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A review by zuzubaloox
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
2.0
Dan, after surviving the horrific scene at The Overlook Hotel ends up following his father’s legacy of violence and alcoholism. After years of casually travelling across the States, he finally settles in New Hampshire, on the word of his childhood friend, Tony. This is where he eventually settles into working in the local hospice offering comfort to the dying patients. But who is Abra who keeps appearing to him? And what does she want?
I wasn’t looking forward to [b:Doctor Sleep|16130549|Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)|Stephen King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1510335480l/16130549._SY75_.jpg|17851499] after reading [b:The Shining|11588|The Shining (The Shining, #1)|Stephen King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353277730l/11588._SY75_.jpg|849585]. The Shining was like torture it was that slow, and I was expecting Doctor Sleep to follow a similar pace. However, I found that the sequel was by far better than its predecessor, even if I did only find it mediocre.
The first half of the book, I'm not going to lie was boring. It was almost like reading The Shining again. I didn't find either of them scary, to the point both actually made me sleepy.
The two main characters, Dan and Abra, were quite boring. They lacked so much in terms of personality. They didn't have much depth and left me not caring for them much in terms of what happened to them. I found Abra to not be very realistic at all.
The True Knot was about as scary as a bunch of toddlers. They weren't very proactive in being evil. They had the stupidest names, and their leader Rose the Hat’s scariest feature was her weird hat that defied gravity.
It was only once I was three-quarters of the way through that I started questioning if I'd read this book before or not. Certain parts of the book seemed a little memorable to me, either that or my mind was playing tricks on me hoping it'd get the book over with sooner.
I wasn’t looking forward to [b:Doctor Sleep|16130549|Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)|Stephen King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1510335480l/16130549._SY75_.jpg|17851499] after reading [b:The Shining|11588|The Shining (The Shining, #1)|Stephen King|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353277730l/11588._SY75_.jpg|849585]. The Shining was like torture it was that slow, and I was expecting Doctor Sleep to follow a similar pace. However, I found that the sequel was by far better than its predecessor, even if I did only find it mediocre.
The first half of the book, I'm not going to lie was boring. It was almost like reading The Shining again. I didn't find either of them scary, to the point both actually made me sleepy.
The two main characters, Dan and Abra, were quite boring. They lacked so much in terms of personality. They didn't have much depth and left me not caring for them much in terms of what happened to them. I found Abra to not be very realistic at all.
Spoiler
She’s being hunted down by supernatural beings intent on torturing and murdering her, almost gets severely hurt, or killed several times, and has her uncle, under the control of Rose, almost strangle her to death, and every time she gets up, smiles and carries on with no care.The True Knot was about as scary as a bunch of toddlers. They weren't very proactive in being evil. They had the stupidest names, and their leader Rose the Hat’s scariest feature was her weird hat that defied gravity.
It was only once I was three-quarters of the way through that I started questioning if I'd read this book before or not. Certain parts of the book seemed a little memorable to me, either that or my mind was playing tricks on me hoping it'd get the book over with sooner.