Official Review: Hypersomnolence by Stanley Michelsen

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Re: Official Review: Hypersomnolence by Stanley Michelsen

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This is an interesting and intense story. The power of power and money is almost unstoppable.
Great review.
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This book seemed intriguing at first, particularly the combination of historical fiction and what might be more mystical or paranormal elements with the bodies appearing in the main character’s dreams. However, the weak points mentioned in the review might be dealbreakers for me. Something like needs suspense and a good twist. The disrespect towards Islam MIGHT have been the character’s attitude, but there are better ways to portray it, and frankly, unless the book somehow made it clear that this was a flaw in the character—which it doesn’t seem to—then it just seems like disrespect for the sake of disrespecting that religion. Others might enjoy this book, but given all these other factors, I’ll have to give it some thought. Thank you for the helpful review.
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This fictional book narrates a battle among oil-producing countries, mainly Saudi Arabia, Russia, and the USA. The author presents a riveting tale that will leave readers yearning for more.
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Oil producing countries trying to get more money for their oil by distablizing the economy of oil-buying countries. This isn't a new theme in non-fiction but it tends to play our differently with each story. I'd like to see how this author approaches the plot.
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An interesting review of a book with a good mixture of fiction and reality or experience. Though I'm not interested in the subject but kudos to the reviewer.
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Your review presents the book as a good one although I don't think the book would be suitable for me. Thank you for such a nice review.
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This storyline seems very engaging and educative. Nice review and congrats on being the book of the day.
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If Sidney Krogh's dreams have a part to play in this, it makes me wonder if this story is sci-fi, which would be weird and unconventional. But a good author can work around that so I'd like to see how he combines the theme of sci-fi with economic espionage.
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This seems like an intriguing thriller story which involves countries like the US, Russia and the Arab countries, and conflict between them for a greater hold over the fossil fuels. As mentioned in the review, I also guess that some text in this read may be sensitive for religious folks. Thank you for the great review!
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This is fun-to-read writings with lots of action. It's interesting to know how giant countries like America able to protect their territories.
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While the premise sounds interesting, I think it is important that the story does not create a bad image of any particular religion. I hope the author rectifies this error.
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I'd have to read the book in its entirety to get to the meat of it, but I like how it begins. That's with a simple but informative summary of the earth’s history.
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This seems to be an entertaining historical fiction with the theme of political drama. And I'm curious about the narrative for the conscious and subconscious states of the protagonist. Thank you for the review.
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Post by Milothehippo »

The story sounds interesting and real, especially when it's about oil production, Russia and America. I like it how the review indicated the religion disrespection from the book. A nice heads-up for those who need it. Great review!
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