Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

68 reviews

ryleezittlau's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

ee_comins's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, and Murder

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was hesitant going into this book because a lot of the time sequels written years later aren’t the best, but I loved this book! I think I actually preferred it to The Shining (which I think I’d now change to 4⭐️). 

Doctor Sleep follows Dan Torrance, all grown up from The Shining, and Abra Stone, a young girl with the most powerful shining Dan has ever seen. While Dan is battling his own demons, he must help Abra evade the True Knot, a near-immortal group killing children with abilities just like Abra. 

I loved this book! Abra was without a doubt my favourite character of the book, I loved her so much. Her relationship with Dan was so sweet, as well. 

The ending of this book was also really good in my opinion! I won’t spoil it, but I really liked it. 

Overall, I was very pleasantly surprised to how this sequel lived up to its predecessor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Death, Child death, Kidnapping, Addiction, and Alcoholism

travisppe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

King relies on some well worn tropes (and they don’t always land) but he knows how to tell a compelling story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Gore, Cancer, Car accident, and Death

matthewosborne's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A slightly slow start for me but after pg 100 I was sucked in. I think o enjoyed this one more than the shining!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Child death

bill_eye's review

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was a fantastic read as someone who was obsessed with the shining I can't believe how long it took me to read the sequel. I was invested in the story the full time and even though I felt like the final battle went a little too easy I felt like it still showed how cocky the villain was it was still very believable which I loved. This book was marvelous and would 100% recommend to others! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cancer, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia

Minor: Drug use and Child death

My moderate tags are things that aren't too graphic but is mentioned multiple times throughout the book also the racial slur is a part of someones nickname

lizzie_milton's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Child death, Racism, Rape, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Death, and Death of parent

annadelph's review

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Alcoholism

perfectcupoftea's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Body horror, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

veepopp's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcoholism, Cursing, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Drug abuse, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Abandonment, Torture, Grief, and Cancer