DOCTOR SLEEP

Doctor Sleep is one of the most anticipated King novels, sequel to the masterpiece, The Shining. Written in 2013, almost after 33 years to it’s prequel, Doctor Sleep is much deserved and worthy sequel in my opinion. Like many other King fans, I was keen to know what happened to Danny and his mother, Wendy Torrance after the awful incident at The Overlook Hotel and about his unique power which Mr. Hallorann called, ‘Shining’. A few years after the Torrance family move out of the disaster at The Overlook Hotel and try to start a new life, Danny is still haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook. Mr. Hallorann however takes care of it, guiding Danny all the way to get rid of the evil and control his powers. Danny, a middle aged man now, troubled with horrific childhood and drifting years to forget the past, ends up being alcoholic like his father. Tired of his unpleasant life and to reboot everything, Danny finally settles down in a New Hampshire town. He takes a job in a hospice-a home for the terminally ill, where he provides comfort to the dying with his gifted power, becoming Doctor Sleep. Anonymous Alcoholics community, helps him get rid of drinking and lead a good life. On other side of the story, there is a tribe called ‘The True Knot’, travelling across America in RVs, in search of sustenance. They live-off and gain some sort of immortality (like the vampires) on the steam of young children possessing the shining, torturing them to death. The leader of the tribe, Rose the Hat, come across a teen-age girl, Abra Stone with immense shining and now she is on a search to locate her and extract all the steam from her. Abra, having known about this through her senses, reaches out Danny to help her in this. Together they are on an epic battle to eradicate the True Knot and their evil intentions, saving Abra and the likes from the dangers of the tribe. Though the prequel was an epic horror, this installment of the story is more of a dystopian thriller. I feel it is better this way and it has appealed to most of the King fans the same way. Throughout the novel, the relationship between Dan and Abra was so compelling and their chemistry was profoundly written by the master-storyteller. (Do I even need to comment on the writing? Do I?) In all my honesty, I must say the story was quite expected and I knew what was coming, but that didn’t change the thrill of reading it. I have noticed it in a few of his earlier novels that I read, King throws you the spoilers, then grasp you with his story telling powers that even after you know what’s going to happen next, you just want to continue reading with the same eagerness to know ‘HOW’ it happened. That’s what I expect from a good novel and that’s what you get from KING! A great read indeed! I’m just waiting for this novel to get adapted into a movie!

Well, I loved reading 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 so it was obvious for me to love 𝘋𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 as it was the sequel of 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. But If you're gonna compare it with 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 you wouldn't find 𝘋𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 as good as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 was. The scariest part of the book comes at the beginning when he is revisited by some of the ghosts from the Overlook. Those expecting a scare as good as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 will be disappointed. •~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~• Coming back to the story of 𝘋𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱! A few years after the Torrance family move out of the disaster at The Overlook Hotel and try to start a new life, Danny is still haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook. Mr. Hallorann however takes care of it, guiding Danny all the way to get rid of the evil and control his powers. Danny, a middle aged man now, still troubled with the horrified childhood. On the other hand there's a 'True Knot', of immortal people who takes steam from people with shining by torturing/killing them. Besides there's a teen-age girl, Abra Stone with immense shining and now in danger because leader of the 'True Knot' Rose the hat tries to reach out to her. Abra having known about this through her senses, reaches out Danny to help her in this. •~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~• Although there was not much action till atleast I was well into the second half of the book. I must say the story was quite expected and I knew what was coming, but that didn’t change the thrill of reading it. I'm a King fan so for me it was a good read!♥️ ****************************** About the book quality : 1. I ordered 'The shining' and 'Doctor sleep' together. Both were not in right condition. I replaced 'The shining' but 'Doctor sleep', I couldn't. I don't don't know what was the problem. 2. This book was dented from upside right corner of the cover which was disappointing. And more disappointing thing was that I wasn't able to replace it. 3. Otherwise inside of the book was everything perfect. I loved reading it. ****************************** #Doctor sleep #StephenKing #OverlookHotel #DanTorrance #Danny

