What Would You Do With No Sleep
5 out of 5 stars
To start off, I need to admit that I did not read World War Z, the book that this is considered to be similar to (an oral history of an apocalypse). I’m not sure if I had if it would change my review of Sleep Over or not. With that being said, I loved the heck out of this book. Ironically, I found myself staying up later into the night to finish one more chapter.
Sleep Over follows the premise of what if everyone (and I mean everyone) stopped sleeping at the same time. They don’t know what caused it, but no one could fall asleep. They didn’t know if they were ever going to get a good nights rest again or even a cat nap.
The premise of this felt really unique and different to me. No zombies or flesh-eating virus. Just everyone stops sleeping. The absolute havoc that this would cause around the world would be almost unimaginable. The first few days would be okay since some people were used to pulling an all-nighter for college or a business deadline, but after 3 days or a week without sleep, can you imagine how messed up your brain would be?
The characters were all over the place from different backgrounds and lived all over the world. I loved that it would jump from someone in the US to someone in Ireland and then go somewhere else. It really showed how this affected every single person in the world.
Without giving too much away, I really liked the ending of this. I felt like it could have been rushed, but it had the right “feel” to it. Bells was able to describe what changed and… well, I can’t say much more without ruining the book. I wasn’t sure how it was going to end, but I was happy with it.
The narration provided by a group of awesome narrators made this book for me. I don’t know how much I would have liked it had I read it, but hearing the different accents and the different nuances for each person really took this from good to great.
Overall, Sleep Over is an early contender for one of the best books of 2018. I won’t be forgetting this one anytime soon. Let’s just say the next time I’m up past 2am, I’m going to listen to my body. Since I never know when I’ll get a chance to sleep again.
Book Description:
Sleep Over by H. G. BellsNarrator: Adenrele Ojo, Alana Kerr Collins, Justine Eyre, P.J. Ochlan, Saskia Maarleveld, Tim Campbell
Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
Published by Brilliance Audio on January 16th 2018
Genres: Post-Apocalyptic
About the Author:
H. G. Bells grew up in Gibsons, on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada. She loves the West Coast, and currently lives in Vancouver. Sleep Over is her first novel.
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How did I not hear of this before!! This sounds fantastic and I know where my next credit is going!! Great review.
Please let me know what you think. I really enjoyed this. I find myself continuously thinking about it. Even 4 books later.