A sequel to The Shining is something that I would have to read. So when Stephen King announced that he was writing one I was excited to hear that. Doctor Sleep follows up on the life of Danny Torrance, the little boy from The Shining. He's all grown up now... we find him as an alcoholic who is still trying to cope with his gift of shining. And then there's a little girl, Abra, with an even more powerful gift that needs Danny's help when she finds out that a roving gang of "vampires" that feed on children with the shining are trying to track her down. Not surprisingly, Doctor Sleep isn't as good as The Shining. Actually it isn't even that scary and there are only a handful of moments when Abra is in any real danger. And while the bad guys are creepy and evil they don't compare to the ghosts from the Overlook Hotel from the original.
I enjoyed reading it but ultimately it is fairly forgettable. C+
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