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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

6 reviews

kreglow's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

littlechickennuggets's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Pedophilia

apala_biswas26's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, and Sexual violence

ronniereadsregularly's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

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: Body horror, Child abuse, and Torture

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Incest

beereads27's review

As much as I loved The Shining I could not stand this book. An unnecessary and poorly executed sequel riddled with problematic representations of women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and SA survivors.   

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Lesbophobia