Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

77 reviews

ee_comins's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I was hesitant going into this book because a lot of the time sequels written years later aren’t the best, but I loved this book! I think I actually preferred it to The Shining (which I think I’d now change to 4⭐️). 

Doctor Sleep follows Dan Torrance, all grown up from The Shining, and Abra Stone, a young girl with the most powerful shining Dan has ever seen. While Dan is battling his own demons, he must help Abra evade the True Knot, a near-immortal group killing children with abilities just like Abra. 

I loved this book! Abra was without a doubt my favourite character of the book, I loved her so much. Her relationship with Dan was so sweet, as well. 

The ending of this book was also really good in my opinion! I won’t spoil it, but I really liked it. 

Overall, I was very pleasantly surprised to how this sequel lived up to its predecessor. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

travisppe's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

King relies on some well worn tropes (and they don’t always land) but he knows how to tell a compelling story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

matthewosborne's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A slightly slow start for me but after pg 100 I was sucked in. I think o enjoyed this one more than the shining!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Gore, and Alcohol

bill_eye's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book was a fantastic read as someone who was obsessed with the shining I can't believe how long it took me to read the sequel. I was invested in the story the full time and even though I felt like the final battle went a little too easy I felt like it still showed how cocky the villain was it was still very believable which I loved. This book was marvelous and would 100% recommend to others! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Child abuse

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death and Drug use

My moderate tags are things that aren't too graphic but is mentioned multiple times throughout the book also the racial slur is a part of someones nickname

lizzie_milton's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Terminal illness, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

annadelph's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Child abuse

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol

veepopp's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Grief, and Abandonment

lyfeinpr0gress's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, and Drug use

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Stalking

Minor: Body shaming and Domestic abuse