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A review by immabehazzie
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
4.0
“...they eat screams and drink pain.”
I’ll just start this off with saying that I really enjoyed this book. Did I love it? No, but I think it’s because I finally found out what I don’t really like about Stephen King books and what I do like. For example, nearly all the Stephen King books I’ve read have pulled me in, and I really love that because few books can pull me in like his do. One thing I don’t like is that, I realized, is that in my opinion Stephen King can’t really write teenagers. He can write children well and adults well too but all the teenagers in his books seem the same. It’s something I can look past because he can write plots better than most authors.
About Doctor Sleep, specifically, I should confess that I have yet to read The Shining. Which isn’t that important even though Doctor Sleep is a sequel to The Shining. I’ve seen the movie a long time ago. So I barely remember anything but I remembered important bits, enough to understand the references to The Shining. I don’t think Doctor Sleep is going to be a classic of King’s but it is really good. It starts out creepy and the first part sets everything up so that the second part can take off running.
I think what made the book enjoyable was the relationship that forms between Dan and Abra. Abra is a young teenager who has the shining, like Dan, and because of this the antagonists are after her. Which is why Dan immediately helps her. Something that comes up a lot in this book is that what goes around comes around, and pay your debts. I really like that because in Dan’s case it makes sense.
The antagonists fall a bit flat in what they are but not what they do. They’re called The True Knot (I still don’t know why) and they’re like psychic vampires of a kind. Which I don’t feel like they are that terrifying, but Rose the Hat is the leader of The True Knot and she is a good villain in how she acts. She’s what sold me on the villains of the story.
Even with its faults Doctor Sleep is a really good book. I liked it more than It and about as much as Under The Dome and less than 11/22/63. I definitely suggest you read the book whether or not you liked The Shining or not.
I’ll just start this off with saying that I really enjoyed this book. Did I love it? No, but I think it’s because I finally found out what I don’t really like about Stephen King books and what I do like. For example, nearly all the Stephen King books I’ve read have pulled me in, and I really love that because few books can pull me in like his do. One thing I don’t like is that, I realized, is that in my opinion Stephen King can’t really write teenagers. He can write children well and adults well too but all the teenagers in his books seem the same. It’s something I can look past because he can write plots better than most authors.
About Doctor Sleep, specifically, I should confess that I have yet to read The Shining. Which isn’t that important even though Doctor Sleep is a sequel to The Shining. I’ve seen the movie a long time ago. So I barely remember anything but I remembered important bits, enough to understand the references to The Shining. I don’t think Doctor Sleep is going to be a classic of King’s but it is really good. It starts out creepy and the first part sets everything up so that the second part can take off running.
I think what made the book enjoyable was the relationship that forms between Dan and Abra. Abra is a young teenager who has the shining, like Dan, and because of this the antagonists are after her. Which is why Dan immediately helps her. Something that comes up a lot in this book is that what goes around comes around, and pay your debts. I really like that because in Dan’s case it makes sense.
The antagonists fall a bit flat in what they are but not what they do. They’re called The True Knot (I still don’t know why) and they’re like psychic vampires of a kind. Which I don’t feel like they are that terrifying, but Rose the Hat is the leader of The True Knot and she is a good villain in how she acts. She’s what sold me on the villains of the story.
Even with its faults Doctor Sleep is a really good book. I liked it more than It and about as much as Under The Dome and less than 11/22/63. I definitely suggest you read the book whether or not you liked The Shining or not.