Justin is 25 years old and was a teacher until he lost his job due to his insomnia. What job can Justin do that will fit in with his sleeping problems? He decides to open an all night cafe to cater for fellow insomniacs, shift workers and other night owls.
Cafe Insomniac is a first person narrative and Justin's cafe is in a British city. Follow Justin as he launches his new business and tries to make it succeed. Justin meets many people and there are problems along the way.
This novel showed great promise as Mark Capell is a very articulate author. He uses a very large vocabulary and describes at great length British life, cafe culture and sleeping problems. Mark has the ability to write clearly and with great class.
Although his writing is good, I found this story bad. I think the storyline is unrealistic as nobody would open a cafe just for nights and have it closed during the day. Nothing much happens in this novel as Justin casually chats to a small group of characters. I did not develop an empathy for Justin as he was just a dreamer without a good head for business. So Justin has lucid and very powerful dreams giving the reader the option to decide whether these episodes are dreams or reality. This is no big deal as ALL novels are the dreams of the author and to write a book highlighting the difference between dreams and reality is rather childish.
Cafe Insomniac is set in a British city but it is never named and its location is kept a secret. No road or building names are used, so you can not identify a location. This is not an enjoyable read, it is a drag and involves a tremendous amount of small talk. It is not a good novel because it lacks a believable or interesting plot. This is such a poor read that I can vote it only 2 stars.
Cafe Insomniac is available as an Amazon Kindle eBook and was written in 2013.
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