I tried multiple times to pick this book up and push through but unfortunately I just couldn’t get into it. I’m not a huge fan of the art style, I appreciate NetGalley and the Publishers for giving me this arc in exchange for my honest review!

Had read the book before so it was great to see it in a new way. Enjoyed the art style. Great adaptation of the story.

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this eARC.

“Sleeping Beauties: Deluxe Remastered Edition” is a visually stunning and narratively gripping adaptation of the novel by Stephen King and Owen King. This graphic novel, brought to life by the artistic prowess of Alison Sampson and the narrative adaptation by Rio Youers, offers a fresh and immersive experience for both fans of the original book and newcomers alike.

The story unfolds in the small town of Dooling, where a mysterious phenomenon known as the Aurora virus causes women to fall into a deep, cocoon-like sleep. As the world grapples with this bizarre epidemic, the town becomes a microcosm of societal tensions and gender dynamics. The men, left to their own devices, must navigate a world without women, leading to chaos and introspection.

Sampson’s illustrations are haunting and beautiful, capturing the eerie atmosphere of the story perfectly. The use of color and shading adds depth to the narrative, making the supernatural elements feel tangible and real. Each panel is meticulously crafted, drawing readers into the unsettling world of Dooling.

The writing is equally compelling. Rio Youers does an excellent job of condensing the sprawling narrative of the original novel into a graphic format without losing its essence. The dialogue is sharp and the pacing is brisk, keeping readers engaged from start to finish. The themes of gender, power, and societal breakdown are explored with nuance and sensitivity, making this more than just a horror story.

What sets this edition apart is its deluxe remastering. The enhanced visuals and additional content provide a richer reading experience.

For those who have read the original novel, this graphic adaptation offers a new perspective, while newcomers will find it an accessible entry point into the world of “Sleeping Beauties.”

“Sleeping Beauties: Deluxe Remastered Edition” is a must-read for fans of horror and graphic novels. It combines the storytelling prowess of the Kings with stunning visuals, creating a unique and unforgettable reading experience.

Whether you’re a long-time fan or a newcomer, this graphic novel is sure to leave a lasting impression.

I’m conflicted on this one. If I could rate it solely based on the graphics, I’d give it 5 stars. Amazingly awesome pictures and artwork. (Spoilers) The story is a little lacking, though. It was intriguing at first but after a while I was tired of it and then it never actually wrapped up. The ending was confusing and wasn’t really much of an ending. It didn’t really tell me what happened or why, and it didn’t explain what the fox was. Was that supposed to be the woman evie? Anyway, 3 stars because the story just didn’t make sense in the end but the pictures were cool.

Having read Sleeping Beauties, I don’t think this adaptation really suits the book. It’s an interesting idea, but I much preferred the original format.

Did not finish at 60 percent. This kills me but the version we had to read was horrible. Just out of focus. Reading it gives me a headache. I'm sorry. I was enjoying the story though. On one of the pages where she tells the guy that the woman may not choose to wake there is a dialogue box that says one instead of once. It's very noticable

This is the graphic novel based on the Bestselling book.
I tried repeatedly to read the novel and just could never get very far into it, so I figured the graphic novel would be not only easier but more entertaining.
I was wrong.
Again I have not been able to finish this silly story.
Basically every woman in the world is tired and if you are dumb enough to disturb her sleep, she wakes as a homicidal maniac. That idea should have produced a better story than this.
Most of the time I kept asking what the hell is going on! The story is disjointed, illogical, and way longer than it needs to be.
So many characters keep being introduced I just couldn't keep track.

I am a life long Stephen King fan and I adore his work, even the bad stuff. I like his older son, Joe Hill's work. Though I think his short stories are superior to his novels.
But Owen...not so much.
Nothing could save this inynopinion, not even the wonderful Stephen King

I apologize to the authors but I can not recommend this to those with my taste.

It earns 2 stars for a simple reason; 1 star for the feat of getting this published, though the last name helped I'm sure.
The 2nd star is for the illustrators who did a great job on being the story to life.

Thanks to @netgalley for the opportunity to read this eArc in exchange for my honest and unbiased option.

The original novel Sleeping Beauties is one of my favorites, and the graphic novel honors it so well - the added layer of illustrations just add so much to the story. All the stars!

Taking the concept of Sleeping Beauty and using it to describe a widespread disease that makes women sleep and puts them into a cocoon is a really fascinating concept. I have never read the original book that was turned into this graphic novel, but I really loved the way the visuals and writing worked together to tell a tense dystopian horror story.

This story encompasses a few genres. In part it feels like a thriller. At other points it gives dystopian, horror, zombie, and psychedelic fantasy. When there is a story that is a lot of things at one time it can become confusing, but I think it does work to tell the story it tells in the graphic novel medium.

The violence and the way people turn against each other in this story is very dystopia. Yet it has its weird creepy vibes and intrigue. I think this is a fun creepy ride with some political commentary woven within it. The art takes the whole concept to another level that I really appreciated.

The arc copy was very difficult to read or enjoy. There was a watermark covering the whole page, so I can’t actually tell you if its any good.

This was the perfect medium to reread this story. I loved the graphics for the most part abd way it brought new life to the story. Definitely something worth checking out if you're a big King fan.

