The Sleepless, a review by Kristin

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The Sleepless
By: Liam Bell

Publication Date: September 28, 2023
Published By: Fly On The Wall press
321 pages

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BLURB

What if I told you that sleep was just a habit? What if the third of your life you spend asleep, you could be awake instead?

Grafton is a single dad who works in local radio, but heā€™s always dreamt of being a ā€˜realā€™ journalist. When he gets a whiff of a story ā€“ a Scottish commune whose residents believe that sleep is a social construct ā€“ he decides to investigateā€¦ something tells him ā€˜the Sleeplessā€™ might finally provide answers about his wife, Liz, who abandoned him and their son Isaac for a similar cult in India.

Born out of COVID-19ā€™s age of ā€˜alternative truthsā€™, this commune set in Ardnamurchan, Scotland, rejects societal routines of sleep with the aim of achieving a toxin cleanse, a nirvana of sorts…

However Grafton finds the truth of the commune is much more sinister and its governance thirsts for blood, using torturous methods to keep its followers weakā€¦

As Grafton is drawn deeper into the extreme world of the Sleepless, Liz reappears, and Grafton has to race to save both himself and his sonā€¦

MY REVIEW

I jumped at trying to get onto this book tour because I love cult books. Iā€™ve always been so interested in what makes a person decide to join a cult. The cultā€™s beliefs were intriguing, and it seemed harmless enough until I kept reading. There were a few scenes that made me grimace but that is just because I am squeamish.

This book is told in multiple points of view. It felt a little slow burn-ish, and it lead up to some very suspenseful scenes towards the end. At that point, I was rushing through the page because I wanted to know how it was going to end. So I think this is best described as a slow burning page turner!

 

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