Doctor Sleep
by Stephen King
Did you ever wonder what happened to the little boy from The
Shining, Danny Torrance? Well I did and it looks like Stephen King did too.
Because he is back and all grown up with the weight of all he has been through
on his shoulders.
King has done it again. This book scared the Hell out of me. It is
a fitting sequel to The Shining. Doctor Sleep had me looking over my shoulder
for the monsters, afraid to go outside after dark and leery of strangers. It
made me afraid of every noise I heard at night when I was awake late reading
it. Scared to read, but so anxious to know what was going to happen next, that
I couldn't put it down. I loved it. This novel has me wondering if there is not
more to the most horrendous crimes we hear about than meets the eye. Maybe the
non-human monsters are responsible for many or most of them.
If you have something that makes you stand out, like the
shining, doesn't make sense that there could be monsters that can see it? If
these monsters can feed from the shining, would it matter to them what they
have to do to get it? After all, they are monsters.
Facts of Doctor Sleep: These monsters truly are EVIL and they are
very old. The monsters run in a pack they call the True Knot, but they
look like everybody else. The shining is the strongest in children. A young
teenage girl, Abra have the shine, strong enough that it is like a lighthouse
beacon and she knows about the True Knot. Abra has seen in her visions what
these creatures are capable of. The monsters can only get "the steam"
they fed on from these children that have the shining by torture and death. The
True Knot knows that Abra sees them and they can’t allow this. Danny
Torrance, Abra and their friends are destined to try and stop the evil
creatures and guess where the showdown has to be. That’s right, the home of
Danny’s nightmares. The Overlook Hotel maybe gone, but not its poison.
This book corrupted my reading ability for over a week. I didn't
want to start another book, because I kept thinking about this one.
The only regrets I have about this book is that it had to end and
I only have two thumbs to give it thumbs up with. It takes a lot for a book,
story or movie to scare me. Well played Stephen, very well played. Now do it
again soon. Evil laugh (Ma haw ha ha ha).
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