Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

77 reviews

gyroshrike's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Pedophilia and Pandemic/Epidemic

It's not enacted by the characters themselves, but there is deep antisemitism and anti Romani stereotypes embedded in the depictions of the antagonists. I wouldn't be surprised if the author didn't consciously or intentionally put it there, but wow it is THERE. Heavy spoilers, but nothing for the ending:

The villains have a history of being nomadic and "travelling in caravans and on camels" back in Europe, they kidnap and essentially devour children, referred to as monsters or inhuman, they are rich and have centuries of wealth stashed away. They are in the police force and even in politics if I remember correctly, in a way that allows them to evade persecution from the law.

All of these are very old and well documented stereotypes. Combine this with them spending much of the story

pursing blonde haired, blue eyed characters and you have a very unfortunate depiction of the classic "scary Jew tries to steal and eat the blonde, white/Christian child"

motifs in your story.

pixelpigeon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Really fun sequel to The Shining! If you liked that book I do recommend this one.

Stephen King does have a weird fixation on describing his female characters boobs though and it makes me uncomfortable every time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Sexism, Grief, and Death of parent

mostly_present's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Body horror, Chronic illness, Racial slurs, Violence, and Vomit

grass_12's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

5.0

Great book. You get to learn a lot more about how The Shine works. I liked this book more then “The Shining”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child death

Minor: Cancer

frostyjflakes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, and Death

mdxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death

_marycappiello3's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

lecheeese's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Body shaming, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

mainereading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

I was nervous about there being a sequel to The Shining, considering it's been so long since it came out. I worried it wouldn't do the first book justice, but I had no reason to be nervous because it ended up being an excellent sequel! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

ryleezittlau's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol