Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

14 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, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

dannybrown59's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

I really loved this book. Almost as much as The Shining. It was just written so well. There was a lot going on in the beginning but it all tied in together so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

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, Child death, Drug abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Grief

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, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Terminal illness