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Docteur Sleep by Stephen King

25 reviews

felofhe's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Alcohol, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Drug use, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Eating disorder

letrod94's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, and Drug use

Minor: Kidnapping

bomenvernietiger's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Body horror, Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Car accident, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, Blood, Sexism, Rape, and Gore

Minor: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

kmaller01's review against another edition

Don’t read this book if you can’t read about as meetings and managing with alcoholism . 100 pgs in and it’s only about him avoiding the shining by drinking himself silly 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Vomit, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

_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

taliatalksbooks'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

 Doctor Sleep by Stephen King couldn’t hold a flame to its predecessor, The Shining, but was entertaining all the same. I loved getting to see a grown up Danny Torrence, and King’s approach was certainly meant to push some buttons. In King fashion, Doctor Sleep deals with tough topics in addition to its plot, such as addiction, which I think he handles extremely well. With that being said though, even though I genuinely loved The Shining, King’s sequel fell short in a lot of key areas. First off, the characters. I genuinely didn’t feel an attachment to any character, so things happening to them felt weightless and inconsequential. Not to mention that the villain (the True Knot and Rose the Hat) was one of the worst villains I’ve seen to date. Evil for evil’s sake, the True Knot is certainly bad, there’s no doubt, but WHY. Why them? Why now? There were a lot of unanswered questions and so many factors trying to break them that it felt chaotic and convenient. Second, the book lacked a reliance on the events of the Overlook in my opinion. Yes, there were mentions and a few characters, but I was largely disappointed in how the final battle ends, due to the potential of the location and host of characters that once wandered the halls of the Overlook. Third, the plot. The plot was so simple and predictable, which is typically not something I’d attribute to King and his writing. You pretty much knew where the story was going, even if you weren’t sure how you were going to get there, whether it be an Earth cruiser or The Helen Rivington, someway somehow, you knew where the book would end. I think this book had potential, but it tried to separate itself from the original while holding on to minor aspects (instead of using the major callbacks from The Shining: the roque mallet, Jack Torrence, the hornets nest, the hedge animals, the boiler). Obviously some of these couldn’t make a return, but, then again, it’s a Stephen King novel. Anything is possible. If you’re a fan of the Shining and want more Doc, then I’d say it’s worth the read, but try not to compare it to the Shining too heavily, or you may be disappointed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Violence, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Cancer

eliasiexil's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death of parent, Body horror, Vomit, Murder, Blood, and Child death

Minor: Drug use and Torture

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Death, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Medical content, Terminal illness, Torture, Grief, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence and Drug use

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

This was alright. I'm glad to have had the opportunity to follow up on Danny Torrance, though nothing will ever compare to The Shining, which I think actually had a satisfying ending. I was kinda sad to have had Wendy Torrance and Dick Hallorann glossed over as characters in this one, but I guess that's fine, the book was supposed to be about Dan, and toward the end

more about Abra I suppose. I'd for sure read a third book if it was more about Abra. I think Stephen does a good job touching on how the psychic abilities of teen girls affect them on a daily and psychological level but it leaves me wanting more depth.

I think the antagonists (the True Knot - or Naught, I listened to this so not sure about spelling) were kinda cartoonishly evil and too easily defeated. But that's fine with me, I'm usually more interested in character than action anyway.

Tons of content warnings in this one, some I may have forgotten to tag, but it's a King novel so...if you're sensitive tread carefully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Child abuse, Body horror, and Torture

Minor: Incest, Drug use, and Child death

katenovah's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Murder, and Addiction

Moderate: Drug use, Cancer, and Car accident