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Docteur Sleep by Stephen King

19 reviews

_masha_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Sexual content, Gore, Medical trauma, Terminal illness, Violence, Death, Grief, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

smeyer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Murder, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

readwithkel's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

This was possibly even better than The Shining - and certainly better than the movie. It was spooky and suspenseful and very well-developed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Domestic abuse

ripxw's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, and Domestic abuse

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.0

An interesting sequel to a timeless horror work, although it was kind of crude at times. Was NOT thrilled that a book written in 2013 had a character called by a racial slur. But the theme of healing from cycles of abuse and trauma was surprisingly well done!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs

lydiavsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

4.5 stars. The more King I read, the more I appreciate his writing. I really loved this one, more so than I did the Shining (sorryyy) athough it has made me think about rereading the Shining at some point

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder

foxreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Body horror, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, and Death

Minor: Racial slurs, Cancer, Drug use, and Gun violence

blenchbooks'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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, and Child death

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Trafficking

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

You know, DOCTOR SLEEP isn't all that bad!  As far as King's horror books go, I think this is one of the better ones, along with THE SHINING.  It's always fun to see characters "all grown up" and I liked not only seeing what became of Danny Torrence, but also learning more about the Shine and his gifts, and what others like him are capable of.  Abra Stone was a great new character as well, and it's always good to see women rising up as formidable forces (good, and evil) in horror books... far too often they're still just victims. So I appreciated that!

I think that this new plot was interesting, and I'd be curious to learn more about the "True Knot" and people like them (is this in another King book?  His universe is tied so well together).  All in all a decent, spooky autumn read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness