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When All the World Sleeps
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Daniel Whitlock is terrified of going to sleep. And rightly so; he sleepwalks, with no awareness or memory of his actions. Including burning down Kenny Cooper's house - with Kenny inside it - after Kenny brutally beat him for being gay. Back in the tiny town of Logan after serving his prison sentence, Daniel isolates himself in a cabin in the woods and chains himself to his bed at night.
Like the rest of Logan, local cop Joe Belman doesn't believe Daniel's absurd defense. But when Bel saves Daniel from a retaliatory fire, he discovers that Daniel might not be what everyone thinks: killer, liar, tweaker, freak. Bel agrees to control Daniel at night - for the sake of the other townsfolk. Daniel's fascinating, but Bel's not going there.
Yet as he's drawn further into Daniel's dark world, Bel finds that he likes being in charge. And submitting to Bel gives Daniel the only peace he's ever known. But Daniel's demons won't leave him alone, and he'll need Bel's help to slay them once and for all - assuming Bel is willing to risk everything to stand by him.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 08-03-2021
Good Story
I liked the story but found the narrator was probably not the right fit. Bell was suppose to be younger yet he sounded like he was in at least his mid 30's, not his early 20s
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
Visceral. Emotional. Stunning.
I read this book as an arc prior to release. I also own a copy and now I own the Audible version. And, if I can, I’ll buy it in paperback because I love it. Bel and Daniel are special characters. So the writing is superb, a seamless effort by Henry and Rock. There’s oodles of hurt/comfort in When all the World Sleeps. There’s so much angst. Also moments of humour, private and deeply personal ones. But most of all, there are memorable characters; Daniel who has been bullied and harassed while no one cared because he was different. Gay in small town America, but even more than that, he suffers from parasomnias, and now Kenny Cooper is dead and no one has time for a young man who was let down by everyone... until Bel. And speaking of, Bel is a study in a what upgrading your beliefs looks like.
Joe Belman is a deputy in Logan, South Carolina but before being a deputy, he worked at local convenience store Harnees and sold Daniel the usual Mountain Dew chocolate bar... and on one night, a lighter. The night former school football player and active violent bully burned to death in his house that Daniel set on fire while sleep walking.
This sets the scene for 4 years later when Kenny’s thuggish mates are still in Logan and so is the paroled Daniel. He lives outside town in a shack and occasionally visits Greeducks, the local ‘misfits’ bar. He and Deputy Belman meet again but this time Bel’s childhood fantasies of Daniel are conflicting. Daniel killed a man. Got off on a BS defence and now seems more crazy, stirring up the locals out for revenge.
What happens from here is a sad, powerful, deeply emotional story with hope. There’s definitely hope. When one person tries to understand, to care, what a difference it can make.
Now to the narration. Wow. Just wow! Greg Tremblay delivers a tour deforce in his voice work of the MCs. I could not have hoped for a better representation of Bel and Daniel. The book is powerful but hearing it through Tremblay’s delivery had me crying, smiling, raging, hoping all over again (in spite of already knowing the ending), and loving two of the most wonderful characters I’ve read. It was made more powerful because of his pitch perfect narration. Having earbuds on, listening to Bel and Daniel’s story this time made my heart want to explode out of my chest because of the immense feelings he perfectly conveyed.
If you can handle an intense gay romance, a walk on the angst side, then do yourself a huge favour and grab this audiobook.
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