[.ca] Sleeper (ISBN 0425188817)

Pretty atrocious:
This is what happens when authors have little imagination. Boring concept, no original ideas, and twists that are either completely predictable or completely moronic. Clever is not the way to describe this book. Painful might be, though. The location is amazing. The characters aren't terrible. But the decisions made with the monster most certainly are. Everything plays like the authors were looking at this as an assignment, job and chore instead of labor of love. Little effort seems to be put into the wording and wordplay, and the book gets ridiculous and, quite frankly, stupid towards the end. Stupid is actually an understatement. When you read the book you'll see why. The ending is just... ridiculously, incomprehensibly absurd. It's mind-boggling and painful. The book begins questionably but interestingly. You need to throw what you know about the world out the window in order to embrace his, but even then you're left shocked that someone thought these were good ideas. Good concept, absolutely awful execution.

Poorly written and silly:
'and that about sums this book up. Terrible sub story about a pentagon official who has lost his arm who thus becomes the focus of the "mosters" sympathy (they are both different, see?) There are many unintentionally funny passages, corny, uninspired writing, and the plot never really engages.

MORE! MORE! MORE!:
I think the title of my review says it all - Fantastic!

EXCELLENT thriller!:
This is an incredibly well-crafted thriller, one that avoids stereotypes and cliches to keep you on the edge of your seat. As I think another reviewer said, this one is at least as good as, if not better than, the Relic. The characters are well-developed and the structure and culture of the Pentagon are effectively woven into the action. The story makes good use of history, including certain aspects of modern history I was not familiar with. And the "monster" is anything but a cliched, rogue product of the paranormal or geological isolation. I can't believe this book hasn't gotten more attention.

Definitely Going ofr another Harriman:
i ran out of books for Koontz ,Laymon,Saul,Hutson and some of the good King so i am trying other writers..and iam definitely going to buy another book for Harriman since Sleeper was such a good enjoyable page-turner book.