think this may have been done on purpose and again, there better be a second book. I thought the concept was exceptional and very well executed.
I felt there were a few too many POVs that I don't think needed to be there but I am probably in the minority here. It was a very thought provoking book and my take on it was very different to other readers which I loved. The conversations were so great!
3.5 stars. Don't let my opinions sway you. I am a wrap it all up with a bow reader and this book didn't do that for me so it lost a star for that. Those people who love books that leave it open ended will get a kick out of this one. It was a clever mix of horror and sci-fi so check it out! OUT NOW!
Thank you @stmartinspress for my gifted copy
