Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Docteur Sleep by Stephen King

29 reviews

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

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

yodamordecai's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Not as good as the original, but I read it in three days and  was engaged through the whole thing. I feel like it was a bit disconnected from the original, which is okay but wasn't to my liking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

larareads's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Cancer, and Alcoholism

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

ufojules's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

3.0

okay so overall I liked it better than The Shining but it definitely didn’t have the same level of suspense. I’ve read cheesy, high fae fantasy with better twists and climactic point tbh.

in Doctor Sleep’s defence, I absolutely loved Abra and the other hero characters were all pretty likeable while the antagonists were disgusting and I wanted them gone. so characters were great but the plot just wasn’t really there for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Murder, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Cursing, Gun violence, and Chronic illness

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia

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

lucybrett's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A really good sequel to the shining! The book gives a great insight into those who are wondering what happened to Danny after he left the Overlook and into a wider view of the shining in the world. Bare in mind it is very different to the movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism

Moderate: Death and Kidnapping

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