First off I'll say that I did enjoy this book very much. I had a bit of trouble trying to follow the story in the very beginning because I had to stop and look up several words. I kind of felt like unusual words were thrown in just to make the story sound "smarter", if that makes any sense. I say that mainly because in the rest of the story there wasn't a single word I needed to look up. Past the beginning though the flow was perfect and I finished listening to this book in one day. I enjoyed the story and the deterioration of the mental state. Highly recommend! The apocalypse in this novel is not natural disasters induced by climate change, thermonuclear war, a global pandemic or zombies, but a worldwide bout of insomnia, the cause of which remains inexplicable.Society's downward trajectory as people cease to function normally is a well-worn narrative, but things are kept fresh with the various ways in which the sleep-deprivation induced psychoses manifest themselves. The author has made the unfortunate choice of peppering the novel with references to social networking media, which will only serve to date the novel in the future. There is one particularly nauseating scene of a sexual nature which could have been safely left out without damaging the narrative. Both of these issues have tipped this from 4 stars to 3.
What do You think about Álmatlanok (2014)?
I enjoyed the style of writing and the storyline.
—5230
Excellent concept, and a very good read.
—anne2595
