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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
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.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder