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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

35 reviews

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Addiction, and Alcohol

lecheeese's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Chronic illness, and Addiction

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Body shaming, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

amy123456789's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Child death, and Murder

ee_comins's review against another edition

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

tristan_skippy's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

honestly better than the original

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Vomit, Physical abuse, Gore, Violence, Mental illness, and Rape

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

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

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

I was surprised to like this more than the Shining. We get to see Dan again and we learn more about how the shining works. I was entertained the whole time and was satisfied with the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia and Murder

Minor: Sexual content and Violence