I am a big fan of Stephen King. I enjoy reading his books. I enjoy the movies that are based on his books. I liked this book. It is not STUNNINGLY great but I just kept on going and I just finished it in a couple of hours straight. His books are like that. Once you have started you just want to keep on reading them. I liked the plot. It was very scary. I felt very scared. It is not a good idea to read this book at night because it is so scary. It has a happy ending, but there are many things that happen in the book that will make you feel sad or angry. My biggest problem was that the text was TINY. I had to scrunch up my eyes to read it. It was hard to read. I had to turn the lights on and wear my glasses. But I got used to it. My other problem is that the style of writing is very 70s and 80s. I have read his earlier books and this book is stylistically very similar. Sometimes I felt I wasn't in present-day America but was in 70s and 80s America. But I love Stephen King's writing. It is a very good sequel to "The Shining". If you ever wondered, "What happened to Danny Torrance?", you know now. The answer is he grew up to be a psychic alcoholic violent badass. He is now little bit like Lee Child's Jack Reacher character (Lone badass vs the world). I enjoyed it.

For any horror story lover, Stephen King is the THE KING and Shinning is perhaps one of his best and most loved book. And I kick myself that I did not know he wrote a sequel!! It is only when I was watching the movie recently and googling about it, that I cam to know about it. And thank god I did; the book is everything you expect of a Stephen king novel. As for the story, I will give the bare minimal; Danny from Shinning is all grown up, is an alcoholic (who couldn't be given his childhood) but is struggling to break the cycle that seems to run in his family. He gets telepathic messages from Abra, a more powerful child with shinning than him (she messaged him when she was two months old!!!). Against them are a group of immortals who like vampires need life essence of children with shinning!! That is all I am saying because I don't want to do a detail recap and spoil the book for you.

100% worth of money, I really love to read it and the quality of this paperback is also decent although our main priority is the story so yeah it is another masterpiece by Stephen King

What stands out is King’s exploration of redemption and the complexities of healing. The interplay between Danny’s past and present adds emotional weight, making his battle against both inner demons and external threats compelling. Overall, "Doctor Sleep" is a thoughtful, chilling, and satisfying continuation of the "Shining" saga, showcasing King's talent for blending horror with profound human experiences.

Has good engaging story but not scary especially compared to the other Stephen King books. explains a lot about the shinning but also takes away all the mystery which is a bummer for the shinning fans. Also the "villains" of the plot were kind of interesting but not scary even a bit. Even the ending felt good not nail biting

This book is really nice but the only thing is there is nothing scary in this book but it's story is is throughly better than shining but it's end is not really better than shining but the movie is not better than the book cause the story is approximately 50% different than the book.Well and I bought the movie edition for that you have to just search for 'Doctor Sleep movie edition book'.

A fantastic continuation of Danny’s story! Simply could not put this down, do your self a favour and read the shinning first.

If you’re thinking about buying it go for it. It’s a pretty good price and much more interesting than The Shining. Buy it besties

