Name: Insomnia
ISBN: 9780008289140

Sarah Pinborough

Insomnia

In this twisty, mind-bending thriller from the bestselling author of Behind Her Eyes, Emma Averell worries that her crippling insomnia is a sign that she's slowly going insane--like the mother she's worked so hard to leave in her past. Emma Averell loves her life--her high-powered legal career, her two beautiful children, and her wonderful stay-at-home husband--but it wasn't always so perfect. When she was just five years old, Emma and her older sister went into foster care because of a horrific incident with their mother. Her sister can remember a time when their mother was loving and "normal," but Emma can only remember her as one thing--a monster. And that monster emerged right around their mother's fortieth birthday, the same age Emma is approaching now. Emma desperately wants to keep her successful life separate from her past, so she has always hidden her childhood trauma. But then she's unable to sleep, and now losing time during the day, also one of the first symptoms her mother showed. Is the madness in her blood, just as her mother predicted? Could she end up hurting her family in her foggy, frenetic state? Or is she truly beginning to lose her mind?

armoni mayes

3.5 stars, was probably better to listen to it as an audiobook than a physical copy

alexandria slocum

wow!! this book was a ride. i read it in 3 days, i couldn’t put it down i was so drawn in. from the very beginning i was hooked and wanted to know what happened. every guess i took ended up wrong and had my jaw dropped at the twist. Insomnia takes you on a thrilling ride about Emma just weeks before her 40th birthday. she’s unable to sleep and feels as though she’s gone crazy with remembering her traumatic past that involved her mom and sister. the closer it gets to her birthday, the worse things get. 5/5 stars, would highly recommend!

I liked how this book follows from the perspective of an unreliable narrator. At one point I did think she was actually going crazy. Overall, this was a really good book, with an interesting plot and an unpredictable ending. 

Olivia 

Melyssa Tromberg 

McKenzie McWhorter

The ending of Insomnia was so unique and interesting, I loved it!

I found the beginning a little slow but it was still worth the read, every time I thought I had it figured out I was wrong. Overall a really good read.

I was really intrigued by this book because of the author.  I watched Behind Her Eyes before reading the book and thought, damn wonder what the book would've been like. I swore to myself then that I would read the next book she wrote. and voila! I wasn't disappointed. Well, not a LOT.

It was fun to read about Emma's slow descent into madness, but along the way it was TOO slow.
And the constant repetition of the song lyrics wasn't helping; like, yeah I get it? What else??

While the person behind this whole thing was someone I had suspected from the beginning, I wasn't unsure why. I had also thought about the why but did not think they were both related.

I was really satisfied by the ending; the slow and repetitive story got the thrilling ending it deserved. I would definitely read more of her works. I was definitely creeped out by the writing, if that was her objective. I had to read a light romance after this to take my mind off it. 

Insomnia

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