- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Children's Books (14 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340877332
- ISBN-13: 978-0340877333
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 130,366 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About FLESHMARKET
This is a tough thriller, a delicate love story and a powerfully evocative historical novel. At its heart is a young man's obsession with the mother he lost under horrendous, bizarre circumstances. Set in Edinburgh at a time in which the city was at the vanguard of medical advance, Morgan reveals the deep moral dilemmas that accompanied meaningful research at the time. Her descriptions of Edinburgh's Old Town, decaying, corrupt and dangerous, are extraordinarily vivid. Lives were cheap, both within and out of the medical faculty. Morgan is a confident, courageous and honest writer. Fleshmarket is a tour de force, from its attention-grabbing prologue onwards. (Lindsay Fraser )
SLEEPWALKING:
Outstanding ... a book that deserves attention (The Bookseller )
'A dramatic and thought-provoking book. Nicola Morgan is a fine writer.' (David Almond )
'Sleepwalking is an excellent book which tells you how important literature and the English language are in our lives. It is about a future world divided into . . . The Educated Outsiders and Citizens . . . I would recommend it to everyone. Nicola Morgan is a local diamond of a writer.' (Book Review Magazine )
'This is an excellent sci-fi thriller, which also manages to articulate a passionate plea for literacy and dissent.' (Books for Keeps )
I was hooked all the way through, I couldn't put it down. (Teen Titles Reader Reviews )
Sleepwalking is a book I really, really enjoyed. It has everything you could ever want in a book... the description is phenomenal... This is a great read and I would recommend it to everyone. Nicola Morgan is a local diamond of a writer. (Teen Titles Book Review Magazine Reader Reviews )
With its fantastic plot and characters this book will have you reading for hours! This is yet another great novel from this fantastic writer. Thumbs up. (Teen Titles Book Review Magazine- Reader Reviews )
This novel was great and kept me hooked until the last page! Nicola Morgan is a brilliant and fine writer. (Teen Titles Book Review Magazine- Reader Reviews )
This is a tough thriller, a delicate love story and a powerfully evocative historical novel. At its heart is a young man's obsession with the mother he lost under horrendous, bizarre circumstances. Set in Edinburgh at a time in which the city was at the vanguard of medical advance, Morgan reveals the deep moral dilemmas that accompanied meaningful research at the time. Her descriptions of Edinburgh's Old Town, decaying, corrupt and dangerous, are extraordinarily vivid. Lives were cheap, both within and out of the medical faculty. Morgan is a confident, courageous and honest writer. Fleshmarket is a tour de force, from its attention-grabbing prologue onwards. (Lindsay Fraser )
SLEEPWALKING:
Outstanding ... a book that deserves attention (The Bookseller )
'A dramatic and thought-provoking book. Nicola Morgan is a fine writer.' (David Almond )
'Sleepwalking is an excellent book which tells you how important literature and the English language are in our lives. It is about a future world divided into . . . The Educated Outsiders and Citizens . . . I would recommend it to everyone. Nicola Morgan is a local diamond of a writer.' (Book Review Magazine )
'This is an excellent sci-fi thriller, which also manages to articulate a passionate plea for literacy and dissent.' (Books for Keeps )
I was hooked all the way through, I couldn't put it down. (Teen Titles Reader Reviews )
Sleepwalking is a book I really, really enjoyed. It has everything you could ever want in a book... the description is phenomenal... This is a great read and I would recommend it to everyone. Nicola Morgan is a local diamond of a writer. (Teen Titles Book Review Magazine Reader Reviews )
With its fantastic plot and characters this book will have you reading for hours! This is yet another great novel from this fantastic writer. Thumbs up. (Teen Titles Book Review Magazine- Reader Reviews )
This novel was great and kept me hooked until the last page! Nicola Morgan is a brilliant and fine writer. (Teen Titles Book Review Magazine- Reader Reviews )
David Almond
'A dramatic and thought-provoking book. Nicola Morgan is a fine writer.'
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Sleepwalking,
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-this is how many stars it deserves but you can only give 5 as the max. It is full of interesting ideas about wright and wrong, captivity and hope and apart from that it is an a absolutely brilliant read. Full of characters you can really relate to with their troubles and temptations even though they are in a different time to us. I would definitely recommend for anyone to read as it has some thing for everyone.
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another brilliant novel from Nicola Morgan,
This review is from: Sleepwalking (Paperback)
Sleep Walking is Nicola Morgan's latest novel. This time she has used sci-fi to create her latest masterpiece, proving again her great versatility. In this book we find ourselves in a world that has been transformed into a far different world than which we know today. This is a world, which is completely controlled through one single building. The Citizens do not realise this as they are in there own world, where you cannot be made upset by such trivial things. However there is a small band of people who do realise how the world is run. They can also use their minds clearly so, therefore see that the world should be changed. But this is not made easy as the new cruel police force hunt out this band of people. And now that a new plague is killing off the group the fate of the world lies in three teenagers hands. Unlike most sci-fi books this one is down to earth, although the plot is typical of the genre. Morgan's style of writing causes the plot to be extremely believable. She also portrays the characters very well and really makes you care about them. Finally she also creates a sense of reality between reader and story. This book certainly lives up to the standards of "Mondays are Red" and "Flesh Market" if not exceeds them. I would certainly recommend this book to teenagers through to adults because it's a fantastic story and you will not be able to put it down. Buy it!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simple but great,
By emma_jane2 (North East, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sleepwalking (Paperback)
Much better than I expected. The plot is very interesting and the concept clever. It's easy to read and even though it is aimed at a younger audience, I was still absorbed into the story.
The only negatives are the slightly too cheesy ending and the epilogue which I can't make sense of but still a five star book.
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