I really enjoyed this graphic novel. I thought the disease or illness the book is centered around, was creepy and terrifying (if it were real). This is fast paced and the art work is really good. I would definitely recommend!

One morning a sickness spreads across the globe that causes any woman who falls asleep to become wrapped in a cocoon, unable to be woken up. In the US its nicknamed Aurora after Sleeping Beauty. In the small town of Dooling that same morning a woman called Eve is arrested after a string of violent crimes. She is taken to the women's prison where Clint Norcross works as the resident psychologist. As women in Dooling begin to fall asleep, Eve seems unaffected by Aurora. The number of women awake begins to dwindle and the remaining men begin to lean in to their violent tendencies. As the days go on Clint and Eve are drawn into a game that may decide the fate of everyone.

This graphic novel was a great distillation of the long Stephen and Owen King book. The deluxe edition also has a cool selection of in progress pages with commentary that provides fun insight into the process of creating the book. Rio Youers balances the numerous characters across the ten pages and is able to give the story time to breathe. The world building of a society suddenly without almost any women is not always the front of the story but gives interesting color to the good versus evil story that develops. I wasn't the biggest fan of the art, but that may have to do with the fact that the review copies have a lower quality than the actual book, so take that for what you will. After looking at the published book I liked a lot of the choices more and the style is definitely dynamic and colorful. I would recommend this to fans of the book or people who want the story in a new format.

Thank you to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for a copy of Sleeping Beauties in exchange for an honest review.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Sleeping Beauties is a fast-paced graphic novel that both intrigues and creeps into your mind. Women are being infected by some sort of virus that forms a cocoon around their heads and bodies when they fall asleep. They can't wake up, and if anyone tries to remove the cocoon or try to rouse them, they become feral and attack. A mysterious woman called Eve Black appears and seems to know what is to come but is in great danger of being killed for a cure as word has got out that she can sleep normally and nothing happens to her. I haven't read the original non-graphic book of Sleeping Beauties, but this has definitely whetted my interest to start it very soon! The illustrations are great but are quite graphic and gorey in places but were befitting to the story, and the eeriness and creepiness in the book was well captured.

**2.5 stars**

I haven’t read the book this graphic novel volume was originated from so it took me a while to figure out what was going on in the storyline.

The concept of the story was that all of the women of the world are slowly being affected by a sleeping sickness called Aurora. They fall asleep and slowly become entwined with a strange cocoon-like substance; if someone removes the cocoon the woman inside will go into a mindless murderous rage. It shows a world without women and the chaos that ensues. I feel like the storyline was good but some things could have been fleshed out a bit more.

Whilst the art work was really good and definitely brought an eeriness to the story, the watermark did make it difficult to appreciate it fully. There were definitely moments I got confused about what was happening just due to the amount of panels chosen for a single page. Also, there were ALOT of characters which made it hard to keep track.

Overall, the story was okay but not a favourite that I would go to pick up and re-read.

Thanks to NetGalley and IDW Publishing for the advanced copy of this title in exchange for an honest review

Thank you for the ARC. This was a DNF for me. The illustrations were great, but it just was not for me.

DNF. I just personally didn’t like and I couldn’t get through 50 pages of it. It wasn’t as interesting to me as I thought it was going to be

I will preface this review by confirming I have not read the novel version of Sleeping Beauties.

Going into anything blind can be a risk, however sometimes that risk has a great payoff.
Not knowing anything about the story meant the first issue of the bind up was a little jarring. The scenes swapped rapidly between different characters' stories and I was confused to say the least. Once the story got underway though I was completely enraptured.

The concept King originally created is unique, harrowing and fantastical. The art was not what I am used to in my normal graphic reading, but I enjoyed it nonetheless (The gallery of alternate covers provided at the end is stunning! ). This story does lean more towards fantasy elements, rather than horror, although let's be honest there are many horrific and unnerving things that happen throughout this graphic novel. Rio Youers did an amazing job of condensing a 700 page novel into just 10 volumes.

This is a new release, with bonus material, of the two volumes of the graphic novel based on Sleeping Beauties, the novel by Stephen King and his son, Owen.

The novel is very long, which I think was my main complaint against it, but the concept (every woman in the world falling asleep and not waking up) is interesting, so it seemed like a good basis for adaptation. I've found some books easier to follow in this format since they tend to be more concise, not to mention being illustrated.

However, this wasn't the case here. Even condensed, the plot felt rather uneventful. And although I had read the novel previously (albeit when it was released) I found it hard to remember who all the characters were and which side they were on. This was not helped by the illustrations either, as I sometimes didn't recognise characters from one frame to the next and I found the frames rather crowded. In fact, even in the bonus material at the end one of the creators refers to a character by an incorrect name!

It's worth a read for King completists like me, but it's not a GN I'd read again and wouldn't be my recommendation for anyone looking for GN adaptions or in general.

Finally, I don't like to complain about mistakes, but this is a re-edition and therefore could/should have misspellings, of which there were several, corrected.

Thanks, NetGalley and IDW for the chance to read this.

The story of Sleeping beauties seemed interesting to me, but the drawing was just pulling me out of that story. While the appearance of Aurora and what it causes in society seems like a very interesting idea to develop, I would have liked to have heard more about it and about exactly what caused this disease and who Evie was exactly. That is, I would have liked it to be a more concrete story and not so dreamlike.