Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep

Stephen King - Doctor Sleep
Characters often remain forgotten after their stories have been told in books. However, with Doctor Sleep, the master of macabre Stephen King continues Danny Torrance’s struggle with his Shining gift.

If you've always wondered what happened to Danny after the Overlook Hotel burnt down, then this book fills that void.

Set years after the events in The Shining, Danny is now an adult and in his attempt to be normal tries to drown his gift with alcohol. This of course has serious consequences and leads him on a path that his father took.

He drifts across the country and finally settles into a job where remnants of his gift provide comfort for the dying.

Soon he encounters the evanescent Abra Stone who has the most spectacular and brightest shining he has ever seen and being alike, she soon reaches out to him. However, when an evil tribe of people called the True Knot come calling, Danny must face his own demons and summon his inner strength to save Abra.

This time Danny is not alone but he must also face skeletons and ghosts in his closet and unearth some secrets his father left buried.

Doctor Sleep follows the path The Shinning took and relates mostly Danny’s struggle with alcohol – a legacy left by his father. In fact the final chapter deals with him celebrating 15 years of sobriety.

The novel is superbly written with a steady rhythm and reveals some intriguing details about Danny and his father which will surprise readers. It also mesmerizes the reader into all 482 pages of this Hodder and Stroughton edition published in 2013.

King seamlessly integrates supernatural and psychological elements that both scares and thrills you, yet has a sense of realism that keeps the audience believing every word.

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