Disclaimer: It didn't make me fall asleep!

This Book Will Make You Fall Asleep by Jean Z. Lucas falls short of expectations for me. While it features charming cartoon drawings of sheep and some simple activities like mazes and word searches, the content lacks depth and substance. The book offers only a handful of common-sense bedtime tips and sleep-related quotes.

I received a free ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The illustrations in this book are cute. The puzzles are simple. I think it accomplishes what it set out to do. It entertains while you try to fall asleep/

If the book’s intent was to make me fall asleep through boredom, it succeeded in making me feel sleepy. Most of the book is just drawings of sheep either with a night cap or are colored with a few quotes about the importance of sleeping said by famous people and simple puzzles here and there. I guess the intent was to count the sheep and be sleepy afterwards, but the book feels empty to me because it’s the same sheep everywhere.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a digital copy for an honest review.

This book is quite true to its title. It is very whimsical in style, because the majority of the pages are cartoons of a flock of sheep, mostly white ones but with the odd black one thrown in for variety. Interspersed between the sheep pages are little quotes or tips to help the reader improve their sleep habits. I reviewed an ebook edition which would not be the recommended format for anyone buying the book for themselves or as a gift.

I was interested in this because I have always found it hard to fall asleep. I want to see if something from this book would help me fall alseep, but I couldn't. It was entertaining but not what I needed.

This Book Will Make You Fall Asleep from Andrews McMeel Publishing is an absolutely adorable book in which you make friends with Kip the sheep who will guide you from awake to asleep.

The book includes sleep hygiene types and quotes related to sleep. My favourite:

“Life is something to do when you can’t get to sleep.” – Fran Lebowitz

There are puzzles, including mazes where you have to get Kip to the pillow, word searches for sleep-related dwords, and a sort of Where’s Waldo to find the sleeping sheep.

The book is packed with plenty of woolly illustrated friends wearing cute little striped sleeping caps. Feel like counting sheep? This book would be perfect for that. The sheep per page ratio steadily grows as the book goes on, so by the time you’re at the end of the book the page is jam-packed with woolly friends.

So yeah, loved this – cuteness overload.

It was a nice little read. It didn’t make me fall asleep, but it did keep me entertained for a little while.

Lots and lots of sheep. Didn't put me to sleep, little tips scattered among tons of sheep.
I understand the idea behind the book, but it didn't relax me st all, it annoyed me instead.
Thanks to NetGalley for a copy in exchange for honest review.

A humorous gift book designed to help the reader fall asleep through a variety of illustrated games and puzzles, advice on sleeping, and statements from famous historical figures on the subject of sleep.

This Book Will Make You Fall Asleep is a cute gift book full of short puzzles, quotes, and pages full of little sheep in nightcaps to count. Due out 7th Jan 2020 from Andrews McMeel, it's 160 pages and will be available in hardcover and ebook formats.

This book is, quite simply, pages and pages of cute sheep (see cover), interspersed with about 30% of the content given over to puzzles (guide Kip the sheep through the maze to his pillow) or 1 page quotes pertaining to sleep. There are a few simple tips for getting to sleep which won't be a surprise for anyone who has ever Googled 'insomnia'.

This might make a cute gift for a coworker or friend. Two and a half stars. I rounded up because Kip was a very cute name choice in this context.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

How cute was this? This would make a great gift to the insomniac in your life. The mix or puzzles and quotes about sleep made this a quick and enjoyable read.

This was a cute gift book with comical sheep, quotes on sleep and soothing tones to lull you to rest. Some of the puzzles were repetitive but I would be happy to receive this as a present.
I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

For someone with consistent migraines and inadequate sleep, this was refreshing to read and well written. Addressing sleep problems and simple practical suggestions ro help tackle them.

This is a lovely, fun book filled with simple activities to occupy the mind away from your insomnia and hopefully guide you into sleep! Filled with counting sheep pages, a few puzzles and useful tips, this is a quirky way to address your sleep issues!

A truly creative and effective way to fall asleep with a book. The sleep evoking options are many and I must admit it was hard to stay awake but I mean that in the most positive way in that it really worked.

This book is so cute, I wish I'd received it as a gift and may very well give it as one in the future. It isn't some high-and-mighty book proclaiming to know all the secrets to curing insomnia or a dull self-help novel you'll never find time to read. Instead, it's an adorable book which uses repetitive tasks and puzzles with a dash of humour and some useful (if also very common) tips to guide you into a state of readiness for sleep.

Due to the review copy I received being a digital edition, I definitely feel like I missed out on some of the charm and usefulness of this book. Having it open on a phone's reading app is not going to help with sleep no matter what and several of the activities were impossible to complete due to spanning two pages instead of one. As such, I'm doing a tiny bit of guessing when I rate it and going more on cuteness and presumed usefulness to decide my rating.

Overall, I liked this book. There wasn't much to read, but what was there seemed large enough it could be read without my glasses - a plus for the concept of helping with sleep. And Kip the sheep? Oh, I adore him so! As a gift for a loved one who stays up too late on occasion, this would be a home run. As a tool for someone battling crippling insomnia... well, it will at least give them something to do while trying to sleep, but I highly doubt it'll fix their problems.

(Disclaimer: I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley for purposes of reading and reviewing. The opinions expressed are my own and the review is honest.)

Truth is, I don't think this book would ever actually help anyone fall asleep. There are some way-too-obvious tips that I'm sure anyone who ever had trouble getting to sleep has already tried, and there are well-chosen quotes, and some exercises to do. In addition to, of course, many-many sheep to count. It sounds good. It looks good. I'm sure no one would sleep better, though. Not me, that's for sure.

I do think, though, that this book would make a great gift for someone who's for example a legendary not-good-sleeper among friends or family. It's funny and cute. No rational point in buying it, but I would actually get one to my best friend (she had trouble sleeping since we were little kids), because it would be funny and she would love these sheep.

Hell, I love these sheep, too.

As someone who has trouble falling asleep, I was really looking forward to this book. Unfortunately, I was unable to get this to open on any reader I have therefore I'm unable to review it.

A gift book, mostly full of drawings of sheep, but also quotes about sleeping and little puzzles to distract the restless mind. Nothing deep, fine for what it is.

This was such a cute book, with puzzles and illustrations that were super fun. I loved the quotes and bedtime sleep tips, and will be sure to utilize them. It certainly makes you more motivated to sleep earlier, and get better sleep. I actually looked forward to reading this book as I went to bed every night, and recommend it as a gift for yourself, or a friend.