Apnea

De: Jay Sizemore

Narrado por: Yvonne Roberts

If you fall asleep, you die.

In the future, a virus threatens humanity with extinction. During the Great Sleep, nearly all men on the planet suddenly perish, throwing the world into chaos. For the few left behind, but one hope remains: an experimental drug that keeps carriers of the virus awake for 21 straight days. The treatment offers a slim chance of survival, but those willing to undergo the trial do so at the risk of losing their very minds.

Joseph Conrad is about to begin this treatment...against his will. Listen to the book that others have called, "daringly original," "a real page-turner," and "filled with startling imagery".

If you've enjoyed books such as I am Legend by Richard Matheson, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, or Misery and Gerald's Game by Stephen King, then this novel will surely satisfy your taste for something new. BookLife reviews called Apnea "delightfully surreal," "Cronenbergian," with "arresting prose" and "taboo-flouting horror."

©2023 Larry J. Sizemore (P)2023 Larry J. Sizemore

More like this, please

This novel was like watching a Cronenberg movie. If you are into crazy body horror, don't pass this one up.

Holy Trigger Warning!

Jay Sizemore TAP DANCED on my triggers and left me ready to come back for more. He is seriously not kidding, if there's anything you're sensitive about, he'll find it. I won't go into detail because I went in pretty much blind and I feel like that's the way to go with this one. Unless, of course, you're easily triggered, in which case, use your judgment. This book was the first in one in ages to give me a literal nightmare, which means I am now eagerly awaiting this author's next novel.

Review for Apnea

Loved it, listened to the whole book in a couple of days. Thought provoking.

sick, twisted fun

I saw one review that said if you like cronenberg, and while I'm not here to disagree, were I to make a comparison, I would think mine would be more Clive Barker invades Agrestic .
Gleefully iconoclastic and provocative.

Fantastic

This book was fantastic. It was uncomfortable, it was strange and very different, all in the best ways be possible. it makes you squirm and ask what the heck just happened. Well worth the read.

Amazing world building and existential dread!

I lived in this book. It pulled me in from the very beginning, and then it really sucked me in. Time was irrelevant, I had to know what happened next at the end of every page of this book. It is a tale of post-viral horror. A virus, a cure and heinous side effects of both. It was beautiful. The characters were so clearly described I feel like I know them. I felt their joy, their pain, their loss… everything. I was left horrified time after time and at the end… boom. The perfect ending for a monster of a story.

If you haven’t read APNEA by Jay Sizemore you 100% NEED to. You will not see the end coming. You will not see many things coming in this book. It will shock you, scare you and rewrite your thinking in many ways. Absolutely terrifying world they live in, and the imagery skill flowing from this author is immeasurable. 5/5 or 10/10 or whatever you wanna call it, it definitely needs to be put before many, many pairs of eyes and ears!

Of all the post-apocalyptic/pandemic/medical/militia/existential horror I’ve read… this one surpasses them by far. Such an original concept, such a dark lifestyle, and absolutely amazing characterization. I hated and loved and feared every character in this book and by the end I didn’t know how I felt but I knew how I felt. A truly brilliant book never really leaves you, and this one has not and will not leave me. I’m sharing the heck out of this book every opportunity I get. I’ve seen it all and read it all and this one truly sticks out among a small handful of others that will likely never vacate my being.