Dr. Sleep (The Shining, #2)

Dutch language

Published Oct. 28, 2013

ISBN:
978-90-245-5915-2
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4 stars (87 reviews)

The now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) must save a very special twelve-year-old girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless; mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort …

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Doctor Sueño

5 stars

Stephen King retoma a los personajes que dejó un tanto inconclusos en El Resplandor para explorar la adultez de Danny Torrance que haga lo que haga no puede escapar de su don.

Simplemente Resplandece.

Eso, ni el alcoholismo puede quitarlo. Cuando uno resplandece (pun intended) no puede evitar llamar la atención, y cuando hay alguien que resplandece tanto como uno, nobleza obliga a ayudarle a librarse de atenciones no solicitadas. Entra Rose La Chistera.

Encantador y aterrorizante personaje que nos regala OTRA, sí, una más, persecución del Maestro S. King.

¿Podrá Danny enfrentar esto con los demonios que literalmente cargas encima? ¿La sombra del Hotel Overlook alguna vez lo dejará en paz?

Te invito a averiguarlo porque yo quedé como siempre, muy satisfecho.

Review of 'Doctor Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Maybe it's just age, or combination of age and reading experience, but I don't find horrifying books as horrifying as I used to 30 years ago. Or maybe, it's because I read the book The Shining when I spent winter break in my dorm unlike Michigan which was an old hotel bought by the University and converted to dorms, and it was basically empty… I don't know, but somehow this book, although it should've been wasn't as terrifying as the original! I loved the characters of Dan and Abra (sp? -Since I only listened, I couldn't see how the name was actually spelled…), and "The True Nut" (again, I can only go from what I heard in terms of spelling) were truly evil and distasteful! And once the reader realize what "cycling" was, the importance became quite clear.
Even though it didn't terrify me as I think it was supposed …

Review of 'Doctor Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

кінґ — чудовий оповідач, і аудіоверсія французького перекладу трапилася якісна. отримав купу задоволення від цієї майстерно викладеної казки для дорослих. шукатиму ще кінґа в перекладі французькою! p.s. до речі, переклад укаїнською цієї книжки також бачив днями у київській «книгарні є». читайте =)

Review of 'Dr. Sleep (The Shining, #2)' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Just, wow. Fans of King know that you'll often need to suspend disbelief to lose yourself in one of his novels. Doctor Sleep is no exception, but the pay-off is well worth it. It's like a reunion to see little Danny Torrance, all grown up and battling his own demons... and what the years since The Shining have done with him. And King got creative - he didn't limit himself to simply writing a sequel - this book would stand on its own merits with the introduction of Abra Stone and all she brings to the storyline.

Also? The idea that retirees driving RVs are actually an evil cult of spirits? Sheer brilliance.

Review of 'Doctor Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I really enjoyed this, and like the author, I think it was really interesting to get re-acquainted with Danny Torrence (Who now goes by Dan) and find out what he's been up to all these years. Not surprisingly, he's a womanising alcoholic, just like his father, and his father before him. He also still shines.

I disagree with people who say it's not as good, or not as scary, as [b:The Shining|11588|The Shining (The Shining, #1)|Stephen King|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1353277730s/11588.jpg|849585]. I think it's on a par. Not that I found The Shining all that scary (it made me feel uneasy and "creeped out" at times, but I didn't lose any sleep). Not nearly as much as [b:It|18342|It|Stephen King|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1309376909s/18342.jpg|150259], anyway. But I digress.

I think the fear in Doctor Sleep is a different kind of fear. Firstly, the fear hits you from the very beginning, which is very unlike those of King's other books …

Review of 'Doctor Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

L’histoire reprend quelques mois après la fin de Shining, Danny est encore un enfant, et tente de retrouver une vie normale malgré son don et la tragédie de l’Overlook. Le temps passe, Danny devient Dan, arrivé à l’âge adulte, alcoolique, à moitié SDF, il parcourt les États-Unis au gré de son humeur et des possibilités d’emploi. Pour mieux fuir son don et ses visions cauchemardesques, Dan s’est réfugié dans l’alcool, rompant sa promesse de ne pas reproduire les erreurs de son père. Au bout de plusieurs années d’errances et de précarité, il finit par trouver sa « voie » et devient aide-soignant dans un hospice, et accompagne les mourants dans leur dernier voyage. Mais ne nous y trompons pas, cet aspect-là n’est pas le principal du roman, car sa rencontre avec Abra va prendre le dessus et le contraindre à mener une mission autrement plus importante. Le Nœud Vrai, une …

Review of 'Doctor Sleep' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Okay, this wasn't nearly as scary as I was thinking it was going to be. Mostly I was stressed out about the impending bad things that I knew were just around the corner. Is anticipation the main ingredient of a horror novel, the little bit that makes one book more scary than another? Who knows. It did take Mr. King an awfully long time to get to the point, though. There was a lot of exposition for a book that was a sequel. Yes, I know there was a large gap between "The Shining" and "Doctor Sleep" and we needed to get that in between stuff to make sense of who Dan Torrance is now, but sheesh, it took a while. Don't get me wrong, I was never bored. Stephen King is another of those writers who always makes me wonder how an author can be a good storyteller but …

Review of 'Doctor Sleep' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

This is King's AA book. As cultural phenomena go, I think AA is a good thing, though like so many helpful institutions, it can become reified and dogmatic. I read it because I wanted to know what happened next after The Shining. I'm not a King fan, but I think his writing has improved over the years and, well, I wanted to know! Now I do.

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