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Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)

Stephen King

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. Week 1: More Than 500 Pages

* Week 1: Introduction
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Jun 28, 2014 Lindsay rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2014, king

This was so amazing!!!

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Nov 15, 2013 Lalo rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2014

Excelente libro. Aunque hubo algo que le faltó para alcanzar al resplandor. Para mi es un sólido libro de 4.5 estrellas. Tal vez después de digerirlo un poco más, lo cambie a 5.

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Jul 24, 2020 Lekshmy rated it liked it

Shelves: horror, movie-kinda-book, 2020

Doctor Sleep is about the now adult Danny(Dan) Torrance the little boy from The Shining. Life has not been easy for Dan in the years since the events in The Shining. He is battling alcoholism and his father's legacy of violence. He still has "The Shining" but years of alcoholism have diminished it. He now uses his gift to help and comfort the dying at a nursing home, where he is nicknamed "Doctor Sleep.
Dan meets a 12 year old girl named Abra who like him has "The Shining". But her power is much ...more

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Aug 28, 2023 Sara rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2023-reads

I watched the movie before I read the book, so I was expecting a different ending, but I was pleased to read all the content that was cut from the movie version.

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