Reviews

Doctor sueño by Stephen King

dorin_love's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

trin's review against another edition

4.0

By far the best "time gap" sequel (as, a sequel written ages after the first book. No, I am not happy with that term and would appreciate a better suggestion!).

Absolutely kicks the movie's ass.

kbaker20's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

“Life was a wheel, and it always came back around.”

As stated in my review of The Shining, I highly recommend reading that book first. It gives great detail of the family history and habits of the Torrance men. The investment pays out as you follow Danny in Doctor Sleep, trying to rebuild his life after surviving The Overlook Hotel and its “residents.” This takes him back to New Hampshire where his father was raised and it brings him into the life of Abra Stone. He battles his demons and helps Abra battle her demons, Rose the Hat and the True Knot. It is an epic war that takes Danny Torrance full circle.

Abra and Rose the Hat were the fiercest characters and I would love more stories on them! Their cat and mouse game had me at the edge. Both so driven by love and revenge that they risk their lives and others’ to get at each other. 

keziahvanandel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

viniciusmacedo's review against another edition

5.0

A perfeição. Um final incrível. E uma continuação muito alinhavada com O Iluminado. Doutor Sono satisfaz até ao mais exigente fã de Dany Torrance.

marinoanduaga's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

snoopydoo77's review against another edition

4.0

It has been way to long since I read a Stephen King book, so I was way overdue.  I loved the Shining and figured I dive back into the world of King with this sequel to The Shining.
To read this book, you don’t need to read The shining but some basic knowledge doesn’t hurt of the previous book.

In this book we meet Danny again but he now is grown –up and of course goes by Dan.

Early on it is clear that the Overlook Hotel left some scars with him and he still has the shining as well. But he has not dealt with it very well and fallen down the path of an alcoholic.  He arrives in a small town (King and small towns…..lol ) and life is starting to look better once he meets people and he gets a job and makes friends.  He also is been told that life will come to a full circle and so it really all begins………

We meet Abra as soon as she is born and it is very clear that she is a very special little girl, but in the beginning we have no clue how truly special she is and how it will all tie together.  

It took me a couple chapters to get into it but once there and was  a nice flow and the writing was great. It was very fast paced but and followed multiple characters but yet was easy to follow.

It was not really as scary as The Shining, it was more creepy and gave me goosebumps more than once but not really scary. The main bad guy or guys in this case was also a bit of a letdown I thought. Not scary and overall I was kind of bored with The True Knot thing after a while. In the beginning I was confused over them, then we knew more and it was sort of interesting but after a while it just got too long for me with the True Knot group.

I really enjoyed Dan and Abra, both were great , even funny at times. I loved the bond they shared. Abra had spunk and I wouldn’t have minded fast forward to when she is an adult but I have a feeling that in one way or another it just comes back to a full circle.

The end was pretty good and almost peaceful, which I enjoyed.

Overall I thought it was a great book and I'm glad that I read it, while not as scary as some of his books, this is still an awesome book and I recommend it to any Stephen King fan.

I rate it 4 ★

argenterie4's review against another edition

5.0

Read this in two days. I've loved Stephen King's books since I read my first one at age 9. This one is up there with The Stand, It, and Insomnia as one of my favorites.

shelbymarie516's review against another edition

3.0

I feel like I missed a cornerstone. Like there is a foundational explanation that would make all of this click.
I'm at Chapter 7 of 20
My voicememo to Sarah: I am glad I did The Shining first to get a little bit of framing on this. The alcoholism and suicide contemplation is like real, real. These fears are understandable. I think I liked The Shining better but I understand everyone asking for this. May or may not become more of a Stephen King fan. I think Stephen King is not scary for like the usually mass murder type horrors but everything he writes is something that could legitimately happen and I think the realisticness of this is what makes it terrifying.

kittycaserine's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5