Narcolepsy

Once inside Jacob’s world, waking is no escape.

Living with narcolepsy means his nights don’t end when his eyes open. Dreams fracture into waking hours. Nightmares repeat, evolve, and refuse to reset. Voices follow him. Rooms shift. Doors lead nowhere—or somewhere worse. When Jacob seeks help, he’s told something far more disturbing than a diagnosis: some minds never fully return.

As Jacob drifts between therapy sessions, hallucinations, and moments that feel too real to be imagined, his grip on reality begins to slip. Familiar places become distorted. Strangers feel scripted. Loved ones appear, vanish, and reappear with different intentions. No matter how hard he tries to stay awake, something always pulls him back under. Narcolepsy is a psychological descent into liminal spaces, recurring dreams, and the terrifying question of whether free will survives when the mind betrays itself.

Will Jacob ever return?

©2025 Chris Everidge (P)2025 Chris Everidge

How do I know what’s a dream And what’s reality?

This was an interesting look into the psychological horror that can be with narcolepsy. Not knowing what’s real and what is just a dream. How do you navigate your way through?
It was a good performance by the writer in doing the voices and relaying the story.

Verifying reality without a point of reference

Most people can easily delineate their awake and asleep activities, but Jacob struggles to tell them apart. Even with assistance from mental health professionals and medications, the seam separating the stages of consciousness is tattered and flowing. Narrated by the author in chilling authenticity, this tale of self-realization, determination, and consequence weaves a twisty and dark shroud over life's expected progressions. [Disclosure: I received this title for free and listened at 2.0x]

Very unique and surreal

Imagine being one of the victims from Inception. This story took me on a surreal and terrifying (though at times also comical) trip through someone’s nightmarescape. I often felt the visceral disorientation and confusion along with the protagonist. I will admit that the allegory our hero perhaps shows us at the end was lost on me. Nonetheless, I enjoyed the story and atmosphere.

Intriguing Concept

I will admit I got lost along the way several times, but I believe that’s how the book wanted it. This definitely feels like a first novel, but has some intriguing concepts and has the potential to be a great story. It would be interesting as the author grows to see this book revisited and expanded upon. But as a stand alone novel it wasn’t bad. It had me guessing what the heck was going on and where everyone was.

As for the performance the author reads it himself and while switching voices I found it difficult to really like any of the other characters besides the main. The voices chosen for the other characters seemed comical at times when that wasn’t the tone of the book.

But take this book as it is, a new author reading his own book. It’s worth a listen and see if you can figure out what’s going on before the book ends!

Disclaimer: I received this audiobook for free in exchange for my honest review.

An Intriguing Thriller That Hits the Ground Running

This book had a really interesting premise, but maybe fell a little short on the delivery. It jumped right into the action, which is nice at times, but with the subject matter of this one, a bit of a more gradual start may have felt more impactful to the story. All in all, it is a good psychological thriller and offered good insight into dealing with sleep and mental disorders.