The Insomniacs

Marit Weisenberg's The Insomniacs is “a deeply beautiful story of yearning, heartache, trauma, and love” (Jennifer Niven, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places) about two teens who discover the secrets of their neighborhood after everyone else turns out the lights.

Ingrid can't sleep.

She can't remember, either.

A competitive diver, seventeen-year-old Ingrid is haunted by what she saw at the pool at a routine meet, before falling off the high dive and waking up concussed. The only thing she remembers about the moment before her dive is locking eyes with Van-her neighbor, former best friend, and forever crush-kissing his girlfriend on the sidelines. But that can't be all.

Then one sleepless night, she sees Van out her window...looking right back at her. They begin not sleeping together by night, still ignoring each other at school by day.

Ingrid tells herself this is just temporary, but soon, she and Van are up every night piecing her memory back together. As Van works through his own reasons for not being able to sleep, they're both pulled into a mystery that threatens to turn their quiet neighborhood into a darker place than they realized.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

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The Insomniacs

Marit Weisenberg's The Insomniacs is “a deeply beautiful story of yearning, heartache, trauma, and love” (Jennifer Niven, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places) about two teens who discover the secrets of their neighborhood after everyone else turns out the lights.

Ingrid can't sleep.

She can't remember, either.

A competitive diver, seventeen-year-old Ingrid is haunted by what she saw at the pool at a routine meet, before falling off the high dive and waking up concussed. The only thing she remembers about the moment before her dive is locking eyes with Van-her neighbor, former best friend, and forever crush-kissing his girlfriend on the sidelines. But that can't be all.

Then one sleepless night, she sees Van out her window...looking right back at her. They begin not sleeping together by night, still ignoring each other at school by day.

Ingrid tells herself this is just temporary, but soon, she and Van are up every night piecing her memory back together. As Van works through his own reasons for not being able to sleep, they're both pulled into a mystery that threatens to turn their quiet neighborhood into a darker place than they realized.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

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The Insomniacs

The Insomniacs

by Marit Weisenberg

Narrated by Angela Dawe

Unabridged — 9 hours, 2 minutes

The Insomniacs

The Insomniacs

by Marit Weisenberg

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Marit Weisenberg's The Insomniacs is “a deeply beautiful story of yearning, heartache, trauma, and love” (Jennifer Niven, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places) about two teens who discover the secrets of their neighborhood after everyone else turns out the lights.

Ingrid can't sleep.

She can't remember, either.

A competitive diver, seventeen-year-old Ingrid is haunted by what she saw at the pool at a routine meet, before falling off the high dive and waking up concussed. The only thing she remembers about the moment before her dive is locking eyes with Van-her neighbor, former best friend, and forever crush-kissing his girlfriend on the sidelines. But that can't be all.

Then one sleepless night, she sees Van out her window...looking right back at her. They begin not sleeping together by night, still ignoring each other at school by day.

Ingrid tells herself this is just temporary, but soon, she and Van are up every night piecing her memory back together. As Van works through his own reasons for not being able to sleep, they're both pulled into a mystery that threatens to turn their quiet neighborhood into a darker place than they realized.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books


Editorial Reviews

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Nominated to ALA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults List

“This achingly mysterious romance delves into the complexities of trusting yourself after being betrayed by the person you loved the most. Marit Weisenberg shines a bright light into a dark corner and reminds us all of the power of love.” —Liara Tamani, author of Calling My Name

“The Insomniacs is a heady blend of the vague menace reminiscent of the Hitchcock classic Rear Window and the summery nostalgia and romance in The Summer I Turned Pretty. Ideal for readers who like their protagonists to have a lot of chemistry and their suspense to have tension thick enough to cut with a knife. Highly recommended.” —MissPrint.com

“Marit Weisenberg’s The Insomniacs reads like a thriller but with the exciting elements of self-discovery and recovery. From the very first page up until the closing words, Ingrid’s story captivated me, and I found myself still thinking about the novel well after the book was over.” —PaperbackParis.com

Each chapter builds up the psychological suspense and creates an intricate plot throughout the book. A great choice for anyone who loves a thriller featuring missing memories like We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Give to those who enjoy storyline structures that fill in missing information as the story builds, such as can be seen in the shows Elite or How to Get Away with Murder.” —Stephanie Johnson, YALSA.org

A deeply beautiful story of yearning, heartache, trauma, and love. There’s also a boy, a mystery, and one of the most engaging narrative voices I’ve read in a very long time.” —Jennifer Niven, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places

A bittersweet, mysterious romance that will leave readers yearning to discover the secrets of the seemingly normal cul-de-sac.” —School Library Journal

The Insomniacs is a novel about what we see and what we think we see—and what we remember and what we can’t bear to remember. It’s about the things that frighten us in our own neighborhoods, and about wanting someone who is so close and yet feels impossibly far away. It’s a novel about love and secrets and bridging the divide between. Weisenberg speaks so beautifully to the risks and dangers of all sorts of yearning—readers will want to embrace her heroine.” —Peternelle van Arsdale, author of The Cold Is In Her Bones

The Insomniacs totally captures the itchy thrash of insomnia, and the secret exhilaration that comes from staring into the darkness to find someone staring back. And if that someone is hot, well, then. Not surprisingly, I stayed up way too late to finish this book!” —Kate Williams, author of The Babysitters Coven

The Insomniacs is a deep dive into the inner workings of anxiety and how pressure and past trauma can swallow us up. And then, outside of that intimate internal with the very human Ingrid, the external world is alive with the complex stories and pasts in a neighborhood and friend groups and teams. The interweaving is intricate and realistic. The romance is palpable. Weisenberg does not shy away from the tough topics, and everything about it feels real and raw.” —Bonnie Pipkin, author of Aftercare Instructions

At times, this book reads like a languid dream, an apt mood for a book about teens who can’t sleep. It was different in pace and tone and incredibly intriguing. It’s definitely a deep and complex novel that takes on heavy teen issues with the gravitas I think that they deserve.” —TeenLibrarianToolbox.com

The Insomniacs is romantic, mysterious, and addictive, with enough twists to keep you up all night.” —Tara Goedjen, author of The Breathless

Kirkus Reviews

2020-06-20
Star diver Ingrid is trying to figure out why she had her first diving accident.

The Austin high school junior, who has a concussion and insomnia, is desperate to remember what she saw right before she fell that threw her off so she can feel confident returning to practice. The teen and her mom are barely managing on Ingrid’s nurse mom’s salary. Diving is Ingrid’s passion and her last connection to her estranged dad, a former diver himself. Ever since they witnessed the humiliation of her father’s leaving, Ingrid has distanced herself from the three neighbor boys who had been her closest friends in their affluent cul-de-sac, but now she is drawn back to Van, her former best friend and the boy she is secretly in love with. When Van, seeing her light on every night, confesses that he too has insomnia, they begin to spend late hours in Ingrid’s room while her mom is at work. Their romance grows even as they figure out what is going on with clandestine activities taking place in the empty house next door. A secondary theme regarding an inappropriate adult-teen sexual relationship is unfortunately not thoroughly explored. Ingrid’s deep exploration of her emotions feels realistic, but the deliberate, earnest, night-by-night description of Ingrid and Van’s relationship plods along. Most characters are presumed White. Ingrid’s father is Jewish, and her mother is a Swedish immigrant; Van is biracial (Japanese and White).

A slow-paced novel that takes on weighty topics. (Fiction. 14-17)

Product Details

BN ID: 2940177598314
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Publication date: 09/01/2020
Edition description: Unabridged
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