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mae
05-03-2010, 08:01 AM
Insomnia, 1994
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/Insomnia_trade_face.jpg

Please grade Insomnia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia_(novel)) in the following three areas using the grades A, B, or C:


Strength of Plot
Character Development
Quality of the Story's Ending


If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure to select only one grade in each grading area. For complete instructions, see this post (http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showpost.php?p=314275&postcount=1).
Daghain
05-03-2010, 08:03 AM
Two B's, and an A for character development. I think King did a good job there, but the story dragged a bit for me and I think the ending could have been better.
Jean
05-03-2010, 08:41 AM
totally the same
DoctorDodge
05-03-2010, 09:07 AM
Plot: B
Development: A
Ending: A

Whilst the plot moved very, very slowly, the development of the main characters was what kept me reading, and I loved the whole bittersweet ending of the novel.
Daghain
05-03-2010, 09:49 AM
totally the same

:thumbsup:
mae
05-03-2010, 10:42 AM
Yup, this is definitely a character novel. Loved it, straight As.
Sam
05-03-2010, 07:37 PM
One of my favorites, BUT the story did drag in places. Intentionally so I think, but dragging is draggin whether you mean to or not.

BAA
BROWNINGS CHILDE
05-03-2010, 07:39 PM
AAB, Very few endings are gonna get an A from me.
John_and_Yoko
05-03-2010, 10:36 PM
Man, three choices are not enough....

I gave it all Bs, but that's only because I want to reserve As for the absolute best....

B for plot because while I enjoyed it very much, it's too dependent on TDT series to stand on its own.

B for character because while there was some character development, I've seen better, more memorable examples.

B for the ending because while it impacted me emotionally, I would only give two Stephen King works As here.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
05-03-2010, 10:44 PM
wow, all B's. That surprises me coming from you J and Y.
John_and_Yoko
05-03-2010, 10:50 PM
wow, all B's. That surprises me coming from you J and Y.

That's why I said three choices weren't enough (heck, three OPTIONS aren't enough!). My votes don't really reflect the fact that it's my third favorite of Stephen King's works, but I had to vote honestly on the criteria given, and I gave my reasons.
Melike
05-03-2010, 11:18 PM
Another AAB from me. This is a work of favorite charaters of mine; Atropos especially.
pathoftheturtle
05-04-2010, 06:43 AM
I can tell you right now that a few of King's books would make me long for an "F" option on some categories like these.

This one, IMO:
C
B
C
mae
05-11-2010, 05:04 AM
The poll has closed. This round Insomnia has earned an OAG (overall average grade) of 2.434782609 or 81.16% in addition to its FAS (final average score), making it 6.476449276 or 80.96%. In 2009, Insomnia received an OAG of 2.598290598 for a FAS of 6.663507989, so it lost 0.187058713 (-2.81%) this time.

Grade breakdown:
Strength of Plot: 2.391304348 (79.71%)
Character Development: 2.695652174 (89.86%)
Quality of the Story's Ending: 2.217391304 (73.91%)