Review: Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)

I must confess up front that I’m a huge Stephen King fan, and do get cross with reviewers who suggest that he is “just popular”, because he really is so much more!
I listened to this as an audiobook, narrated by Will Patton, and it has been keeping me company for over 18 hours!
The story follows the little boy Danny Torrance who survived the Overlook Hotel in The Shining. When we catch up with him, he is middle aged and at a very low point in his life: broke, alcoholic and aimless. Until he is contacted by a 12 year old girl, who also has ’the Shining’.
I loved this story: the development of the relationship between Dan and Abra; the camaraderie shared by those who face the evil forces (in this case the True Knot). This is King’s gift; not so much his portrayal of horror, but the characters that populate his books. By the end, you feel like they are your friends, and although you race to the end of the story to find out what happens, you do it with a sinking heart, because you know that you won’t be spending any more time with these characters that you’ve grown to love (and in some cases, hate!)
Highly recommended - enjoy enjoy enjoy!

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