Dan Torrence ist inzwischen 40 Jahre alt und muss sich dreier mächtiger Gegner stellen: seiner Vergangenheit, seiner Trunksucht und dem True Knot. Letzteres ist eine Gruppierung vampirähnlicher und fast unsterblicher Wesen, die sich vom „Steam“ derer ernähren, die das Shining haben. Um an den „Steam“ zu kommen, quälen und töten sie vorzugsweise Kinder, da bei diesen das Shining deutlich stärker ausgeprägt ist als bei Erwachsenen und der „Steam“ entsprechend nahrhafter. Neben Dan Torrence, der inzwischen seinen Lebensunterhalt als Doctor Sleep verdient, indem er in einem Hospiz Sterbenskranken ihre Reise in eine hoffentlich bessere Welt erleichtert, begegnet uns in einer Hauptrolle die 12-jährige Abra Stone, die aufgrund ihrer extrem stark ausgeprägten paranormalen Fähigkeiten die Aufmerksamkeit des „True Knot“ erregt und von deren superböser Chefin Rose prompt auf den Speiseplan gesetzt wird. Keine Frage, dass Dan alles dran setzen wird, der kleinen Abra zur Seite zu stehen und wenn möglich ihr Leben zu retten. DOCTOR SLEEP hat mir insofern ausgesprochen gut gefallen, dass es Stephen King gelingt, die Hauptfiguren lebendig und interessant zu beschreiben, vor allem auch vielschichtig und mit Stärken und Schwächen. Es handelt sich nicht um die genreübliche Abziehbilder, die nur die Handlung befördern sollen, sondern um Charaktere, die der Leser mit der Zeit tatsächlich kennen zu lernen glaubt. Interessant, dass auch die „Erzbösewichtin“ Rose und die meiner Meinung nach interessanteste Nebenfigur Snakebite Andi nicht nur oberflächlich und als das personifizierte Böse dargestellt werden, sondern ihre eigene Geschichte haben und wie jeder andere auch ihre Bürde tragen müssen. Eine mindestens so Prominente Rolle wie die einzelnen Charaktere nimmt das Thema Alkoholismus in DOCTOR SLEEP ein, das Stephen King nie loslässt, aber selten so zentral und ausführlich behandelt wurde. Dieser Kampf wird (auch) Dan sein Leben lang begleiten, einen echten Sieg kann es nicht geben, nur einen Waffenstillstand. Dieses macht King deutlich, und da es ihm eine Herzensangelegenheit ist, kann der Leser sich nicht entziehen. Und auch die Abhängigkeit der Kinder von ihren Eltern, wie einige unter schlechten Vorbildern leiden, andere misshandelt und missbraucht werden, und wie das eine wie das andere die Lebensläufe bestimmt, ist ein wiederkehrendes Thema, dass King in DOCTOR SLEEP in vielen Passagen aufnimmt und bewegend gestaltet. Erzähltechnisch ist King für meinen Geschmack absolut auf der Höhe, er erzählt witzig und anspielungsreich, bewegend die vor allem spannende Geschichte vom ewigen Kampf des Guten gegen das Böse. Einen Kritikpunkt muss ich aber doch ansprechen, und auch dieser ist meiner Meinung nach für King typisch: die Architektur seiner Romane weist oft Schwächen auf. Viele seiner Romane sind mir zu lang und King erzählt oft sehr umschweifig , kommt nicht auf den Punkt und erzählt gelegentlich am Höhepunkt der Handlung vorbei oder erschöpft sich und den Leser im Vorfeld. Bei DOCTOR SLEEP ist nun ironischer Weise das Gegenteil der Fall. Die ersten 450 Seiten bereiten den Leser auf ein unheimliches Showdown vor, doch dann geht plötzlich alles sehr schnell und ist vorbei, fast ehe man sich's versieht. Ich war ob des Tempos und der Geradlinigkeit, mit der die Handlung schließlich zum Ende kommt, ein wenig enttäuscht. Andererseits, auch ein Western endet mit einem Showdown, bei dem sogar ein einziger Schuss ausreichen kann, um alles zu entscheiden. Doch wer den Roman selbst gelesen hat, wird mir vielleicht Recht geben, wenn ich sage, dass King erzählerisch nicht ökonomisch mit den eingeführten Figuren umgeht. Insbesondere für Snakebite Andi hätte ich mir mehr Raum gewünscht (vielleicht sogar ein anderes Ende). Fazit: Sehr gut erzählter, spannender Roman. Dan Torrence als Hauptfigur überzeugt, ansonsten wirken die Bezüge zum Overlook Hotel aber etwas aufgesetzt. Abra wird in Erinnerung bleiben, auch viele der anderen Charaktere. Leichte Abzüge gibt es für Schwächen im Romanaufbau. 4 '1/2 Sterne und für King-Fans eine klare Leseempfehlung.

o Stephen King realmente não erra, livro muito bom

Dan Torrance has become an adult. He can help the shining Abra now.