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 12-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 to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes “Doctor Sleep.”

This book is sequel to “The Shinning”. I had this book on my TBR pile for at least 2 years and I finally read it.

In my opinion this book was very enjoyable, interesting and very fun to read but “The Shinning” was much better than this one. I still like this one but there are couple of things I wish this book had but it didn’t.

This book is entertaining but it doesn’t have the same high quality as The Shining has. Which for the most part is my main problem with this book.

The characters here are okay for the most part. I loved Danny which is a grown adult in this book and the events from the first book results in the adult damaged Danny in this book. Which I personally loved to see. To be personally he was one of the best characters coming from Stephen King so far at least. Because we see the evolution which he had from the first book to this book. 

When it comes to the rest of the characters I need to be honest here and say that I didn’t care for them at all. All of the characters (expect of Danny) were okay for the most part but I didn’t like them or relate to them in any way. 

The writing style here is very Stephen King style which I personally truly love. Some of you who are die hard Stephen King fans like me will know what I mean. But if you don’t then let me explain. The writing style here is very good, it is really good for setting the mood for the entire book, and it for the most part seem like watching the entire plot play out rather than reading a book.  

I Give This Book 3 / 5