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Docteur Sleep by Stephen King

33 reviews

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

ethen_rey's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Alcoholism

Moderate: Racial slurs and Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual assault, Racism, and Rape

martinagentilcore's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, and Murder

unboxedjack's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Kidnapping, Racial slurs, Cancer, Car accident, Rape, and Sexism

mzynda's review against another edition

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

4.75

Along with Lisey’s Story, this might be one of my favorite Stephen King books. 

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Content Warnings

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

theboywithallthekeys's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Alcoholism

Moderate: Torture

digthewarmth's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful 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

5.0

I love this book. I can't wait to read it again. It's not as scary as The Shining with regard to hauntings, this instead takes a dark sci-fi turn. Horrifying in a different way. I love the mix of characters, and I loved seeing all of what the Shining power can do. I love the choice of the villain. Really unique idea! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction

azaan's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, and Violence

markedwithanm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence